James Perrett

Sourcing stories and creating content for Port magazine's online shop.

Working within the Brand team and reporting directly into the Brand Director to: - Produce creative deliverables, ensuring all output is aligned with brand platform, style and voice - Develop copy for all communications including traditional, editorial and digital - Collaborate with the wider creative team and other departments on original concept creation - Generate ideas for, create and present campaigns to the Operating Board and wider stakeholders - Create copy for marketing materials, email headlines, in-store POS - Create content storytelling - Produce slogans for Paperchase product including cards, notebooks, journals etc - Proofread product - Member of the Employee Forum; actively working to promote engagement and improve culture at Paperchase - Member of the Sustainability Forum; improving our environmental impact and how we communicate our corporate social responsibility to our customers

Video editing work placement under the guidance of Amy Ashenden, Video Editor (6th - 10th August 2018)

Writer for Dear Boy magazine. Articles: - Me, Myself and Sex: Story 1 (Issue 03am, May 2018) - Me, Myself and Sex: Stories 2 and 3 (extended web piece)

Writer: - Zimbabwean Author to Make UK Debut at Literary Festival (5th June 2018) - Death in Dulwich, Homocide in Herne Hill (26th April 2018) - From Norway to South London for a Film Festival First (18th April 2018)

Gay Marriage Laws Still Not Equal in England and Wales - 10th October 2018 https://www.thegayuk.com/gay-marriage-laws-still-not-equal-in-england-and-wales/ Is Gay Twitter Too Cliquey? - 2nd August 2017 https://www.thegayuk.com/comment-is-gay-twitter-just-too-darn-cliquey/

40 week part-time course covering: - Multimedia and video journalism - Journalism portfolio (70% A) - Essential journalism (67% B) - Shorthand (Teeline) (100wpm gold standard) - Essential media law (75% A) - Court reporting (76% A) - Essential public affairs (80% A) - Production journalism (65% B)