London, England, United Kingdom
I am an aspiring London-based freelance writer & journalist with ten years writing experience, ranging from short stories, to journalism and theatre. My work has been published in magazines and websites such as Toy Pirate, Shooting People and local news websites in the Royal borough of Greenwich. I also co-wrote a play with an actress for her dissertation project, which was performed at the ACT Theatre in Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, on 22/2/12. At present, I am both a contributor to an Australian owned website that reviews leisure activities around the world, where I have covered everything from queer cinema to Japanese Lolita events and photography (which I will mention more about later), along with being an intern with the Good Toy Guide. The Good Toy Guide is a website that advises parents, play experts, toy industry insiders and people who work with children about what toys are appropriate for their child's development and their play value. Play values is where a child can play with a toy in more than one way. As part of my internship, I have been involved in co-authoring a publication aimed at toy designers, design students, entrepreneurs and play professionals, who are interested in toy design and how this affects child development. As part of this, I conducted interviews with people in the technology sectors and toy industry to determine future trends in the industry, such as the merging on physical and digital, connected devices and how these will affect children's play. I have also written news and analysis for the Good Toy Guide website for both trade and consumer audiences. As a hobby, I have developed an interest in photography and have even covered photographic workshops for Weekend Notes. I take every opportunity to develop my craft as both a wordsmith and as a photographer. I am a highly talented, creative and analytical thinker who works methodically and in a timely manner, relishing new challenges and give it all I have.
A start up publishing house producing custom magazine style photo albums for people's weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, amazing lives, bar mitzvahs, school proms, product launches and even pets. My tasks include writing copy for products, supervising interns, editing and writing content for B2C newsletter. Topics covered in the latter include: 1: Would you take your wife's name? 2: Who decides where a couple lives? 3: Should your husband get CRB/DBS checked? 4: Preserving memories of someone with Dementia. Other tasks include helping develop business and marketing strategy.
Clients have included: Nomad Magazine (Slovenia), Inn From the Cold (A homeless shelter in Calgary) Jehan Legac ( a fetish artist and photographer working in Ibiza & Bangkok) Wendy Jill (Texas based children's composer and Grammy 2014 entrant: http://wendyjillmusic.com/#videos ). It's My Magazine, a publishing house producing custom made magazine style photo albums for people's weddings, birthdays, Anniversaries, school proms, bar mitzvah, amazing lives, product launches, etcetera. The work encompasses writing articles on art and cultural affairs, taglines for campaigns, press releases, interviews, profiles of people, photography and video. My work has been published in Nomad magazine, Aesthetica and at the Calgary Stampede. I am available for commissions, so please contact me if you are interested in working with me.
I have run a press clipping service to help determine trends in child welfare, toy safety, child development by sifting through the news and grabbing the latest developments. Attending trade fairs to develop contacts in the toy industry, education and media. In doing so, I have raised the profile of the organisation and website and helped promote it to toy industry insiders. Scripting training videos, filmed by film students at Metropolitan University, Belfast. I have worked on a publication aimed at toy designers, entrepreneurs, design students, play professionals and teachers who are interested in developing a new toy. I even conducted interviews with people in the tech and toy industries as part of researching sections on future toy trends, licensing, safety.
I co-authored a play, helping a drama student and aspiring actress with her dissertation. I helped write the script, develop characters and storylines, which is a lot of fun. Miss Wardlow said: "Okay, as you can see what I have is nothing and definitely nothing up to your standards" I'm really proud of this project, as I had my first work performed.
Freelance/casual researcher on survey for DLR about Woolwich Arsenal regarding travel patterns, a follow up to a previous survey (DLR extension opened in 2009). I even wrote a feature on the experience, about the people I interacted with and what people did the survey. I learned more about local government in one week than in a term of local government lectures, because I could actually see it in action and in a tangible form. I was actually a part of it.