ROSIE WILLIAMS
email: rosie_w@hotmail.com phone: 07990788411 twitter: @RWilliams1302 9 Haylett Gardens, Anglesea Road, Kingston, KT1 2EP EMPLOYMENT & WORK EXPERIENCE January 2012 Staff Writer Intern The National Student Worked as a staff writer, sourcing and writing news stories, features and reviews for the website. My responsibilities also included subbing and uploading stories, blogging, conducting interviews and editing/uploading to the CMS. November 2011 News Editor The River newspaper, Kingston Responsible for the news content in The River, the award-winning student newspaper at Kingston University. At this position I acquired management and leadership skills while working long hours delegating and managing the news content of the paper and website.
September 2011 Staff Writer The River newspaper, Kingston Job involved finding, researching and writing stories for the newspaper and for its sister website River Online, as well as taking photos, conducting interviews, blogging and laying out pages using Adobe InDesign and PhotoShop. June 2011 Intern Haymarket media group Worked alongside other interns to develop new advertising ideas for the Jaguar car brand. Pitched our ideas to a group of marketing managers at the end of the placement. This developed my communication skills and my ability to present my ideas articulately. December 2007 - September 2009 Public Relations Officer Bristol Blue Glass Wrote press releases and liased with local journalists in order to publicise Bristol Blue Glass’ events and offers to the general public.
EDUCATION 2009 – 2012 Kingston University Penrhyn rd, Kingston, Surrey, KT1 1LQ BA in Journalism with English Literature (currently in final year of study)
2007 – 2009 John Cabot Academy Sixth Form Woodside rd, Kingswood, Bristol, BS15 8BD 3 A levels and 1 AS level
SKILLS Good knowledge of SEO and writing for online Experienced with Adobe InDesign Shorthand: 60 WMP
Excellent understanding of English Language Experienced in keeping to strict deadlines
INTERESTS I have a keen interest in current affairs and politics; I ran a blog during my second year at Kingston University based on student politics: www.rosiekingstonuniversity.wordpress.com
REFEREES Available on request.