A gregarious and hard-working individual who has a strong passion for Football. As a graduate in Broadcast Journalism, I have good experience and knowledge with writing various news content, and understand how to relate my content to various audiences. My knowledge for the game is excellent from the different players & statistics, to the different teams and leagues across the world. I have done match reports for Uxbridge Football Club, along with writing player reviews and transfer stories for Young Pro magazine. I am aspiring to be a sports Journalist, and eager to start my career in the industry as soon as possible.

Education:

Dates: September 2014 – 2017 September.

Institution: University of West London

Degree: Broadcast Journalism

Dates: September 2012 – May 2014.

School: Bishopshalt

Subjects: Theatre Studies C, English Literature D, Sociology D.

Dates: September 2009 – May 2014.

School: Bishopshalt School.

GCSE’s:

Drama A, English Literature A, English Language B, Music B, Food Technology B, Religious Studies B, History B, Physical Education C, Maths (Foundation) C, ICT C, BTEC Science - Pass.

Employment

Dates: 2014 – Present

Job: Argos Customer Advisor.

Specification:

-Answering customer queries

-Able to deal with busy situations.

-Chasing up customer orders.

Dates: October 2016-Present

Job: Argos Fast Track back-up driver.

Specification:

-Had to drive a Mercedes Sprinter van.

-Collected home delivery parcels, along with hub to spoke stock in store to load onto the van.

-Carried out vehicle safety checks before starting every driving shift.

-Loaded the vehicle in a safe and organised way

-Delivered to different houses/Argos stores across Hayes, Feltham and Staines.

Dates: October 2015 – 2015 December

Job: Online writer at Young Pro magazine.

Specification:

-Had to research and produce articles on young upcoming footballers.

-Transcript interviews to a professional standard.

-Completed articles to a tight time schedule.

-Published tweets on the latest transfer news involving young players.

Dates: May 2010 – July 2011

Job: Receptionist at Heathrow Signature Flight Support.

Specification:

-Worked as a receptionist, answering phone calls from customers.

-Made flight and accommodation arrangements for passengers.

-Provided a speedy and friendly service to all.

Dates: August 2017 – October 2017

Job: Journalism Internship with New London Payroll.

Specification:

-Produced Tweets and Facebook posts for the company’s social media accounts.

-Created numerous blog posts discussing Payroll and promoting the services NLP offer.

-Kept in regular contact with my advised manager, discussing about upcoming tasks and progress reports.

Football related works:

Football Fan-zone Blog.

-For a University assignment, I created a Football based blog called “Fan-zone”. For this, I produced numerous articles, including big pre-match build ups, match reports and balanced debates. The aim of the blog was to encourage fans to have their say on Football related matters, making their feelings & opinions heard. I am extremely passionate about supporters having an opinion, and wanted to depict this through my project.

Radio Show - “Kick it Out”.

-At University, I created a half an hour radio broadcast, talking about the taboo of homosexuality within football.

-I discussed about the issues of referee abuse, and how the Footballing Association needs to do more in order to kick homophobic behaviour out of the game.

-I created a #kickitout trend on Twitter, encouraging football fans to tweet in their opinions on the topics being discussed. I also arranged a post on the “Football Fan-zone” Facebook page, informing followers of my blog that I was going on air.

Competencies:

oCan complete work within tight deadlines

oGood knowledge in writing about a range of Football related topics

oAbility to write up notes in short hand

oAbility to write creative and interesting articles

oCan absorb large amounts of information, constructing it well

oHave competent research skills

oCan read/report news with great expression and interest

Personal skills.

oAble to deal with setbacks and difficult situations.

oOpen to create contacts to maintain a flow of information.

oHave the confidence to ask questions to a variety of people, from different backgrounds.

oAlways curious – want to find out more about individuals and gossip.

References:

-Available upon request.

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