Professional experience

Senior communications consultant,
Highland Marketing
(Since May 2019)

I’ve worked on a number of projects with this leading healthcare and technology marketing agency, producing editorial and content for their clients.

Acting editor,
Hospital Times (Dorson West)
(Feb - April 2018)

I was brought on as acting editor (for a fixed term) to supervise the relaunch of Hospital Times, a trade magazine aimed at middle management in NHS acute hospitals across the UK.

Here I oversaw the redesign as well as the first issue’s editorial, while helping to overhaul the publication’s web presence. I also worked in partnership with the company’s media sales team to secure advertising and sponsored editorial.

Freelance feature writing,
Digitalhealth.net (Jun-Aug 2017)

I was commissioned to write a number of in-depth profile features covering the work of the ‘Global Digital Exemplars’. These are internationally recognised NHS providers using digital technology to drive improvements in care quality and efficiency.

Researcher & consultant,
Economist Intelligence Unit
(June 2017)

I wrote a report for The Economist Intelligence Unit examining the penetration of Mobile Health and Telemedicine in the Arab states of the Persian gulf. The report was commissioned as part of a reading pack by a government client of the EIU.

Mergers & acquisitions reporter (Healthcare),  Mergermarket Group (now known as Acuris)
(May 2016- February 2017)

This staff role involved gathering exclusive news on European M&A deal situations, primarily within the pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors, for an audience of fund managers and investment bankers.

The job also included investigative reporting on equity capital market situations, including initial public offerings, rights issues, and deal financing.

Cultivating contacts in investment banking, deal advisory firms and corporate and competition lawyers were also key to producing relevant news. My reporting was regularly published across four of the company’s news brands:

• Dealreporter (Risk arbitrage newswire service for fund managers and investment banks)

• Mergermarket (Forward-looking M&A intelligence for the deal advisory community)

• Policy and Regulatory Report (Competition law and antitrust newswire service)

• Biopharm Insight (Biotech and pharma news service aimed at investors)

Online editorial assistant, Prospect Magazine
(June - August 2013)

I was drafted in to run this prestigious magazine’s website following the abrupt departure of its full-time online editor.

Reporting to the magazine’s deputy editor, I took over all the role’s responsibilities. These included:

• Editing and writing articles;

• Commissioning blog articles for a site with 150,000 unique monthly visitors;

• Search engine optimization;

• Rapidly and engagingly updating the publication’s social media channels; and

• Writing news based on lobby briefings and reporting on policy announcements.

News reporting shifts, The Press Association (Jan 2013)

I produced a number of bylined stories that were picked up by several national newspapers. In addition to newsroom working, I also produced a video package and carried out some court reporting.

Freelance news reporting, The Times Higher Education (TSL Education)
(Sept 2012)

Here I pitched, researched and wrote a news story which combined interviews with senior university leadership figures, policy makers and Freedom of Information requests.

I also covered on-diary news, and wrote infra copy.

Editorial assistant, Prospect Magazine
(Aug – Sept 2012)

This paid role involved a variety of tasks integral to the running of this first–class monthly current affairs magazine, including interviewing and reporting; pitching and commissioning articles; and maintaining the magazine’s online presence.