Do you work for the arts, culture, society, politics, environment or animals?
Chances are, I
Really
want your attention.
See my CV?
I’m still available – as your best bet for journalism, writing, marketing and PR.
I’ll focus, learn your industry quickly to hook your audience and keep them coming back for more online and in real life. I’ll combine intellect (complete with glasses) with creativity (bring me my palette). I’ll work ridiculously hard for you. And inject fun into everything.
Don’t believe me? Email me at aleek@myway.com to discuss.
Who am I? What am I doing?
News just in! I’m the new social-media-journo intern for the next month or so at Toyology! I answered their call to write with ‘sarcastic and acerbic humour’ and find out more about TOYS! Who says work can’t be play?
I assist the editor at The West Londoner with editing and proofreading, I’m responsible for the Weekly Crime Roundup and I freelance mostly crime, arts and animal stories.
And I’m working on a 1-hour play, commissioned by an amateur New Zealand production company but I’ll be pitching it to London when I’m done - you heard it here first!
It’s a self-deprecating spotlight on crime reporting, a journalist’s loneliness and includes a contrived swipe at the kind of exec who wears sunglasses indoors.
Leek: (noun) a plant related to the onion, with flat overlapping leaves forming an elongated cylindrical bulb which together with the leaf bases is eaten as a vegetable. It is used as a Welsh national emblem.
A Leek: (noun) a pro, with work in local, arts and culture news which together with market research is published online, in print newspapers and magazines. She is used for journalism, writing, marketing and PR.
I wish I was related to The Onion.
What have I achieved?
Good question ;)
1,000 words written of 1-hour play script commissioned by amateur production co.
250+ followers on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. More contacts in real life.
100 hours Teaching English as a Foreign Language qualification from I-to-I (2011)
50+ articles (including 2,000 word features) published online and in print newspapers and magazines on local news, crime, society, music, film, arts, culture, and animals.
20 page market research report on risk technology in banks researched & drafted.
18 months in multimedia journalism, writing, website planning, marketing, research.
6 week journalism internship – New Zealand
5 months NCTJ Multimedia Journalism from London’s no.1 journalism college (2011)
4 years financial, office, retail and charity customer service, admin, reception & data.
3 months to get to 100 wpm shorthand (2011)
2:1 Bachelors of Arts in English and Philosophy from New Zealand’s no.1 University
Blog A Leek writes: posts on the personal and professional (12 subscribers w/in 18 months, over 70 posts, 15+ daily views average, 100+ comments) and photos on Flickr.
Video report on London foxes among first to pass video-journalism for NCTJ, photos published with my writing and illustration published with double-page feature in magazine. Conceptual sketches behind corporate campaigns and websites.
And I’ve only just started.
I’m on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Email me at aleek@myway.com
