David Watson

Freelance position, worked from home with irregular hours. Required very strong time management skills and independent motivation. Press included BBC News, The Guardian and The New York Times. Participation included David Cameron, Ed Milliband, Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley and 50+ professional authors.
Responsibilities included:
- Strategy, research, and data analysis.
- Content writing, collation and management of social media pages.
- Production liaison and communications (internal and external).
- Assisting the project departmental Directors.

14-18-Now: http://www.1418now.org.uk/
Letter To An Unknown Soldier: http://www.1418now.org.uk/letter/

Communications Intern July-September 2013. Internationally renowned Arts Production company specialising in large-scale, public art events.
Worked as part of the Artichoke Trust Communications team, for Lumiere Durham and Derry 2013, on a wide variety of projects, including website building, social media management and strategy, artist liaison, brand management, publicity, PR and film making.

http://www.artichoke.uk.com/
http://www.lumiere-festival.com/

Personal project: http://brilliantdurham.wordpress.com/ http://brilliantderry.wordpress.com/

Films I made and/or edited: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe6G76oseI_zPi_99WA5scZOGtGj8D5wN

Music Editor & Journalist for the Culture section of the Oxford Tab
Website: http://oxford.tab.co.uk/
Point of contact with PR agencies in order to organise and conduct music interview/review articles in Oxfordshire.

Work has included:
Interviews - Bastille, Dry The River, Lucy Rose, Hudson Taylor.
Reviews: Gathering Festival '12, Jake Bugg, King Charles, Ghost Poet.

Examples:
http://oxford.tab.co.uk/2013/04/15/8481/
http://oxford.tab.co.uk/2013/04/15/bastille-flawless/
http://oxford.tab.co.uk/2013/02/25/review-jake-bugg-at-the-o2/
http://oxford.tab.co.uk/2013/02/25/introducing-hudson-taylor/

Freelance Intern for the Boutique Ideas Agency - Reluctantly Brave.
Worked on a wide variety of projects, which included responsibilities of research, analysis, planning, client relations, and event management.
Clients include The Eden Project, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, and individuals in the music, film and football industry.
http://reluctantlybrave.com/

President of Oxford Advertising and Marketing Society (Oxford Adsoc).

Role:
- Responsible for the organisation, direction and running of Oxford Adsoc.
- Figurehead for Oxford AdSoc and contact with AdSoc's five other University sister-societies and professional network.
- Managed a committee of 9 people.

Organised and hosted events with:
- Sir Martin Sorrell (CEO of WPP) at the Oxford Union.
- James Hilton and Ajaz Ahmed (Founders of AKQA), titled 'Velocity: Good Things Come to Those Who Move.'
- Unilever Graduate Recruitment Team: Branding workshop and recruitment insight.
- L'Oreal Graduate Recruitment Team: 'Brandstorm' competition and recruitment insight.

Other Achievements during Presidency:
- Set up a digital workshop with Squared for the 29/01/13.
- Worked with The AdSoc Agency President to re-establish and improve The AdSoc Agency. Created and designed an Agency portfolio, significantly increased Agency membership and completed projects, including Exeter Ball publicity.
- Bloggathon 2012: AdSoc blog competition to win an internship with CH&I Partners.
- Set up Facebook 'sharing' competition with Unilever: 'Hampers Are Like AdSoc'.
- Secured financial support from WPP.
- Negotiated sponsorship with IPA and Unilever (ongoing).
- Organised stalls at the University Fresher's Fair, College Fairs and the Oxford Advertising Fair, included personally designing AdSoc publicity material.


http://www.adsoc.co.uk/oxford/
http://www.facebook.com/Oxford.AdSoc
https://twitter.com/Oxford_AdSoc

English teacher at Guangzhou Huamei International School, as part of the Oxcamp Summer School programme.

Responsible for four classes of 25 children, aged 5-16 years old.
Independently organised lessons, afternoon activities, tutorials and evening activities.
A video I made from footage of the Summer School can be watched here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tT749Kf-fNo&list=UUDWP0JNZGKNd3RuUS0EzRtQ&index=1