Laura-May Coope

I'm the social media producer at Radio 1 and 1Xtra. I'm obsessed with big ideas, the internet and music. I lead the structure and development of social spaces for both Radio 1 and 1xtra.

I’ve recently been announced as a member of the Radio 1 Breakfast Show team with Nick Grimshaw – producing social media for the show, generating new feature ideas and building the new brand both online and on air. You can see a snippet of my activity on the @R1Breakfast account which I run.

I've been leading social media for BBC events for 3 years, including BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, Hackney Weekend, 1xtra Live, BBC Reading & Leeds, Radio 1 at Edinburgh Fringe, In New DJ’s We Trust Live, Radio 1 Sex Night, 1xtra at London Fashion Week, 1Xtra Soundclash, The Teen Awards 2011/2012, The Big Conversation, Chris Moyles Longest Show Ever + Children in Need Rocks.

I’m also a regular speaker at Radio Academy events and BBC Departmentals and lecture at Universities including Westminster and Portsmouth. And to keep my brain extra busy I run music website www.milk-teeth.com and have recently launched an Internet Party called Crystal Vision TV: http://wearecrystalvision.com/

I’ve spent three years building the station from its social media infancy into of the of the UK’s most popular and engaging media brands. Here are a few examples of my work:

• Hackney Weekend Beats and Pieces: http://bit.ly/Qen5rx • Edinburgh YouTube Takeover: http://bit.ly/UMQD5I • The AmazingPhil & DanisnotonFire Christmas Day Show: http://bbc.in/xOprf1 • The Scott Mills and Mista Jam Twitter race : http://bbc.in/twitterrace • U CNTRL Katy Perry: http://bbc.in/ucntrldkaty • The Radio 1 Tumblr: bbcr1.tumblr.com • Team Grimmy: http://bit.ly/OSvBNf • InstaGrim: http://on.fb.me/SSFRF4 • Reading (Festival) Presents with Biffy Clyro, Paramore, Fred Durst and loads more: • http://bbc.in/readingpresents • In New Music We Trust with Skream, Benga, Annie Mac and others : http://bit.ly/inmwtvideo

Say hello: @lauramaycoope