Writer and editorial contractor
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Director at Kamps Consulting Ltd.
- Past
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- Senior Producer at Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd.
- Editor at Future Publishing
- Web Editor at Future Publishing
- Author at John Wiley & Sons
- Web Master at The Liverpool Way
- Senior Photographer at Photocritic Ltd (Self-employed)
- Editor at MotorTorque
- Content Editor at Everything2
- Broadcast Journalist at BBC Manchester
- Researcher at Granada Television
- Journalist at VG Nett
- Education
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- Liverpool John Moores University
- Buskerud Folkehøgskole
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Haje Jan Kamps’s Summary
After many years of tinkering with words, photographs, source code, databases and the internet in general, I've become a bit of an internet all-rounder.
Working as a columnist for a PC magazine from age 14 (as the 'PC Doctor', answering questions about their PC problems), starting my own photography review site - which later was bought off me and turned into akamera.no - at age 16, I've been neck-deep in word wide web tech since the dawn of the Internet.
I'm a hard-working, fast-learning geek, and I speak a handful of languages (Norwegian and Dutch being the relatively obscure ones), the latter of which turns out to be useful remarkably rarely.
Throughout the years, I have picked up extensive SEO skills, and have appropriated enough knowledge about web programming (PHP, specifically) and databases (MySQL), to know when coders are trying to pull the wool over my eyes me - a skill that comes in worryingly useful.
I'm a certified Scrum Product Owner, and a huge fan of agile project management methodologies.
I've run a photography blog for a few years, and watched it grow into quite a popular site (photocritic.org), which resulted in me writing a book myself (Macro Photography Workshop ISBN 9780470118764), and ghost-writing two more books (can't tell you which ones, but suffice to say they are in the field of photography).
Haje Jan Kamps’s Specialties:
Writing, coding, SEO, Photography, Photoshop, copy editing, journalism, coming up with crazy ideas that somehow work (some of the time).
Haje Jan Kamps’s Experience
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Director
Kamps Consulting Ltd.
(Publishing industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
After a year as a Senior Producer at Channel 5 Ltd, I decided it was time to fulfil the life-long dream of being a professional writer.
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Senior Producer
Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd.
(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
April 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 3 months)
As a Senior Producer for Channel Five, I was responsible for commissioning, developing, and running websites. The main project I've been working on is concept, development, and production of fwd.five.tv.
Using an agile project management methodology, I worked with development, design, information architecture and content agencies to pull the site out of the bag. It launched on time and on budget, to a phenomenal reception from its target audience.
In June I launched a further iteration of the site, which introduces Fifth Gear to join the existing Gadget Show brand as part of FiveFWD -
Editor
Future Publishing
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
May 2007 — February 2008 (10 months)
As editor of T3.co.uk (and later T3.com), I look after the editorial direction of the website. I manage editorial staff, liaise with marketing, advertising and commercial, and make media appearances to promote the T3 brand.
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Web Editor
Future Publishing
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FUTR; Online Media industry)
January 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 5 months)
As the editor of fastcar.co.uk, I looked after the redevelopment of the website on a brand new platform, along with doing the day-to-day running of the site, with news updates, uploading photo shoots, and looking after user-generated content. I was also heavily involved in the running of Fast Car's shows throughout the summer, including crewing the show stands and logistics.
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Author
John Wiley & Sons
(Public Company; Myself Only; JW.A; Publishing industry)
August 2006 — March 2007 (8 months)
I wrote a book on Macro Photography for Wiley. For more information, check out http://kamps.org/g/?umby
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Web Master
The Liverpool Way
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2002 — February 2006 (3 years 11 months)
For Liverpool Way, I developed a website around the existing web forums, turning it into a highly popular site with nearly 2m pageviews per month and tens of thousands of active users.
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Senior Photographer
Photocritic Ltd (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Newspapers industry)
May 2002 — January 2006 (3 years 9 months)
During my time as a freelance photographer, I worked with a long series of clients, including Move Publishing, Braidwater property development, Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, Think PR, Momentum Theatre, and many others.
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Editor
MotorTorque
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
March 2005 — December 2005 (10 months)
Worked as the editor of the on-line automotive news service for Askaprice Ltd, MotorTorque (see motortorque.com). I built up the news and reviews-section completely from scratch, and worked with the developers and designers to spec up the news portal from its birth. Once it was running properly, I decided to let someone else take the rudder, and moved on to a bigger news organisation.
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Content Editor
Everything2
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Information Services industry)
January 2003 — December 2005 (3 years)
I was part of the management structure of the Everything2.com website, known as E2 among its friends. As a content editor, I was responsible for culling, editing, and promoting good write-ups on this unique writing site.
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Broadcast Journalist
BBC Manchester
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
2004 — 2004 (less than a year)
Work experience for 3 weeks, manning the Live Link Unit satellite van, and experiencing some of the trials and tribulations of a regional news team.
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Researcher
Granada Television
(Online Media industry)
2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
During my work experience at Granada Television, I worked as a researcher for Coronation Street Specials, finding and selecting clips from the 41 years worth of archive material
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Journalist
VG Nett
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Online Media industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
After a brief stint as on work experience, VG decided to take me on as a summer temp. I worked as an all-round journalist, covering celebrity news, court stories, technology-related news, and political news stories, working early and late shifts for what was - and still is - the most popular website in Norway.
Haje Jan Kamps’s Education
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Liverpool John Moores University
BA (hons) , International Journalism , 2001 — 2004
I spent a lot of my time wondering about the futility of doing a BA degree in journalism, and ended up writing my final year dissertation about whether or not it was worth my while. (It wasn't, really - see kamps.org/g/?vzte for the whole story)
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Buskerud Folkehøgskole
Creative Writing 2000 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- Film and Video, Photography, Theatre, pyrotechnics
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Haje Jan Kamps’s Interests:
Cars, marketing, writing, creative writing, technology, gadgets, SEO, search engines
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British Library UK Entrepreneur Network
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