
My experience
Personal Summary
Journalist and copywriter providing compelling content and digital services for mission-driven organisations. Experience in reporting, producing and editing for the Huffington Post, TIME Magazine, FT Weekend, France24 and CNN International. Specialties include media training, social media strategy and producing text, video and audio content to create maximum impact for startups and NGOs.
career summery
Curator, MEDIUM, MarCH 2016 – PRESENT
Overnight homepage editor
Curate collections across Medium
Select stories for audio, newsletters and Medium's Partner Programme
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT, MaY 2014 – PRESENT
Consultant for Damien Hirst’s "The Unbelievable" exhibit in Venice (2015-2017)
Social media producer for Lord Browne’s "The Glass Closet" book (2014-2016)
Website copywriter for startups funded by Accel Partners, including Callsign and PackLink (2015-2018)
Media trainer and multimedia producer for NGOs (2015-present)
Copywriter for Facebook Business case studies (2018-present)
DIGITAL PRODUCER, CNN INTERNATIONAL, SPECIAL PROJECTS, MArCH 2013 – JULY 2014
Commissioned and edited articles for CNN shows: Leading Women, Going Green, MainSail & Inside the Louvre
Created infographics and interactives with graphic designers and developers
Led team in producing a Twitter chat on women's equality for International Women's Day
Collaborated with TV producers to identify and book best A-list guests for TV and digital;
VIP guest highlights include Sheryl Sandberg, Tory Burch, Melinda Gates and NASA Astronaut Karen Nyberg
SEGMENT PRODUCER, HUFFPOST LIVE – JULY 2012 – DECEMBER 2012 – NEW YORK
Produced two daily 30 minute segments with discussions on breaking news
Pitched stories and segment ideas sourced from social media
Booked and pre-interviewed celebrities and guests with compelling personal stories
NEWS EDITOR, THE HUFFINGTON POST – JULY 2011 – JULY 2012 – NEW YORK
Wrote trending and breaking news stories across HuffingtonPost.com
Wrote originally reported stories for Women, Business and Green verticals
Populated CMS with text, video, UGC content & infographics
Applied SEO and social media skills to meet 250K unique weekly traffic goal
REPORTER, TIME MAGAZINE – SEPT 2010 – JUNE 2011 – LONDON
Reported and wrote breaking news and features for TIME.com across Europe
Managed TIME’s official Twitter and Facebook accounts
Shot and produced video for TIME.com's London bureau
PROGRAM MANAGER, TECH UK – SEPTEMBER 2005 – JULY 2009 – LONDON
Conceived and produced monthly webcasts on cloud computing and green tech
Produced content for annual report, bimonthly newsletters and website
Devised PR strategy and led output generating two dozen press clippings on cloud computing and green tech
EDITOR & PRESS COORDINATOR, CSR EUROPE – OCTOBER 2003 – AUGUST 2005 – BRUSSELS
Wrote speeches and articles on behalf of Executive Director
Conceived and produced corporate videos on sustainability
Produced website content and weekly newsletter on corporate responsibility
Wrote press releases, corporate key messages and organised press conferences
Academic Achievements
University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Data Journalism Postgraduate Certificate, 2018 – PresentBrussels School of International Studies, University of Kent at Canterbury, Brussels, Belgium
MA International Conflict AnalysisDuquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
BA Political Science, with a minor in Modern Languages
Awards
2014 UK Royal Television Society Award for Digital led CNN's Leading Women NASA streaming interview live from Space with Astronaut Karen Nyberg
2012 Webby Award for launch of HuffPost Live