MY EXPERIENCE
Skills
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Higher education in media law (BJTC)
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Training in OFCOM and BBC regulations
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Proficiency with audio technology, including remote recording
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Audio editing (Adobe Audition)
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Radio production
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Live event production
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Leadership and innovation
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Recognising and developing new talent
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Teamwork and communication
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Budget management
Experience
Freelance Podcast Producer (Oct 2023-Current)
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Produce and edit Sorted Food's Under the Cloche podcast
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Assistant Producer on BBC Sounds' STRIKE podcast
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produced episode 3 of the series, 'The Enemy Within'​
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Produced and edited B2B podcasts including:
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Welsh language editor of Season 2 of the 'Trafod Gwelliant' podcast
Podcast Production Consultant, Cardiff University (Oct-Dec 2023)
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Teaching MA Journalism students about podcast production
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Guiding students through recordings with journalists and public figured on their Reporters and Reported podcast
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Edited the podcast's audio and video
Producer, Crowd Network (Jan 2022-Oct 2023)
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Produce and edit 2 weekly shows
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Developed and produced one of the UK's top body confidence podcasts, Go Love Yourself
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Won Best Wellbeing Podcast (Gold) at the 2023 British Podcast Awards
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Won Best New Podcast (Silver) at the 2022 ARIAS
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Nurtured hosts with minimal experience into excellent presenters
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Covered sensitive topics, while protecting the audience and the hosts
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Created a socially conscious and supportive online community alongside the show
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5k facebook members
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23k instagram followers
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Over 1.5m downloads
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Produced and directed a sold-out live show in London, while overseeing and working with a production team
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Organised collaborations with Apple Podcasts
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January-February Spotlight Show
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Appearing alongside the Go Love Yourself hosts on panels at Apple Stores in London and Manchester
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Produced Billy Joel History Podcast, We Didn't Start the Fire
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Produced episodes with incredible historical witnesses, e.g. Holocaust survivor Ruth Barnett, and East Berlin escapees
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Independently managed the budgets of both shows
Assistant Producer, Crowd Network (Oct 2020-Jan 2022)
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Oversaw a team of script writers, voice over artists and editors on three narrative podcasts
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Led bi-monthly commission meetings for the senior team
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Developed shows across lifestyle, entertainment, and sport, and pitched to agents
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Organised the Geraint Thomas Cycling Club's face to face community and appointed over 50 local ride leaders
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Booked guests for the Joe Marler Show, including a clown, an ice cream maker, and a penetration tester
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Further training and experience gained in media law, Adobe Audition, mic technique, and remote recording
Podcast Editor, Creative Cardiff (Dec 2019-Oct 2020)
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Provided in-studio engineering and editing for the first season of the 'Get a Proper Job' podcast
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Worked across the series in both English and Welsh
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Remotely recorded and edited the show's second season
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Role in editorial decisions like interview questions and the podcast's format
Founder and Content Creator, Empoword Journalism (May 2020-Oct 2020)
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Co-created a platform for women in journalism who may be struggling to get employment opportunities during the first lockdown
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Wrote articles about topics including, devolution and coronavirus, and TikTok activism
Podcaster, Journos in Lockdown (2020)
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Co-created a podcast about the impact of coronavirus on journalism
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Organised and conducted interviews with Jane Garvey and Meirion Jones
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Self-produced and edited episodes
Runner, BBC (Dec 2019)
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Production runner in the General Election debate at the Welsh National Assembly
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Acted as Caroline Lucas in a technical rehearsal with Nick Robinson
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Liaised with politicians and audience members
Education
MA Broadcast Journalism, Cardiff University (2019-2020)
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Received a Distinction
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Units in Media Law, Data Journalism, Political Reporting
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Winner of the Master's Excellence Scholarship
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BJTC qualification
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Live radio production training
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Training in OFCOM regulations and BBC editorial guidelines
BSc Politics and International Relations (2016-2020)
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Received a 1st
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Dissertation: 'Delete Your Account, Donald: Memes and the 2016 US Election', exploring how memes influence politics
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Online Comment Editor at the university paper, Epigram, where I commissioned the year's most viewed article