AMELIA ELLIS | 07557943506 | 85 Wellington Road, Manchester | 10/07/1993 | [email protected]

A conscientious and outgoing individual, I presently reside in editorial positions at loose-eyes.com and at Manchester’s Antwerp Mansion, taking care of their blog and working with a small number of writers. I enjoy freelance writing (Vice, Solar Radio, Nottingham Post) and have previously taken on producer and presenter roles at Siren FM, Amazing Radio and the BBC. Recently, I took on a marketing role at charity ‘Sharp Shotz’ where I govern all social media platforms and blogs. I am confident with Avid Newcutter, iNews, Adobe Audition, using audio/visual recording equipment and can interview and research assertively. Since the age of fifteen I have been employed in various retail, catering and administrator jobs and prior to university in Manchester, I attended the London Metropolitan University’s Journalism course for one year. Outside of personal academia, I am a social and creative person, with keen interests in music, photography, literature and radio.

EDUCATION 2004 – 2009: 2009 – 2011: 2013: 2012 – 2015: The Bluecoat School Bilborough College NCTJ: Essential The University of Salford: 10 GCSEs: 1 A, 6 B’s, 3 C’s. 3 A-Levels grade C Media Law: Pass BA (Hons) Broadcast Journalism

EXPERIENCE English Teacher (06/14) During a visit to Producer – BBC East Midlands Today Thailand and Vietnam, I spent a month teaching (01/14): I was invited by the editor for a second English in a primary school. Teaching in very time back to BBC East Midlands Today as a rural environment enhanced my communication one-time producer, with my work broadcasted skills and considerably improved my nationally on BBC Breakfast. My roles consisted management abilities. I was left to teach of delegating tasks to a team of reporters and independently and became adept in controlling cameramen, organizing relevant interviews classes of 30 children (speaking little English) (including a live, in-studio interview) and going and designing lesson plans intended to help them on location to gather material. enjoy learning a second language actively.

BBC East Midlands Today (August 2013): I completed work experience with the BBC in the East Midlands Today Newsroom. I met and worked alongside with producers, presenters, reporters and editor of the news team and helped produce numerous television news packages.

The Nottingham Post (07/12): I was given an Siren FM (07/10-05/11): I have intermediate extensive range of responsibilities from knowledge into radio due to voluntary work at interviewing X-Factor contestants, writing my radio station, ‘Siren FM’ and have been fully own double page spread to introducing the trained into the production and technical paper to local musicians, Jake Bugg and Saint aspects. Duties included playlists, scriptwriting, Raymond. I was invited back for a second researching, editing and interviewing. I reported week and then moved onto online journalism. live on the student riots from London.