KERRY POTTER Email: mail@kerrypotter.net Mobile: 07958 903 951 Website: www.kerrypotter.net Twitter: @Kerry_Potter
WORK HISTORY May 2010 – present Freelance writer and editor / Contributing Editor on ELLE October 2004 – May 2010 ELLE Features Director Commissioned and edited all features. Managed large team of freelance writers. Managed features team and budget. Deputised for Deputy Editor. Wrote cover stories and other large features. May 2004 – October 2004 Freelance writer Wrote celebrity/trend/lifestyle/fashion features for Q, FHM & FHM Collections, High Life, Blender (US), Mojo. November 1999 May 2004 Q Reviews Editor Commissioned and edited approx 250 music reviews per month. Managed freelance writing team of 60 writers. Wrote features and reviews First female on senior staff in Q’s history. September 1999 November 1999 Company Features Writer Covering maternity leave. July 1998 September 1999 Heat Staff Writer Worked on launch and first year of the title. Also contributed in a freelance capacity to Select magazine, Music Week, FourFourTwo during this period. EDUCATION 1997.98 City University, London
Postgraduate Diploma in Periodicals Journalism. Ranked 2 nd in year group in final exams 1993.96
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University, Cambridge MA (hons) 2:1 in English Literature with French.
1986.93
Wheatley Park Comprehensive School, Oxfordshire 3 A Levels: English Literature (grade A), Economics (A), French (B). 10 GCSEs: all at grade A.
REFEREES Lorraine Candy EditorinChief, ELLE Lorraine.candy@hfuk.com Paul Rees Editor, Q paul.rees@bauermedia.co.uk Tammy Perry Novelist
tammy.perry@talktalk.net Mark Frith Editor Time Out markfrith@timeout.com