I am currently responsible for the development of the national volunteering database, Do-it. A large part of my role involves project managing a £1.6m partnership project between YouthNet and Volunteering England that will support the volunteering legacy from London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. This involves working with LOCOG, the Office of the Third Sector and the GOE. I'm also responsible for ensuring delivery of our partnership work with v (the National Youth Volunteering Service), as well as working to enhance the experience of the website for the 460,000 registered users of the site.
As Editorial Manager, I was responsible for the editorial content of both TheSite.org and Do-it. This included increasing the amount of audio and video material, and maintaining the well-established mobile platform. Shortly after joining YouthNet, I project managed a significant redesign of TheSite.org.
I managed a team of journalists and an editorial assistant as well as commissioning freelancers and liaising with partner organisations. I was involved in both operational and strategic management, especially of TheSite.org and work closely with our marketing, fundraising, partnership and technical teams. I also produced my own content (written and multimedia) and sub others' contributions.
I freelanced for the BBC as an assistant producer covering the US Election from Times Square in New York. My main role was to support the blogger contributors, both online and on the TV programme. Additionally I supported the presenter, and met guests. Leading up to the election night, I had been involved in production meetings and undertaken training for the role.
Headliners uses journalism as a tool for the personal development of young people, particularly those at risk of isolation or exclusion. As Head of Editorial, I liaised with media partners, including the BBC, Sky and several national newspapers; and developed the editorial elements of the training programmes that I then supported. I project managed the creation and maintenance of a multimedia website that was at the heart of the charity's expansion programme. This included choosing a content management system, implementing streaming video, developing podcasting, and integration with news-feed services and social networking sites.
As part of the senior management team, I was responsible implementing the strategic plan throughout the organisation; recruitment and management of staff; responsible for liaising with IT contractors and helping coordinate the relocation to a new office. In an organisation that is dedicated to successful participation, I was often involved in face-to-face work with young people.
I was part of a strategic team responsible for the successful delivery and development of the portfolio of new BBC local and regional services across England. I was recruited to help roll out a content management system across all of the English websites and then provided first-line technical and editorial support for the local teams. I regularly trained producers and editors in editorial aspects of the role, including generating user participation, best practice and integrating online and radio activity.
Specific projects I was involved in include running the Blast Reporter Scheme as part of BBC Blast. I worked on the development of the Local TV pilot, red button services and other new platform developments. In August 2006 I was in charge of the website for the pilot of BBC1's The ONE Show.
A journalist/producer for both online and radio, at BBC Three Counties, which covers Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Roles included updating and maintaining all aspects of the website, producing news and sequence shows, radio-car reporting and other tasks as required.
A six-month secondment at Radio 1 Newsbeat. Principally I maintained the Newsbeat pages of the Radio 1 website; but also supported the Entertainment News department both in researching stories and doing both studio and off-site interviews with musicians and celebrities.
A four-year degree, including a foundation year in Maths and Physics, looking at digital media production. Subjects included audio and video production; web, Flash and 3D animation; and photography and photo manipulation. Final year included making two broadcast TV pieces and a 15 minute documentary for BBC Radio 1.
I volunteered with this national charity for 20 years, primarily around delivering youth work and youth participation. I was a member of the National Youth Training Team for three years, and then selected to be on the national Youth Participation Working Group as part of a complete overhaul of the organisation's youth programme. This resulted in running a weekend conference for 150 young people and producing A Guide to Involving Young People that has been distributed to the 2,000 St. John Ambulance groups throughout the UK.
Between 2003 and 2006 I was on the County Youth Team in West Midlands supporting and running weekly youth units, and delivering weekend training courses to young people and youth leaders. I took on a similar role in Hertfordshire, although I decided to stand down in June 2008.
Most recently I helped redevelop youth leadership training within the organisation. I have also written a number of national resources for the organisation (including rewriting much of the Games & Icebreakers book)and have regularly written for their national magazine. I was volunteer member of the project board for the redevelopment of their website; as well as training volunteer webmasters.
I have undertaken extensive Child Protection training, and delivered similar training to volunteer youth leaders.
I joined my local hospital radio aged 16 and subsequently took part in various local radio RSL broadcasts. At university I was news editor for my student radio station and in my final year was elected as Development Officer of the Student Radio Association. Part of my role was to work with the Radio Authority on setting up the Access Radio pilot, which have evolved into community radio licences.
I have been involved with the Community Media Association in various guises; including producing the breakfast show on Make Poverty History radio, run to coincide with the 2005 G8 summit in Edinburgh. I have run training sessions at various community radio stations and I run a radio training website at www.rad10.com
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