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BA (HONS) MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM

BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY 2011 - 2014

ESSENTIAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS FOR JOURNALISTS

MEDIA LAW COURT REPORTING
NCTJ DIPLOMA IN JOURNALISM 2013

shanaestaple@yahoo.com
A-LEVELS: MEDIA STUDIES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE & PHOTOGRAPHY

077 86960 250

GCSEs: 9 INCLUDING ENGLISH, MATHS & SCIENCE

KINGSMEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL 2009 - 2011

EXPERIENCE

PROFILE
Qualified Journalist with
in-house and agency digital
marketing experience. My
multimedia skill set enables
me to produce content
across multiple platforms. I
thrive best when given the
opportunity to use and build
on my creativity.

SKILL SET
COPYWRITING
SOCIAL MEDIA
CONTENT CREATION

DIGITAL CONTENT EDITOR

ROCABA GROUP & CREATIVE CONTENT AGENCY PRESENT

Since working at Rocaba, I have gained both in-house and agency

marketing experience. I produce and edit content for multiple platforms,
such as blogs and email newsletters, and I also manage various social media
accounts. I have also acquired some experience in brand consultancy and
brand management.
SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTENT CREATION INTERN
LOLO AND GALAGO MARCH - AUGUST 2015

Lolo and Galago provided me with the opportunity to create and run a
social media campaign to promote their brand. I gathered the content,
created the necessary materials and used these to increase awareness of
this start-up jewellery business. This experience allowed me to build on my
creativity skills and gain new abilities in social media management.

EMAIL MARKETING
SUB-EDITING
SEO
WEB ANALYSIS
LIVE BLOGGING
EDITORIAL DESIGN

SUB-EDITOR INTERN
SAINSBURYS MAGAZINE 2013

At Sainsburys magazine I worked on the subs desk, subbing copy on layout

and also writing small bites of copy in line with the magazines house style.
I also helped on the picture desk where I sourced suitable photographs for
feature articles.

EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

TECH SKILLS
ADOBE INDESIGN

NEWS REPORTER INTERN

NEWSQUEST: GUARDIAN SERIES 2013

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

As an intern at this branch of newsquest newspapers, I found, researched

and wrote original, local news stories for both print and online platforms.

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
INTERN

ADOBE PREMIERE
ADOBE AUDITION
MAILCHIMP
WORDPRESS

HEART RADIO 2013

As an intern at Heart Radio station in Sussex, it was my duty to source and

report on local news stories. I edited audio clips and wrote scripts for the
daily news bulletins. I also wrote copy for the stations digital platforms and
took photographs and videos for added multimedia content.
INTERN
JUICE RADIO 2014

MICROSOFT WORD
MICROSOFT EXCEL

During my time as an intern at Juice Radio station in Brighton, I sourced

and reported on news stories and produced content for the website. I also
edited audio clips and wrote scripts for the daily news bulletins.
OPINION DESIGNER

INTERESTS
FOOD
TRAVEL
CRAFTS
PHOTOGRAPHY
CURRENT AFFAIRS
DESIGN

THE BOURNEMOUTH ROCK NEWSPAPER 2012 - 2013

As designer of the opinion section of the newspaper, it was my job to

create the visual layout of the opinion pages and ensure that they tied
together with the rest of the publication. I also occasionally wrote news
articles for the paper.
ASSISTANT DESIGNER
PEBBLE ZINE 2012 - 2013

As Assistant Designer for Pebble, I worked closely with the senior designers
to put the fashion and lifestyle webzine together. I assisted with design
decisions and also designed pages for publishing.

REFERENCES
P R OJ EC T S

JASON PENN
LOLO AND GALAGO

jpenn@loloandgalago.
com
DAN HOGAN
BOURNEMOUTH
UNIVERSITY

dhogan@bournemouth.
ac.uk

EXPLORING THE EDIBLE 2014

A multimedia project exploring alternative sources of food. This project

includes a feature article on edible insects, complete with a magazine
layout, a video on foraging and an audio piece on exotic meats.

Digital version available at: http://buzz.bournemouth.ac.uk/home-exploringedible/

OPERATION PILLAR OF DEFENCE: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF MEDIA FRAMING
IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS 2014

A 10,000 word thesis studying the framing of the 2012 Israeli-Palestinian

conflict across four British newspapers.