Melissa O

• Accurately proofread and wrote high-quality AI copy for monthly catalogue in accordance with company house style • Became intimately familiar with publishing law, drafting and executing contractual paperwork on a daily basis, liaising with publishers, authors and agents • Conducted interviews as required with high-profile narrators • Enhanced digital content offering into libraries by almost 2,000 titles by researching, negotiating and securing 60+ new eBook and eAudio distribution deals • Streamlined admin processes by rolling out and processing a new accounting method to over 900 agencies, authors and publishers • Negotiated terms and advances with agents and conducted detailed sales analyses on titles to calculate audio renewal refresher advances • Juggled complex projects using detailed trackers, and would accurately condense large volumes of complex data into simple reports to reliably disseminate

• Delivered high-quality content for the ITV News Channel UK programme by conducting interviews, producing vox pops and acting as reporter for several stories

• Showcased time-management and self-starter attitude by pitching and self-shooting stories, conducting interviews or vox-pops, editing and voicing high-quality news packages on a daily basis to be aired to a regional audience

• Very popular local Television Station Notts TV which deeply focuses on celebrating the culture and lively community of Nottingham • Conducted both interviews and vox pops with people within Nottinghamshire • Pitching story ideas, shooting and editing professional broadcast-standard up sounds and vox pop pieces with professional camera equipment • Operating camera during live televised show Ey Up Notts on channel 7, as well as providing assistance in the gallery • Solidified and strengthened knowledge of ethical reporting and media law during this period to ensure I was working in accordance with broadcasting standards outlined by Ofcom

• Produced and proofread monthly newsletters for various school sports programmes that were to be widely disseminated amongst team and field coaches • Hosted national events and recorded/produced high-quality voiceovers for official tutorials

Hosted live on-stage the 2016 School Games, a national multi-sport event for the UK’s elite young athletes of school age. I interviewed Olympic gold medalist Max Whitlock fresh from Rio 2016 in front of 3,500-strong audience and compered in between live entertainment in the hour-long ceremony held within the Loughborough University

• Authored articles, features and previews for national and international aquatics • Wrote and managed biographies/rankings data for GBR aquatic athletes, data would then be used by commentators at future swimming meets • Devised and implemented strategies to optimise the biographical rankings system • Attended Regional and National swimming events within the UK to assist with accreditation and other necessary tasks to ensure successful meets.

Producing news articles for the website www.swimming.org. Producing features for major events such as the British Swimming Championships 2014 and the annual FINA Diving World Series, featuring quotes from GBR diver Tom Daley. Producing preview pieces for aquatic sports ranging from Diving to Water Polo. Liaising with professional photographers to select photographs for the website's photo gallery. Tweeting on behalf of the organisation in the lead-up to the British Swimming Championships 2014 to ensure engagement of followers.