Alistair Siddons

Past

• Editor, 'High Technology, Low Carbon' at Intellect
• Feature writer, corporate intranet at BBC
• Writer, BBC Risk Awareness Online at BBC

• Writer, BBC Child Protection Online at BBC
• Editor of report for stakeholders in government and museums, libraries and archives sector at CADG
• Writer, BBC Legal Online at BBC
• Media consultant at Transport for London
• Writer at London First
• Writer at Complete Genius Ltd

see less...

6 more...

Recommended

2 people have recommended Alistair

Connections

15 connections

Industry

Broadcast Media

Websites

• thetripflare

Alistair Siddons’s Summary

Alistair Siddons’s Specialties:

Genres: treatments, fictional narratives, links for presenters in vision, reports, summaries, case-studies, stakeholder communications, comic writing, strategies.

Media: print, online, broadcast

Has working knowledge of media law, regulation and editorial considerations relevant to print and broadcast media industries.

Alistair Siddons’s Experience

• Editor, 'High Technology, Low Carbon'

  Intellect

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2007 — January 2008 (2 months)

  Editor of a 50,000 word report published in March 2008. The publication examined the potential for the high technology industry to reduce its carbon footprint with technology-led and consumer-behavioural changes. This was a highly technical report and completion within the deadline depended on pre-existing familiarity with the main content themes. I met the client's deadline using a combination of cutting, subbing and stylistic adjustment.

• Feature writer, corporate intranet

  BBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 2007 — November 2007 (2 months)

  Wrote features on the institutional use of Facebook and blogging for a newly-launched corporate intranet. Interviewed thought-leaders inside and outside the organisation for up-to-the minute relevancy of content.

• Writer, BBC Risk Awareness Online

  BBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  July 2007 — August 2007 (2 months)

  Content writer for course defining corporate best practice on risk-awareness. Wrote production script for talent in vision, briefed contributing experts for interview and interviewed talent.

• Writer, BBC Child Protection Online

  BBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  March 2007 — June 2007 (4 months)

• Editor of report for stakeholders in government and museums, libraries and archives sector

  CADG

  (Government Agency; Writing and Editing industry)

  June 2007 — June 2007 (1 month)

• Writer, BBC Legal Online

  BBC

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  June 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 7 months)

  Content writer for 5 learning modules on principles behind media law; defamation, including relevant defences, court reporting, rights and contractual issues. Pre-production: Constructed plausible characters treatments and scenarios. Explained technical legal and conceptual ideas clearly and avoiding jargon. Scripted for talent in vision. Developed fictional narratives. Designed challenging interactions for all levels of user. Production: Directed artists (voice: straight and comic).

• Media consultant

  Transport for London

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

  June 2002 — July 2003 (1 year 2 months)

  Editorial & media consultancy role during preparation for launch of London congestion charging scheme. Responsible on project basis for media rebuttals, senior spokesperson training delivery, crisis-media training delivery, media production (congestion charging scheme) & content production (major online resource for senior managers). A 'client' lead during McKinsey reorganisation of communications division.

• Writer

  London First

  (Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2001 — March 2002 (7 months)

  Writer (print and online) for this major business lobby. Wrote on range of policy issues in planning, transport, infrastructure development, on behalf of fee-paying corporate members. Audiences: potential and existing members, local and central government politicians and senior policy-makers. Output: internet copy, case-studies, features, press-releases, Q&A's, journalist briefings, letters for publication, policy reports for media and external stakeholders. Roles: writer, editor.

• Writer

  Complete Genius Ltd

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)

  March 2000 — December 2000 (10 months)

  Outputs: with founder, co-wrote business model and strategy for venture capital bidding. Contributed to interactive design and content proposal for a major online learning platform, Language Genie, targeted at UK secondary schools. Wrote content for demonstration site and successfully bid for government approval (BECTA) of content.

Additional Information

Alistair Siddons’s Websites:

• thetripflare

Alistair Siddons’s Interests:

media; technology; journalism; corporate social responsibility; institutions, the public and trust; globalisation; business ethics; environmental justice.

Alistair Siddons’s Groups:

Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ)
National Union of Journalists

Alistair Siddons’s Honors:

1997: Category winner, Communicators In Business (CiB) Awards, best external electronic publication. Project: 'Sharon and Tracey Do London' - an interactive educational resource targeted at 600 London schools. Subject: cross-curricular programme on the construction of the largest civil engineering project in Britain for 25 years. Role: project manager and writer.

2000-2001: Award: full fees scholarship and academic research grant. Awarding body: Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), in open competition.

2003: Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS) Applied and Professional category.

2007: World of Learning Awards, best online solution, for the BBC's 'Legal Online'. A team award.