Recent Employment

Editorial Writer/ Live Text Commentator for Stats Perform

September 2014 – Present (Freelance)

• Undertake editorial desk shifts covering the latest sports news including football, rugby, tennis, golf, cricket, F1 and NBA
• Assisted the team’s coverage of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and 2022 FIFA World Cup
• Writing 250-word on-the-whistle football match reports on domestic, European and international matches, including the Premier League, Champions League and World Cup
• Writing reaction pieces, event reviews and general sports news articles
• Subediting articles submitted by colleagues and editing live text commentary produced
• Provide live text commentary for domestic, European and international football matches, including Premier League and Champions League
• Contextualise fixture pre-game, two-minute updates throughout the game as well as a brief half-time and post-match round-up
• Provided live blog during the Rio 2016 Olympics streamed through MSN.com

Consultant Writer for OneTwenty Group (Full-Time July 2016 – September 2017)

November 2015 – Present (Freelance)

• Provide tournament coverage on the main snooker, tennis and darts events published on livesnooker.com, livetennis.com and live-darts.com
• Perform social media coverage including build-up, previews, real-time coverage, fan engagement and reviews
• Conduct player interviews and produce exclusive features for publication on the Live Snooker and Live Darts websites and YouTube channels
• Write previews and match reports
• Regularly attend tournaments to produce live coverage and gather exclusive material
• Produce betting articles and landing pages published on Squawka.com
• Research and write topical articles and features, including team and stadium profiles for the 2022 FIFA World Cup
• Provided recommendations and advice regarding betting tips for bettingpro.com and footballtips.com

Freelance Writer for Snooker Scene

June 2023 – Present (Freelance)

• Provide tournament coverage on the main snooker events
• Conduct player interviews and produce exclusive features

Publicity Officer for Swansea City AFC Community Trust (included multimedia coverage for Swansea City AFC)

September 2020 – May 2021 (Full-Time)

• Coverage of all Community Trust events including; writing stories, social media coverage, conducting interviews, producing video packages and photography
• Managing and arranging all player appearances at Trust-based events or activities
• Liaising with project coordinators to create news stories and explore all opportunities to promote the Trust’s work within the community
• Responsible for the management of all social media accounts; including Twitter and Facebook
• Write news stories for publication on the club website and in the matchday programme
• Support with the preparation of case studies in conjunction with project coordinators
• Produce video packages for events, case studies and campaigns for use on social media and submission to the Premier League
• Host virtual events on Zoom; recording and producing content for social media channels
• Receiving creative briefs to proof and validate before liaising with the marketing team to design
• Matchday coverage of all first-team fixtures including; production and distribution of team sheets to visiting journalists, live match centre coverage, match reports, photo galleries and transcribing post-match player/manager interviews
• Coverage of the under-23s and under-18s teams; writing previews, match reports, reaction articles and post-match player/manager interviews
• Contribute to first-team matchday programme content as writer and editor including; the Community Trust section, coverage of the under-23s and under-18s teams, opposition analysis and player features
• Writing unique content for the club website
• Publication of club notifications including team news to all subscribing mobile devices
• Extensive research to inform interviews, social media, feature writing and commentary
• Continued relationship management with colleagues, manager and players to ensure their co-operation and availability as and when required
• Regularly delivering to tight deadlines
• Substituting for colleagues in their absence

Social Media Manager for Swansea City AFC

July 2019 – September 2020 (Full-Time)

• Responsible for the management of all social media accounts including; Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
• Plan, structure and produce social media content to provide continuous interesting and engaging posts and stories across all platforms
• Co-ordinate with colleagues to ensure continuity of information flow and to avoid overlap with other contents sources e.g. website etc
• Verify source information to ensure its accuracy and integrity
• Matchday coverage of all first team fixtures including; gathering team news, social media coverage, post-match player interviews, chaperone player interviews with external media sources and occasional reaction articles
• Responsible for coverage of the under-23s team; writing previews, commentary broadcast via SwansTV Live or matchday social media coverage, match reports, reaction articles and post-match player interviews
• Contribute to first-team Matchday programme content as writer and editor including; the Captain’s column, player features, quizzes and previewing future fixtures
• Writing unique content for the club website
• Publication of club notifications including breaking news, team news, live streams and pre-match press conferences to all subscribing mobile devices
• Extensive research to inform interviews, social media, feature writing and commentary
• Regularly interviewing players and coaches at all levels including, co-ordinating their availability to meet a variety of deadlines to provide content across all platforms
• Creating new and interesting subject matter to celebrate club landmarks and milestones
• Contribute towards development of and provide innovative ideas for material created by the Multimedia office including SwansTV
• Continued relationship management with colleagues, manager and players to ensure their co-operation and availability as and when required
• Regularly delivering to tight deadlines
• Substituting for colleagues in their absence

Multimedia Officer for Swansea City AFC

September 2017 – May 2019 (Full-Time)

