Anita Beaumont

• Pitched, wrote, edited and produced features and news stories for both print and online publication.
• Coordinated photographs and images to go with each story.
• Filmed and edited videos on iPhone to go with digital stories.
• Wrote headlines for print and online, as well as SEO headlines for web stories.
• Shared news content through a variety of social media platforms to engage audience with breaking news quickly.
• Planned, researched and pitched long-form stories to promote investigative news topics.
• Covered special events and breaking news.
• Fact-checked breaking news stories via background research and contacting experts and witnesses.
• Conferred with lawyers to comply with legal boundaries for sensitive stories.
• Developed and followed leads for information regarding news and events.
• Established and maintained relationships with credible sources.
• Built strong professional relationships with contacts outside the organisation.
• Completed assigned and independent stories accurately within tight timeframes and deadlines.

• Produced original, creative content for promotional advertisements and marketing materials.
• Wrote advertising copy for print advertisements.
• Worked with advertising sales representatives to book in the advertisements for clients.
• Liaised with advertising clients to determine what they wanted to achieve from their campaign before coming up with some ideas and providing them with a mock up of what their advertisement could look like.
• Collaborated with graphic designers charged with crafting the advertisement.
• Proof read and edited advertisements before making sure clients had a copy of what would run and were happy with it before publishing.

• Handled complaints, provided appropriate solutions and alternatives within appropriate timeframes, and followed up to achieve resolution.
• Built client relationships by responding to inquiries, identifying and assessing clients' needs, resolving problems.
• Met sales targets.
• Read through contracts with customers.

Studied a range of subjects across media and communications industries, including print media, video and radio production, magazine journalism, marketing and public relations.