Chris Jefferies

Current

• Online Copywriter at ExamFox
• Proof-Reader at DMWS

Past

• PR Intern at Digitas
• Intern (Education) at The Independent
• Trainee Sub-Editor at Metro

• Work Experience at Telegraph Media Group
• Work Experience at News International
• Work Experience at Time Out
• Intern at People Magazine

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Education

• City University
• University of Durham

Connections

29 connections

Industry

Newspapers

Websites

• My Blog

Chris Jefferies’s Summary

Copywriter and journalist with a wide range of work experience including national newspapers, entertainment magazines, celebrity magazines and local newspapers.
Highly competent sub-editor, confident with Quark XPress, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
100wpm Teeline Shorthand.

Chris Jefferies’s Specialties:

Copy Editing, Environmental Journalism, Theatre Reviewing, Music Reviewing, Current Affairs News.

Chris Jefferies’s Experience

• Online Copywriter

  ExamFox

  (Education Management industry)

  October 2009 — Present (2 months)

• Proof-Reader

  DMWS

  (Hospital & Health Care industry)

  August 2009 — Present (4 months)

  Proof-Reading the History of DMWS and the DMWS Strategic Plan

• PR Intern

  Digitas

  (Public Company; PUB; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  September 2009 — October 2009 (2 months)

  Writing press releases, briefing notes, and editing board directors' biographies.

• Intern (Education)

  The Independent

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  June 2009 — August 2009 (3 months)

  2-month internship updating the A-Z of Universities & Colleges

• Trainee Sub-Editor

  Metro

  (Newspapers industry)

  July 2009 — July 2009 (1 month)

  I did one week's work experience at Metro, working on the sub-editing team. This involved writing NIBs, headlines and captions, and working with Prestige and Adobe InCopy.

• Work Experience

  Telegraph Media Group

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  April 2009 — May 2009 (2 months)

  Written three published articles for Sunday Telegraph News section, involving Freedom of Information requests and social experiments.

• Work Experience

  News International

  (Public Company; NWS; Newspapers industry)

  January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)

  Three weeks work experience on Sunday Times magazine.
  Included archive research using Factiva and Nexis databases, writing headlines, proof-reading and fact checking articles.

• Work Experience

  Time Out

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  April 2009 — April 2009 (1 month)

  One week of work experience on the travel section. I reviewed books and films, transcribed interviews and wrote several travel features.

• Intern

  People Magazine

  (Public Company; Publishing industry)

  July 2008 — September 2008 (3 months)

Chris Jefferies’s Education

• City University

  PgDip , Newspaper Journalism , 2008 — 2009

• University of Durham

  BA , English Literature , 2005 — 2008

  Activities and Societies:

  Collingwood College Drama, Collingwood College Football, Durham Student Theatre, Durham Student Film, Palatinate, Durham 21

Additional Information

Chris Jefferies’s Websites:

• My Blog

Chris Jefferies’s Interests:

environment, politics, music, theatre, technology, Zimbabwe, sport

Chris Jefferies’s Groups:

•    City University London Alumni Network
•    Durham University Alumni

Chris Jefferies’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• reference requests
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