Seller 294412 - France
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| Hourly Rate: | £30.00 | |
| Available From: | Now | |
| Overview: | France-based (British) editor and journalist, bilingual, with seven years' experience on trade magazines, I am seeking freelance reporting and editing assignments. | |
CV
| Bilingual (English and French) freelance journalist and editor, based in France, looking for new assignments. Previously Editor-in-Chief of CosmeticNews, the leading trade publication for the international cosmetics industry. Trained on City University's Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism. |
Employment History
(Nov 2001 to Jul 2008)
various roles, culminating in Editor-in-Chief
Paris, FranceJoined Cosmedias, now part of Reed Business Information, in 2001 as a junior reporter on CosmeticNews straight out of journalism school. Rapidly progressed to news editor, deputy editor and finally editor-in-chief, managing a team of four internal reporters and sub-editors and a network of 30 international correspondents.
Experience of all levels of the editorial process, including reporting, features writing, sub-editing, layout (QuarkXpress), redesign, commissioning, editing and management
Education
(Sep 2000 to Jun 2001)
City University School of Journalism
PG Dip Newspaper Journalism
Shorthand: 100 wpm
(Sep 1996 to Jun 2000)
University of Manchester
First Class BA Hons in English and French, with distinction in spoken French
Categories & Skills
Media & Creative
Categories
Skills
- Business to Business (Writing)
- Business to Consumer (Writing)
- Commissioning (Journalism)
- Commissioning (Editing)
- Editorial Management (Editing)
- Magazine Editing (Editing)
- Magazines
- Management (Journalism)
- Newsletters (Writing)
- Newspaper Editing (Editing)
- Proof Reading (Editing)
- QuarkXPress
- Sub-editing (Journalism)
- Sub-editing (Editing)
- Web Content (Writing)
- Website Editing (Editing)

