I am a senior content strategist, website editor and SEO writer with demonstrable experience of managing large digital teams and ambitious online projects.
My greatest online achievement remains overseeing an increase in traffic from 10,000 daily pageviews to 4,000,000 in just over five years in my role as Digital Sport Editor for national newspaper website Express.co.uk.
I took a career break in October 2017 to travel around Central America for six months and returned to London to take on the role of Content Manager for Totaljobs, working on a project to provide the very best career advice available for free on the web in the UK.
I have since left to go freelance - currently I am working with a national newspaper website and a leading bookmaker.
In addition to strong SEO writing and editing skills, I have a working commercial understanding of editorial operations, am a confident and capable communicator and am hugely passionate about great content.
With nearly eight years' experience in the industry I have a solid list of contacts across many disciplines - particularly sport, travel and career advice - and am excited to take on new challenges.
Work history
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WriterNorthern & Shell
- London, United KingdomFreelance
I worked as a Freelance Travel Writer for a number of newspapers and websites across the Northern and Shell brand
Role included:
- Contributing travel features to the Sunday Express and Daily Star Sunday print editions and Express.co.uk and Dailystar.co.uk websites
- Written articles on Ibiza, Toronto, Jakarta and Les Sybelles published as double-page spreads in the Daily Star Sunday
- Running my own travel blog at manabroad.co.uk writing about adventure travel and managing your mental health on the road
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CopywriterGrand Parade
- London, United KingdomFreelance
I worked for digital creative agency Grand Parade Ltd predominantly on Ladbrokes' news website
Role included:
- Writing and editing daily online content (as well as using CMS and Photoshop to post articles)
- Planning of content strategy
- Liaising with clients on promotions
- Authoring promotional emails
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Skills
- Social Media Management
- Content and Media Writing
- Editorial
- Communications
- Team Management
- CMS Websites
- Google Analytics
- Staff Recruitment
- SEO Content
- SEO Strategy
Education
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BA 2:1 HistoryLeeds University
- Leeds, United Kingdom
I graduated with a 2:1 class BA Honours degree in History from the University of Leeds