CV

Personal Profile

I am an aspiring magazine/online journalist. I always work hard in the position I am in and constantly strive to complete it to the best of my ability. I am creative and efficient when it comes to writing articles and enjoy going the extra mile to make sure that I make an outstanding member of any workforce. I pride myself as being a punctual and reliable employee and I hope you seriously consider making me a member of your team as believe I am very suited to the role with my large experience, interest and enjoyment of the profession.

Experience

I have a wide variety of work experience and placements under my belt, having branched out within different areas of the media to see where my talents lie. I have enjoyed a period of work experience at Key 103, a Manchester based radio station. Here I had the opportunity to gain training in what it is like to be news journalist, having shadowed a reporter while they were covering a case that had to be completed by a deadline. This experience allowed me to gain insight on what precis detail needs to be obtained when covering a story and how to obtain it. Also during my time at Key 103 I was entrusted with writing news bulleins for both them and their sister station Kerrang FM, which I completed to a very high standard.

I am also an active member of the radio station at my university, Scratch FM. Here I work within the news team to research, write and present news bulletins that are announced throughout the day on the network. I am able to be very efficient when identifiying stories that would be of interest to my fellow students and deliver them with confidence.

Another period of work experience I completed was at the Oldham Evening Chronicle, a local newspaper. I gained countless experience at my time with the paper, who entrusted me with writing a large proportion of their special edition newspaper that was covering that year’s 10th anniversary of the "Pride in Oldham Awards". In order to complete this task successfully I had to locate previous year’s winners contact details, with often being given no details at all on the individual, I managed to gain contact to 90% of the names I was given. I then had to conduct short interviews with the previous winners over the phone and with the information gained I would then write up an article on each winner's progress since they had won the award which was to be published in the special edition paper. I was given great praise for my quality and delivery regarding my articles published in The Oldham Chronicle.

Following this I was awarded the chance to have a two week placement within the BBC's Radio Drama team. My time here really enabled me to improve my writing skills, having been consulted regularly on scripts along with having the chance to study and edit them myself. I had the privilege of being invited into the studio to observe and help out with the producution of the radio dramas, recording scenes and giving my input on how they were acted out. I also completed general tasks for the BBC such as casting calls and recording of final production documents along with many other exiting opportunities that allowed me to gain real knowledge when working in entertainment and writing.

Qualifications

I attended Hulme Grammar School for Girls where I obtained 10 GCSE's including: Maths: grade B, English Language: grade B, English Literature: grade B, History: grade B and ICT: grade B.

I then went on to Oldham Sixth Form where I obtained 3 A-Levels in English Lit/Language, History and Philosophy.

I am currently at Birmingham City University in the second year off my English and Media course.

Personal Details

Age: 19

Interests: Music, Tennis and Literature.