Award-winning content creator, digital and AI strategist and trainer
…a documentary, podcast and features editor who can create, lead, project-manage, commission, direct, produce, edit, write – and guide teams through those difficult but rewarding digital and AI transformations. A seasoned expert who can grow your audiences and enhance your editorial offerings while riding the coming wave of technology which can be a threat or an opportunity.
• Digital change specialist – a pioneer in AI Innovations in Journalism, digital product innovation and editorial expertise for digital news.
• Digital innovator and industry leader with 17 years’ experience at the BBC in content strategy, documentary, podcast, social video, explainers, animation, mobile innovations, 360 video, campaigns, branding and marketing.
• Newsroom leader with a strong track record of delivering impactful and ambitious digital journalism in multiple formats.
• Flair for creative storytelling, and can strongly and efficiently deliver quality work through other people – working with journalists to shape and develop ideas, subjects and pitches into sharp stories.
• Has worked with UK, European and worldwide audiences and has an extensive knowledge of the digital tastes and preferences across these regions.
• Extensive experience in social analytics helps understand social audiences and how to build meaningful, direct and lasting relationships with them.
• Digital change specialist – a pioneer in digital marketing, digital product innovation and editorial expertise for digital news.
• Expert in digital delivery methods to improve engagement and build audiences, having managed a multitude of international projects which increased BBC audiences by tens of millions.
• A good team player and an effective people manager. I was a diversity champion at the BBC with expertise in unconscious bias and cultural sensitivity.
• A good leader and spoken communicator with experience in public speaking, networking and influencing others. I am skilled at building high-performing digital teams and have built a great contact book of experts, analysts and freelance talent throughout my career.
A showcase of my multi-platform, multimedia content including documentaries, podcasts and social media.
Including current affairs, documentary, analysis, conversational, cultural commentary, narrative nonfiction, history and arts.
Full-length TV features and social mini-docs, on a range of topics.
A look at what works with audiences on social media including animation, explainers and mini-docs.
How technology can revolutionise news dissemination, making it faster and more accessible while enabling anyone to produce, receive, and distribute news tailored to their preferences and locales. Find out more about the digital and AI training I can offer at my website NotInTheHeadlines.com
A more detailed look at my experience.