Summer Gedall

PR | The Spirit of Liverpool festival

Freelance PR and marketing for a festival launch in Liverpool.

• Input in the timeline for the campaign
• Drafting and publishing social media posts
• Writing Producing and distributing press releases to relevant contacts
• Panellist alongside festival organisers on BBC Radio Merseyside
  

Journalism | Content creator | Purple Revolver

Paid internship at online digital media and review website

• Writing theatre and festival reviews
• Sourcing and creating multimedia features and news articles on a range of topics
• Shooting event footage to be edited and used online
• Planning PR campaigns
• Writing and distributing press releases to relevant contacts
  

Journalism | The I newspaper

Week long placement in newsroom.

• Developed copy writing skills by writing NIB’s to tight deadlines
• Transcribed lengthy interviews
  

Journalism | Liverpool Echo

Selected for the community reporter scheme by my university lecturers.

• Pitched and developed ‘people’ stories for a specific area of Liverpool
• Present at news conferences which gave me insight in to a typical newsroom
• Developed a better understanding of the basic statistics newspapers look at to assess productivity

Journalism |Liverpool Life | JMU Journalism

Took on multiple roles for my university magazine and news website.

• Sourced, pitched and produced multimedia packages for JMU Journalism and Liverpool Life
• Designed and edited pages for various issues of Liverpool Life using InDesign
• Developed leadership skills as editor and sub editor
• Demonstrated strong time management through my ability to juggle a number of projects at a time