CV

Bio
Lucy Meakin, 23. Writer and designer working between Edinburgh and Manchester. After graduating from the University of Sheffield in 2006 I went on to work in web marketing, mainly dealing with editorial but eventually ending up with responsibility for site building and maintenance. I have been involved in building and maintaining websites since I was about 16 (back when everyone used to have a homepage). When I grow up I want to work for myself and publish a magazine.

Work
I am currently working as a freelance writer and designer, working on various web based projects. I also work part time as an editorial assistant for the ethical travel website ecoescape.org and volunteer my web/writing skills to organisations including Fem Soc.

Hobbies and interests
Travelling around Scotland and trying to see as much of it as I can. I love the outdoors and try to stay active by running , walking and climbing. I write, not always for the money but for the love of it. And I like making websites because secretly I am a bit of a geek.

Portfolio

For examples of my feature writing and design work, please visit my portfolio

IT Skills: programmes/languages

Excellent knowledge of:
Adobe Photoshop
Dreamweaver (MX/8 and CS3)
Flash (MX/8)
Fireworks (MX/8)
HTML and CSS
Quark

Some knowledge of:
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Illustrator
Actionscript
Macromedia Director MX
CGI and Perl
PHP
ColdFusion

 

Work experience

Copywriter - Napier University, Edinburgh

Editorial Assistant - ecoescape.org

Writer - ETPmagazine.com

Web Editor - Napier University, Edinburgh

New Media Marketing Officer - Sheffield Hallam University

Sub-Editor - The Student magazine, Sheffield

Journalist - Steel Press, Sheffieldbase.com

As part of my degree I also undertook various short term placements with the Sheffield Star, Manchester Evening News, Harrogate Advertiser, Yorkshire Evening Post, BBC, HR Media and Endemol.

Qualifications

Professional
NCTJ accredited qualifications in Public Affairs, Media Law, Newspaper Journalism

University
Univeristy of Sheffield - BA(Hons) Journalism Studies. Classification 2i.

A and AS levels
Law - B
English Literature - B
Media Studies - B
Sociology AS - C

GCSE
10, grade A to B, including Art (A), English (B), Maths (B) and Science (B).