Nicolaas Harding

M: +44 7910622307 | 149c Battersea Rise, London, SW11 1HE Facebook | Linkedin | Twitter | E: nicolaas.harding@gmail.com PERSONAL STATEMENT Nicolaas is currently a Senior Contributor and Broadcast Journalist for Sportscene TV, the world's largest paddlesport platform. He is a dynamic, enthusiastic copywriter and reporter specialising in canoe sport. He has over two years of invaluable experience in publishing sales-marketing supporting high-profile retail accounts and trade events. With a strong academic track record, Nicolaas is proud of having achieved fluency in French. He maintains his own blog: Industrial Sunset . KEY SKILLS Technical Skills: Personal Skills: writing to different styles and audiences fluent in French with intermediate Spanish comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft has a high awareness of the English language, applications: Word, Outlook, Photoshop, fluent in phonetic transcription PowerPoint, Excel excellent communication and presentation skills articulate, eloquent, charismatic and well confident using social networks and Wordpress presented competent audiovisual editor thrives under pressure, highly-organised and can competent camera operator, keen eye for multi-task effectively and simultaneously photographic detail excellent administrator knowledge of TV / film production and can generate rapport easily broadcast equipment EMPLOYMENT Sep 12ongoing Senior Contributor & Broadcast Journalist (Freelance) Sportscene TV, London www.sportscene.tv: The world's largest paddlesports platform covering World Championship, Olympic, international and domestic canoeing, kayaking, rafting, stand-up paddling, ocean-racing, kayak polo events and touring expeditions. Responsibilities: works alongside Director to plan content scheduling, mentoring other writers, promoting brand awareness managing relationships with the International Canoe Federation, the International Olympic Commission, GB Canoeing and other national federations online video presenter / host copywriting for event previews and round-ups, news updates, athlete biographies, interviews, Twitter posts, Facebook content proofreading for international writers Achievements: major project on Polar stand up paddling expedition interview with London 2012 Gold medallist Daniele Molmenti presented & edited an interview with Patrick Mahoney Paracanoe World Champion 2010 mention by Head of IOC Editorial for my article on equality in women's canoe profile of Paracanoe Athletes Fernandes and Selinger May 08-Aug 10 Junior Account Executive / UK Sales Assistant Random House, London www.randomhouse.co.uk: The Random House Group Ltd is one of the world's leading book, audiobook and digital publishers with an umbrella-like structure of divisions and imprints each specialising in the likes of fiction, non-fiction, business, sports, children's literature.

Responsibilities: trade account support meeting all publicity and marketing needs of Amazon, Waterstone's fiction, Asda, Waitrose, wholesalers supplying John Lewis and HMV. diary management for three sales directors and departmental account executives producing weekly customer-tailored publicity updates by sourcing press quotes and images creating, pitching and presenting monthly, quarterly customer sales-marketing presentations copywriting for and updating 'Title Information Sheets' managing divisional publishing scheduling coordinating author book-signings in/out of house organising, budgeting, hosting large-scale publicity events: author-quizzes, launches and dinners (guests included Nigella Lawson, Gok Wan, Josh Lewsey, Alan Titchmarsh, Annabel Karmel) Achievements: 200-people multi-author and celebrity quiz hosted by XFM's Danny Wallace at The Chelsea Gardener shot and edited a publicity video for Ebury Press representing the company at the London Book Fair OTHER EXPERIENCE Sep 12 present Contributor (Freelance) Responsibilities: copywriting on football news, match previews and reports.

This is Futbol.com, London

Jan 12 present English Teacher (part time) English First, London Responsibilities: teaching multi-national adults and young adults Cambridge Exam and General English, lectures Jan 12 present English Teacher (contract) International House, Palma Responsibilities: teaching Mallorquin, Catalan adults Cambridge Exam and Business English lawyers, accountants, Spanish military EDUCATION Sep 02- Jun 06 BA HONS Media Studies with French (2.1) Erasmus Year (cinema & theatre production), Bordeaux Sep 00Jun 02 PROFESSIONAL 1 day, Dec 12 Sep 12 Aug 10 A' Levels: Media (A), Geography (A), French (B)

University of Sussex, Brighton

Peter Symonds College, Winchester

Introduction to Sports Journalism

Sportsbeat, London

Diploma in Sports Journalism & Teeline Shortland (studying online) Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA - Pass A) International House London, London

PERSONAL INTERESTS Nicolaas has media credits in a whole range of audiovisual productions as a Camera Operator, Production Assistant for example, do ask for further details. Active interests: kayaking, Elizabethan fencing with 1595, road cycling, snowboarding, indoor climbing, tennis, squash. Sep 03-04 Sep 02-04 Secretary University Sussex Canoe Club Presenter-Producer University Radio Falmer University of Sussex, Brighton University of Sussex, Brighton