About me

As an enthusiastic, highly motivated freelance arts writer for five years, my portfolio includes pieces at top publications including The Guardian, Pitchfork, Dazed Digital, Noisey, Bandcamp Daily, The Wire Magazine and The Quietus. Through years of experience and working with feedback from editors, I have honed strong research and storytelling abilities, CMS, Adobe InDesign and HTML coding skills. Back in 2018, I worked as a news sub-editor for London-based music publication Gigwise. The role involved sub-editing features, interviews and reviews, using Google Documents and Microsoft Word to track and suggest changes. In 2016, I worked as an Editor intern at award winning arts publication The Quietus. Also working as a freelance copywriter I have written press releases, artist biographies and campaign emails for a number of festivals (including Sound City Ipswich and Wild Paths), music venue The John Peel Centre for Creative Arts, artist management and record label PR (PIAS and PAN).

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• Just moved to Chester! Looking to connect with businesses in the Manchester/Liverpool area as an SEO Content Writer.
• How did you get into writing product descriptions as a copywriter? Looking to fill this gap in my skillset!
• any agencies looking for a copywriter with SEO experience? have exp writing articles for recruitment + wellness brands + arts press releases

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Projects

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  Five Musicians Building a New World in the Face of Estonia's Isolated PastScene report on Estonia's experimental music scene for Noisey: https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/a3p9mk/estonian-experimental-music-scene-report
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  An Electric Counterpoint: FKA Twigs, Pop Innovators and London's Electronic AlternativeI wrote on London's electronic music scene for online music publication 'The 405'.
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  Seven Bands We Discovered at Trans Musicales 2018Rennes' Trans Musicales is like being on a blind-date with a load of new music. https://gigwise.com/features/3302939/seven-bands-we-discovered-at-trans-musicales-2018
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  Genesis P-Orridge: fantastic transgressor or sadistic aggressor?For my first piece in @guardian, I wrote about Genesis P-Orridge's complicated and at times rather disturbing legacy: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/dec/10/genesis-p-orridge-throbbing-gristle
• Experimental Label Slip Imprint Makes the Avant-Garde FunFor Bandcamp Daily, I spoke to Slip Imprint about their eclectic and playful experimental music roster. https://daily.bandcamp.com/2018/11/14/slip-imprint-label-profile/
• Moscow Does Not Exist: Moscow Music Week ReviewedFor The Quietus, I travelled to Russia to review the Moscow Music Week showcase.

Work history

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CopywriterSelf Employed
May 2017London, United KingdomFreelance
My freelance copywriting work includes artist biographies for record labels including [PIAS] Recordings and PAN alongside independent artists. I also write press releases for music venues the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts and The Smokehouse, successfully resulting in coverage from The Quietus, Gigwise, Crack, Louder Than War and local press. I have also worked as freelance PR for Sound City Ipswich festival, and alongside PR for Norwich's Wild Paths festival.
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Music Writer & EditorSelf
Sep 2015London, United KingdomFreelance
As a music journalist, I have contributed reviews, interviews and features to publications including The Guardian, Pitchfork, Noisey (Vice), Dazed, The Quietus, The Wire, FACT, Bandcamp Daily and Electronic Sound. Through years of experience and working with feedback from editors, I have honed strong research and storytelling abilities. Between 2016 and 2017 I was a regular reviewer at The Wire Magazine. For The Wire in 2018, I reviewed Tirkultura, a 24-hour installation in Cēsis, Latvia. I am a regular contributor to The Quietus, having written reviews, interviews and features for the publication since 2015.

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Skills

• Events
• Visual Arts
• Art Direction
• Twitter
• Wordpress
• Indesign
• Office
• Powerpoint
• Word
• Music Journalism
• Film Reviewing
• Photoshop
• Copywriting
• Press Releases

Education

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BA PhilosophyUniversity of Sussex
Sep 2012 - Sep 2015Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom