PERSONAL STATEMENT
Accomplished and productive editor with 4 years of experience in SEO, research, and project management of news publications. Expert in producing interactive, award-winning reporting while supervising and training editorial staff. Seeking a Senior Editorial Assistant position at Blackthorne Publications to enhance their content strategy and increase readership.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Editorial Assistant
The Morning Weekly News
Aug 2021–Present, Canterbury
- Designing and implementing content strategies targeted at audience demographics across the news, business, international, and lifestyle sections
- Supervise 4 teams of writers to reach publication targets, ensuring smooth cooperation between teams and an uninterrupted workflow throughout editing and publication stages
- Created budget framework to track department budgets and expenditures, and ran monthly budget meetings with each department
- Identified team skill gaps and delivered targeted training sessions for 30+ staff writers, reducing editing time by 15%
- Led the publication to achieve All Media Award in 2021
Editorial Assistant
Life & Heart Magazine
Aug 2018–Aug 2021, Canterbury
- Approved 15 pieces for monthly publication and online publication, including fact checking from multiple sources
- Evaluated 20+ featured articles submitted by writers each year, ensuring they’re up-to-date and fit for target audiences while matching the magazine’s tone
- Assessed manuscripts and proposals for 100+ articles, including preparing written feedback reports and providing constructive feedback for each writer
- Introduced weekly content coordination meetings between editing, design, and tech departments, which cut publication delays by 80%
- Increased website traffic by 200% by optimising each article using SEO practices and aligning the content calendar with current trends based on detailed research
EDUCATION
BA (Hons), Media and Communications, first class honours
Dissertation topic: Social Theory in Media Studies
University of West London
2012–2015, London
KEY SKILLS
- Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
- SEO and copywriting
- Strategy development
HOBBIES & INTERESTS
- Reading dystopian fiction
- Baking
- Playing tennis