• Responsible for coverage of the under-23s team; writing previews, match reports and reaction articles, matchday social media coverage, commentary broadcast via SwansTV Live, news items and attending away fixtures
• Editor and principal contributor to the first-team matchday programmes including producing engaging content, generating angles for stories, interviewing players and the manager. Liaising with opposing teams to generate and organise input, feature writing, sub-editing content and co-ordinating with graphic designers
• Social media coverage of first-team home and occasional away fixtures, production and distribution of team sheets to visiting journalists
• Publication of club notifications including breaking news, team news, live streams and pre-match press conferences to all subscribing mobile devices
• Writing unique content for the club website
• Extensive research to inform interviews, social media, feature writing and commentary
• Regularly interviewing players and coaches at all levels including, co-ordinating their availability to meet a variety of deadlines to provide content across all platforms
• Creating new and interesting subject matter to celebrate club landmarks and milestones
• Contribute towards development of and provide innovative ideas for material created by the Multimedia office including SwansTV
• Continued relationship management with colleagues, manager and players to ensure their co-operation and availability as and when required
• Liaise with external volunteer contributors, organising and co-ordinating their input including allocating subject matter and sub-editing submissions for programme content
• Regularly delivering to tight deadlines
• Substituting for colleagues in their absence

Freelance Writer for GiveMeSport

May – October 2014

• Freelance writing on the World Cup and La Liga producing up to 30 stories per month, including match reports, features and previews

I also have experience of working with broadcast media and I have created both audio and video packages that have been published on sports websites.

I have had work published in a range of media including; matchday programmes for a variety of professional football clubs, official event programmes for World Snooker, regional newspapers, sports magazines and specialist sports websites.

Work Experience

Placement at Swansea City Football Club

April 4-9, 2016

• Researched and wrote articles for web content and matchday programmes (Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, West Ham United, Leicester City and Newcastle United)
• Conducted interview with player
• Edited material for inclusion in the matchday programmes
• Produced statistical information for forthcoming match
• Attended press conferences
• Assisted with matchday reporting for U18 and U21 matches

Placement at Perform Group

December 7-11, 2015

• Researched and wrote sports news stories for publication on several websites including Goal.com, fourfourtwo.com and Yahoo Sport covering football, rugby union, tennis, boxing and formula 1
• Took part in training to develop the range of work I cover for PERFORM that included using the CMS system and uploading articles

Placement at Matchroom Sport

November 10-15, 2015

• Member of the Events team covering Champion of Champions Snooker tournament (Coventry)
• Produced daily previews and match reports for the official tournament website
• Carried out post-match video interviews for the official World Snooker YouTube channel
• Ran a live blog for the weekend’s matches, which generated over 4,000 views in the space of two days.

Placement at Yorkshire Post/ Yorkshire Evening Post

September 28 – October 2, 2015

• Wrote a feature on local Snooker player Kuldesh Johal and a local rugby preview that were both published on the front page of the “Time Out” section in the Yorkshire Evening Post
• Wrote breaking sports news stories and topical features to tight deadlines that were published on both newspaper websites covering football, snooker, rugby union, rugby league and ice hockey
• Wrote local football round-ups using Atex In Copy that were all published in “The Goals” Wednesday supplement of the Yorkshire Evening Post
• Sub-edited a football match preview for Saturday’s edition of the Yorkshire Post using Atex In Design to make the story fit to the allocated space
• Updated social media by sharing out links to the latest sports stories using Tweetdeck
• Researched material for the deputy sports editor to use in the “Letters Page” and “Flashback” sections of the paper

Media Volunteer at Accrington Stanley FC

July 2015 – July 2016

• Contribute features and articles to the official matchday programmes and club website

Contribution to sport-specific editorial websites and publications

February 2015 – July 2016

• Contribute articles and features for publication on websites and in matchday programmes for the following professional football clubs:
  • Leeds United
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • Swansea City
  • Sheffield Wednesday
• Match reports and features to dartsjournalist.com
• Contribute features and articles to World Snooker for publication on the website and in tournament programmes
• Periodically conduct interviews and submit articles and features for publishing in a range of regional newspapers across the country

Placement at Matchroom Sport

November 3-9, 2014

• Member of the Events team covering Champion of Champions Snooker tournament (Coventry)
• Ran a live blog and conducted post-match interviews with players and wrote previews for following day’s play

Placement at World Snooker Championship

April 19 – May 5, 2014

• Member of the media team covering World Snooker Championship (Sheffield)
• Wrote features and session review reports for official World Snooker website
• Transcribed post-match interviews and prepared information for BBC presenters
• Shadowed and gathered information from newspaper and radio journalists

Placement at Aston Villa Football Club

September 2-6, 2013

• Worked as a member of the Marketing and Communications team
• Wrote a match preview and player profile for the official Aston Villa website and edited programme notes
• Attended new player signing and introduction interview