Philip Goodwin

Writer, journalist, video producer, Press and PR manager

10, St Sidwell’s Avenue, Exeter, EX4 6QW, United Kingdom

Tel: +44 7384 461 527

______Employment

2017 Exeter Northcott Theatre – press, media and content manager, writing and curating online and print marketing content for a diverse programme of arts performance; writing press releases, working with artists, designers and photographers to develop press and marketing plans; organising media events; managing social media accounts and website content systems; producing videos/TV ads; devising and managing live web stream events.

2018 Freelance Arts PR for theatre companies and the Hell Tor film festival.

2019 The Reviews Hub – Theatre reviewer and writer for national website www.thereviewshub.com

2018 Exeter Express and Echo – weekly newspaper columnist.

2018 Campaign team for independent parliamentary candidate Claire Wright – press and media manager for East Devon prospective general election candidate.

March – November 2017 DevonLive.com – senior agenda writer, content editor and video producer, writing long-form articles and opinion editorials; editing short videos; presenting Facebook live events; commissioning, curating and editing weekend content; managing website with 10million page views.

2016 – 2017 Exeter Express and Echo – agenda writer and content editor, covering crime, police and courts; creating content and building traffic to city news website.

2015 Manor magazine – freelance arts feature writer for culture and lifestyle magazine.

2014 – 2017 West magazine – columnist, writing weekly feature about fatherhood and education, Man and Boy (shortlisted for EDF Media Awards Columnist of the Year, 2014).

2010 – 2016 Western Morning News – senior reporter for regional daily covering politics, crime, education, health, business and culture across the South West.

2007 – 2010 Newquay Guardian, The Cornishman – news reporter for weekly papers in Cornwall.

2005 – 2007 Penwith Housing Association, Cornwall – debt, benefits and welfare rights advisor to tenants in 6,000 social housing properties; co-editor of monthly company magazine.

2003 Bolton Evening News and The Big Issue in the North, Liverpool – freelance reporter for daily newspaper and feature writer for campaigning weekly magazine. 2000 Opening School of English, Bilbao, Spain – English teacher (TESOL); freelance tutor to Cambridge English First Certificate, Advanced and Proficiency level.

1999 St Patrick’s Hostel and Night-shelter, Brighton – housing advice and resettlement officer.

1997 Lark Lane Welfare Rights Advice Centre (LLAWRAC), Liverpool – volunteer housing and benefits advice worker.

1995 Language Link School, London; Piccadilly School of English, Intercambio Cultural, Minesterio de Defensa, Madrid – English teacher (TESOL).

1992 London Borough of Tower Hamlets Homeless Persons Unit – housing benefit advisor/assessor.

1991 Department of the Environment – publications officer in Government publications unit.

______Education

2016 Master’s Degree (MA) in Creative Writing, University of Exeter (distinction).

2003 NCTJ Post-Graduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism, Liverpool Community College (merit/distinction).

1995 Trinity College Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Another Language (TESOL), Language Link Training, London (merit/distinction).

1988 Bachelor of Engineering (B Eng) in Digital Systems, University of Sunderland.

1986 B/TEC Diploma in Electronic Engineering, St Helens Technical College.

1982 GCE O-levels, West Park Grammar School, St Helens.

Spanish (intermediate), Russian (lower intermediate).

______Training

Adobe Premiere Pro/After Effects video editing courses, Exeter Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter.

Trinity Mirror in-house training content management systems; Wordpress training.

National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) – shorthand 100 words per minute (distinction), sub-editing (merit), portfolio (distinction), news writing, law, public affairs.

National Certificate Exam for senior journalists (NCE): logbook (73%) newspaper practice (61%) news report (63%) interview (70%).

Cornwall and Devon Media in-house training: law for seniors, sharper reporting, sub-editing, business journalism, interviewing techniques, video journalism, digital editing.

______Personal

Married with young son, British, full driving licence, Spanish, Russian speaker, member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).