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 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________________ 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). .