EXPERIENCE  

Wigan Warriors Media and Communications Executive (Part-time) (March 2017 - Present)​

• Working with high profile athletes and conducting interviews, as well as briefing club spokes people, including the Head Coach Adrian Lam 

• Executed agreed content plans across multiple channels for high profile events, including ground breaking games at the Camp Nou in Barcelona and the 2018 Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford 

• Media management at Anfield in Liverpool for the 2019 Magic Weekend, working with different media companies to accompany their post-match coach/player needs in the press conference and press zone

• Responsible for managing and scheduling social media posts across an array of platforms and write daily articles for the online website 

• Working across multiple departments to craft and create content, within the Wigan Warriors Community and Foundation 

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Wigan Warriors TV Commentator (Part-time) (August 2017 - Present)

• Lead commentator for all Academy games on the subscribed online club channel - providing live match coverage alongside player and coach co-commentators at Robin Park Arena and away stadia - in front of a watching subscribed audience

BBC Radio Manchester (Work experience) (2 weeks - November 2019) 

• Radio journalist for the drivetime programme – gathering vox pops and creating recorded packages on a wide variety of topics, which were broadcast on air

• Floor manager during a three-hour live outside broadcast for Children in Need in Manchester city centre

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ITV Granada Reports (Freelance work experience) (General Election - 12th December 2019)

• Political reporter during the 2019 General Election night, where myself and a fellow University student attended Stockport Town Hall and worked together to film (with an AC90 camera) the counts and declarations for the Stockport, Hazel Grove and Cheadle constituencies, as well as interviewing the winning candidates and providing updates to the news desk through the night

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Manchester United TV (MUTV) (Freelance work experience) (August 2018 - May 2019)

• Floor manager and interviewer for MUTV – attending Premier League 2 Division 2 home and away games for Manchester United's Academy Under-18s side - providing in-game information to the gallery team for on-screen live TV graphics such as team news, substitutions and bookings, as well as interviewing Manager Neil Ryan straight after each game 

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Manchester Evening News (Work experience) (October 2018 - March 2019)

• Football writer for the MEN’s newspaper - covering Salford City and Oldham Athletic matches and press conferences

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The Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Work experience) (1 day - 24th January 2019)

• Rugby league writer - spent a day producing work for the MEN's sister paper - attending the 2019 Super League media launch day at Old Trafford and interviewing Huddersfield Giants' Head Coach and players ahead of the new season

The Bolton News (Work experience) (1 week - October 2019 - November 2019) 

• Working on the sports desk as a sports reporter for the newspaper and online website, as well as creating a promotional video for The Buff Podcast

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The Lancashire Telegraph (Work experience) (1 week - October 2019 - November 2019)

• Whilst working at The Bolton News - also producing work for The Lancashire Telegraph - based on the sports desk as a sports reporter and wrote articles for the newspaper and online website, as well as covering Burnley and Accrington Stanley press conferences

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Rugby Football League (Internship) (November 2017 - September 2018)

• Media volunteer writing previews and reporting on results on the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUS) and National Conference League (NCL) for the RFL website, as well as a commentator for the Our League App for the 2018 Origin Men's and Women's series at The Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington

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Salford Now (Student journalist) (October 2018 - December 2019) ​

• Producing University work on Salford's in-house news organisation based at the MediaCityUK campus - input roles - mainly a news reporter - delivering content on different medium platforms (TV, radio, online, newspaper), with a focus for web-first journalism, through generating story ideas within the general news area surrounding Salford

• Output roles - operating in the TV gallery and radio studio (editor, producer, director, presenter, sound operator, graphics, server, camera, floor manager) for the live broadcast of news bulletins and programmes 

Shock Radio (Extra-curricular) (October 2017 - Present)

• Presenting, producing and commentating on the sports team/Sports Show on Manchester’s biggest student radio station – Shock Radio – based at the University of Salford’s main campus 

