CV

If you’re interested in my professional and academic qualification below is a transcript of my up to date CV. 

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​Brief

Trainee journalist, looking to pursue a career in either political correspondence or financial. Expertise includes tight copy writing, data analysis, SEO optimisation, website management, and knowledge of media law and ethics.

Skills

​-Photography – Photoshop – HTML -InDesign – Premier Pro – R -Excel – 60wpm Shorthand

Employment and experience
MA Journalism at the University of Sheffield (2017-present): Currently studying at NCTJ accredited and the best journalism school in the country, funded by a JDF scholarship.

• -Engaging in modules centred around copywriting, multimedia, law and ethics. All focused around producing tight, impactful copy and effective media packages full of engaging stories.
• -Studying an optional module in Data Journalism, engaging with statistical software to produce data-based reports
• -Won the news quiz: over 10 weeks, doing weekly tests on current news, I came first out of over 50 students.
• -Selected as the newsgathering editor for our second newsday where we create an active newsroom. I led over 40 students collecting news stories across South Yorkshire with an active website and radio bulletins every half hour. On other news days I’ve covered controversial council decisions and criminal investigations.

Marketing consultant and community manager at Creation-ADM (2014-present): Advertising and branding company. I worked as a full-time employee for 6 months, but I now maintain a freelance relationship with the business.

• -My main tasks involve promoting customers’ online presence through written blogs, press releases and campaigns.
• -I’ve helped secure new contracts and long-term deals by approaching new customers and developing relationships with organisations such as L’Oréal and Men Matter.
• -Created active social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter which have resulted in a 15% increase in sales.
• -I’ve helped customers increase their website traffic by 30% through improving their site visibility and SEO.

Founded Sheffield Hallam University’s student newspaper, H-News (2016-2017):

• -I successfully petitioned the university for £2000 worth of funding, a commitment to building a media hub within the Student’s Union and agreement to host a website.
• -Chaired weekly meetings discussing content, progress and appointing various deputy and section editors; as well as attending Union council meetings to discuss funding and progress.
• -Designed the paper on InDesign every two weeks
• -Developed a Social Media strategy based off the successful model used by The Lincolnite as a source for stories and content promotion.
• -Taught myself instrumental leadership skills, learning how to recruit, find talent, delegate tasks, develop strategies and create a coherent vision for all to believe in.

The Sheffield Star (2017): 1-week work experience placement.

• -Contributed to several high-profile stories and worked with a range of the Star’s top journalists. Working on stories including the resignation of Sheffield Council’s deputy leader, the sentencing of a child prostitution ring and the announcement of thirty-five-million-pound investment in the Meadowhead area. This resulted in four by-lines printed, two of my own suggestions and two given to me by the news desk.
• -I secured the interview with the former deputy leader of the Sheffield Council due to several contacts I had within the local Labour Party, I was able to get in touch with him before any other media organisation.

Sheffield Live Media (2016): 2-month, 3 day a week voluntary work experience.

• -Worked with a team of journalists to cover stories across Sheffield, including Jeremy Corbyn’s speech in front of City Hall, interviewing the manager of Sheffield United and many other local stories.
• -Vox popped residents about their opinions and edited the footage using Adobe Premier Pro that later appeared in their broadcasts.

University of Sheffield’s Social Political and Economic Research Institute (SPERI) research internship (2016): 2-month voluntary internship. I produced high-quality research that analysed the effect of European Union Directives on UK employment and immigration law.

The Telegraph education writer (2015-2016): I regularly contributed to The Telegraph’s education section where I covered student, social justice, political and young person issues.

Call centre assistant at Veolia Waste Management (2017): 7 months’ full-time employment. I Handled a wide variety of calls dealing with customer’s use of waste services. I became extremely proficient with the company’s database and IT systems, helping me to handle each request quickly and professionally.

Customer assistant at Debenhams (2012-2014): Worked as part of a team to provide excellent customer service. I lead several teams involved in installing new promotions and events held by the store.

Education
Sheffield Hallam University: Merit MRes Sociology, Planning and Research (2015-2016).

• -Areas of instruction include survey method analysis, interview skills, linguistic analysis and philosophy.
• -Conducted many research projects utilising a multitude of qualitative and quantitative methods.

Sheffield Hallam University: 2:1 BA Honours degree in History (2012-2015).

• -Final year dissertation covered the origins of the Palestine-Israeli conflict and Britain’s direct involvement. This dissertation led me to be put forward for my postgraduate scholarship.

Hillsborough College (2010-2012) Tapton School (2005-2010)

• -3 A-levels: History, Sociology Psychology – 14 GCSE’s

Awards
Journalism Diversity Fund Scholarship (2017): Due to my work experience with media organisations and my own initiative I was awarded a JDF scholarship to study MA Journalism at The University of Sheffield.
Thomas Reed Bursary (2017): On top of being awarded the JDF Scholarship, my application impressed the NCTJ so much I was also awarded the exclusive Thomas Reed Bursary.

Awarded the Hallam Gold Award (2016): This was for my work in reshaping the university’s student media. This is the second highest award the university can award a student.

Won Outstanding Contribution to Student Media award (2017): This was due to my work in setting up my university’s student newspaper where I was the sole writer for six months.

Awarded a postgraduate scholarship worth £10,000 by Sheffield Hallam University (2015): I won the scholarship due to my dissertation, which was commended for the quality of my writing and the thoroughness of my research.
References:
Creation-ADM: guy@creationADM.com 

SPERI: tom.hunt@sheffield.ac.uk​

Sheffield Star: charles.smith@sheffieldnewspapers.co.uk

Veolia: dale.dyson@veolia.com

NCTJ: sarah.kenny@nctj.com