Kelly Washington
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Kelly Washington

Social Editor, Refinery29UKLondon, United Kingdom
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Kelly Washington

Social Editor, Refinery29UKLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am a London-based Social Media Editor and freelance Fashion and Culture Journalist, Video Editor and Producer. I am currently Social Editor at Refinery29UK and have written for Hunger Magazine, TANK, Miuse and Fashion Unfiltered covering a range of topics including fashion, music, youth culture and art. I have an MA in Fashion Communication from Central Saint Martins and a BA in English Literature and Linguistics from the University of Manchester. I also specialise in copywriting, copyediting and brand development. For commissions please get in touch via kelly.washington1@outlook.com.
Projects
  • RISING TIKTOK STAR RUTH CODD TALKS DISABILITY AWARENESS AND TRUMP’S AMERICA
    RISING TIKTOK STAR RUTH CODD TALKS DISABILITY AWARENESS AND TRUMP’S AMERICA"My channel isn’t just me saying 'hi I have one leg' – it's about other aspects of my life too." If you’ve been on TikTok recently, you’ve probably seen a hilarious young Irish woman with white hair in space buns, dressed as a nun pop up on your feed. Sound familiar? That’s Ruth Codd, a make-up artist and barber using her account as a sounding board for her comedic takes on religion, style and diversity. Ruth might have gained over half a million followers almost overnight but she insists she’
  • YELLOW DAYS TALKS SYNAESTHESIA, CRAFT AND LIFE IN LOCKDOWN – Hunger Magazine
    YELLOW DAYS TALKS SYNAESTHESIA, CRAFT AND LIFE IN LOCKDOWN – Hunger MagazineI interviewed Surrey-raised musician Yellow Days, who fresh off of signing to Columbia Record is gearing up to release major-label debut 'A Day in a Yellow Beat'.
  • How luxury fashion won by blending high and low culture in the late 2010s – Miuse Magazine
    How luxury fashion won by blending high and low culture in the late 2010s – Miuse MagazineFor Miuse Magazine's print edition, I wrote a feature on how brands Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Balenciaga, influenced by a post-ironic digital age, blended high and low culture in the 2010s to change and challenge luxury fashion as we know it today.
  • Ten Years On: How Fashion-Obsessed South African Skhothanes Went from Rebels to Influencers
    Ten Years On: How Fashion-Obsessed South African Skhothanes Went from Rebels to InfluencersIt’s a decade on since the very first Skhothanes appeared in the townships of Johannesburg, South Africa. Kelly Washington went to find out how they’ve changed
  • Samuel Ross: Streetwear’s New Star – Fashion Unfiltered
    Samuel Ross: Streetwear’s New Star – Fashion UnfilteredKelly Washington introduces streetwear’s new kid on the block, Samuel Ross – founder of cult brand A-Cold-Wall* and winner of the British Fashion Council’s Emerging Menswear Designer award.
  • Only Human: Martin Parr at the National Portrait gallery – TANK Live
    Only Human: Martin Parr at the National Portrait gallery – TANK LiveIn a major new exhibition, the eminent British photographer takes a satirical lens to nationalism and nostalgia. By Kelly Washington
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Work history
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    Social Media ManagerBolt Beauty
    London, United KingdomPart Time
    Managing social media platforms, forward-planning content calendar for social and Bolt Blog, brand development, marketing, growth strategy creation, working with analytics, CMS and SEO.
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    University of The Arts London (UAL) logo
    Copywriting/Copyediting AssistantUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
    London, United KingdomPart Time
    Writing, editing, forward planning research content for website and internal/external comms, liaising with senior academics and staff at University of the Arts London.
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Skills
  • Writing
  • Copyediting
  • Copywriting
  • Social Media Management
  • Cultural Criticism
  • Fashion Writing
  • Brand Development
  • Journalism
  • Fashion Journalism
  • Music Journalism
Education
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    Central Saint Martins (UAL) logo
    MA Fashion Communication: Fashion Critical StudiesCentral Saint Martins (UAL)
     - London, United Kingdom
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    BA (Hons) English Literature and LinguisticsUniversity of Manchester
     - Manchester, United Kingdom
Awards
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    Design Travel AwardDesign History Society
    Was gifted funding to travel to Johannesburg, South Africa for my MA dissertation research on the Skhothane youth subculture