Positions and responsibilities held include:

Online Editor, The Wellcome Trust (March 2011 – present)

• Setting and implementing digital strategy including websites, blogs and social media; commissioning, editing and writing/producing news, feature articles, blog posts and multimedia, including videos, interactives and infographics.

Science Writer/Editor, The Wellcome Trust (2008 – present)

• Wrote, edited and commissioned news and feature articles, blog posts and audio clips.

News Editor, the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW)  (Jan 2008 – Jan 2011)
Member of the ABSW Executive Committee (Jan 2008 – present)
Administrator, ABSW social media (Jan 2008 – present)

• Wrote, edited and commissioned news for the ABSW website and newsletter, organised events, managed Facebook and Twitter channels.

Organiser/Project manager/Producer/Writer, the Geek Calendar project (2010)

• Arranged and managed personnel, scheduling, production, design, marketing, PR, communications (including social media and blog), infrastructure, customer service, and text.

News Editor, SciDev.Net (2006 – 2008)

• Commissioned, edited, wrote and organised news and feature content.

Editor-in-chief, I, Science, Imperial College London science magazine (2005-2006)

• I,Science achieved second place in the Best Student Magazine category at the 2006 Guardian Student Media Awards.

Information Officer, Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2004-2005)

• Contributed to major published reports, including The Ethics of Research Involving Animals and Healthcare Related Research in Developing Countries.

Qualifications:

Msc. Science Communication, Imperial College London (graduated 2006)

BSc. (Hons.) Genetics with Industrial Experience, University of Manchester (2:1, graduated 2002)