Contact Details:
Address: Limerick, Ireland
D.O.B: 29/10/1992
Email: sarahobrienuljourno@gmail.com
Mob: (085) 1654504
Career Objective
- Self-motivated journalism graduate with a keen interest in digital content creation, PR and social media management.
- Aspiring for a challenging new role within the digital media sphere.
- Extensive knowledge of CMS such as WordPress, Blogger and Medium, and social media management tools such as Tweetdeck.
Education and Qualifications
2013-2017 University of Limerick BA (Hons) Journalism & New Media, 2.1
2016-2016 University of Malta BA (Hons) Communications (ERASMUS)
2011-2012 Mary Immaculate College FETAC 5 General Studies
2010-2011 Limerick's Best Project FETAC 4 General Studies
Work Experience
July 2016-January 2017 College Life Section Editor www.Campus.ie
- Managing and liasing with a team of budding journalists
- Copy editing
- Creating a quarterly editorial calendar
- Creating creative, relevant content that resonates
- Utilising design tools such as Adobe Spark and Canva to create eye-catching images
January 2016-September 2016 Digital Content Creator/Social Media Manager Media HQ, 8 Greenmount House, Greenmount Office Park, Dublin 6W
- Producing high quality media and communications content for a professional audience
- Managing the company's multiple social media platforms through Tweetdeck and Hootsuite
- In-bound lead generation
- Delivering weekly analytics report
- Experience with Wordpress, Salesforce, Google Analytics and Poll Daddy
August 2015-September 2016 Contributing Writer www.Beaut.ie (owned by www.entertainment.ie), 26 Great Strand Street, Dublin 1
- Creating dynamic, on-trend content for Ireland's premier lifestyle and entertainment website
- Working with brands and PR companies to produce content that resonates with the Beaut.ie readership
- Receiving and reviewing PR packages
June 2015-January 2016 Researcher/Digital Journalist Media HQ, 8 Greenmount House, Greenmount Office Park, Dublin 6W (Co-OP Placement)
- Curated content for the company website
- Wrote media/news stories
- Ran social media campaigns
- Updated the company media directory
- Created a weekly newsletter
- Researched sales leads
- Improved the company's online persona through the use of social media
- Gathered media intelligence
- Research for bi-monthly podcast series
- Interviewing and reporting
- Live tweeting at events
- Formulated interview questions for company podcast series
- Press releases
- Co-produced a bi-monthly podcast series
- Content Marketing
2014-2016 Contributing Writer www.Campus.ie
- Contributed to the news, politics, film and health sections of the Campus.ie website
- Liased with section editors to produce targeted copy
Core Competencies
- Digitally native
- Extremely quick and eager learner
- Excellent communicator and creative thinker
- Results orientated
- Strong writing skills
Personal Interests
- Writing poetry and short stories
- Blogging and photography
- Learning how to cook plant-based recipes
- Creating Youtube videos
- Travel
References
- Jack Murray Media HQ CEO, 8 Greenmount House, Greenmount Office Park, Dublin 6W Tel: (01) 473 2050 Email: jack@mediahq.com