• Head of Sport for the second year (October 2018 - May 2019) – organising one-off outside broadcast events, as well as leading the team every Monday from 8-9pm when the Sports Show was live on air

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Utter Radio - The Football Club Podcast (Extra-curricular) (October 2018 - February 2019) 

• Presented a football podcast with a fellow university student at the Utter Radio studios at the University of Salford’s MediaCityUK campus - talking about the breaking football stories, analysing the Premier League and Championship and discussing the rumours circulating the footballing world

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Super League (Work experience) (1 day - 26th May 2019)

• Spent the second day of the 2019 Magic Weekend at Anfield in Liverpool with the communications team to see how the two-day event works - including how content is delivered via social media, broadcasting arrangements, assigning press passes and organising press conferences and post-match interviews

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Wigan Athletic (Work experience) (1 day - 30th November 2019)

• Spent a day with the media team to see how a matchday operates, including how content is delivered via social media and the website 

Pro 30 Sports Media Coaching (Work experience) (February 2018 - February 2019)

• Writing and commentating on live Championship/League 1 football matches, including Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Burnley - with TV Radio Sports Broadcaster, Peter Smith, as well as attending a few of his tutorial classes based on sports journalism

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(Since October 2016, I have worked on a part-time basis at Debenhams Store in Wigan as a Stock Assistant. This has given me valuable experience working as a team member in a completely different industry. I have also previously worked part-time as a Golden Gamble ticket seller at Wigan Warriors and a Latics Lotto seller at Wigan Athletic.)

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SKILLS

Journalism/Communications

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• Broadcasting (video/audio) experienced in using industry standard software/equipment and comfortable with presenting 

  • Editing - Adobe Premiere, Audition, InDesign, Photoshop, Avid

  • Producing - YouTube, SoundCloud, Highlander, Dera, iNews, Myriad, Zetta

  • Equipment - TV/radio gallery and studio roles (editor, producer, director, presenter, sound operator, graphic, server, camera), AC90 camera, lighting and tripod

  • Reporting, interviewing, presenting, commentating, scriptwriting, live broadcasting

• Writing (online/print) - experienced in gathering, creating and delivering written content 

  • Newsgathering a wide range of news and sport topics

  • Microsoft - Word, PowerPoint, Excel 

  • Confident using Content Management Systems like Wordpress

  • Ability to write news stories, match reports, press releases, features, magazine

  • Breaking news - working as a web-first journalist 

  • Online journalism - using multimedia to enhance quality of work

• Social media 

  • Experienced user of various online platforms - Facebook, Twitter and Instagram 

  • Digital media and marketing - using each medium differently to maximise online reach audiences through Twitter ads and Facebook scheduling

  • Content strategy - high level of degree of accuracy and attention to detail when sharing posts and creativity with ability to improvise - using interactive features and trends to engage audiences

• Media Law 

  • Updated knowledge of media law - passed the Law and Ethics module as part of Broadcast Journalism degree in first year at University (2018)

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Interpersonal 

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• Time management 

  • Consistently organised and have the ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines whilst staying calm

  • Continuously planning and researching ahead to keep up to date with my day-to-day schedule and taking leadership in gathering specific content for a due date given

• Communication

  • Confident and comfortable talking to new people and staying in regular contact with fellow colleagues of new ideas 

  • Experience in working in communications (Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club) and knowing what it takes to entertain, inform, participate and educate a fan base

  • Ability to create content plans to enhance fan engagement and provide insight, information and entertainment

• Team player

  • Friendly, outgoing and approachable 

  • Strive to be creative and commit to solving problems, whilst also listening and showing a passion for learning 

• Flexible and adaptable 

  • Ability to absorb information quickly and produce work to accommodate an appropiate style

  • Versatile to create content in different media platforms - video, audio, online, print 

  • Experienced in interviewing high profile football/rugby league athletes and coaches, as well as normal, working-class people for news stories