Online Curriculum Vitae

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Name: Joseph Robinson
Address: 21 Little Lullenden, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6DS
Telephone (mobile): 07879640305
Email: joe [at] just-communication.co.uk

Professional Experience:

Strategy Informer (May 2008 – Date)

I have been working for strategyinformer.com, a multi-format, multi-genre videogames website, for over a year. Work has included reviews, previews, news, events and features. I also cover the big European convention (Leipzig/Cologne) for the site, generating all of the content myself.

Now Gamer (March 2009 – August 2009)

In between balancing my final year projects, I maintained a voluntary blog for the Now Gamer portal, and would update several times a week. Topics included a range of gaming-related issues.

GamesTM (October 2008)

This was a two week work placement at Imagine Publishing, working on their multi-format games magazine. My main duties included assisting with the standing pages, the smaller reviews and previews, as well as observing and learning from the environment. Several of my articles were published in issues 76 and 77 of the magazine.

Freelancing (May 2008 – Date)

I have also worked for various gaming websites on a freelance basis, including: Xbox360Achievements, TalkXbox, AvidGamer and Gameslave.co.uk. The work mainly involved news, previews and reviews.

The Wire (Multi-Media Newspaper) (October 2006 – May 2009)

I was actively involved in my university's student newspaper since starting the course. I began as a writer, and then became the editor for the website during my second year, where I managed all of the content, as well as helped to drive the website's growth.

Other: I also have experience working in a professional and hectic environment, as I spent 1 ½ years working for Argos plc.

Education:  Bournemouth University (2006 – 2009)
---------------- BA (Hons) in Multi-Media Journalism
Grade:     --  2:1

Components: InDesign, Photoshop & Dreamweaver workshops, news & feature writing, multi-media training including web publishing, full NCTJ accreditation & theoretical aspect s of journalism.

My final year 10,000 word thesis was titled: Journalism Ethics in the Specialist Press, and focused on videogames journalism and its interaction with public relations.

Other:   3 GCE A Levels: History [B]; Law [B] and Religious Studies [C]
nnnnnn 9 high grade GCSEs, including English [A A]; Science [B B] and Maths [C],

Interests: I enjoy the design aspects of journalism, as well as the written ones – I am currently developing my own website, and like to make page layouts of my articles from time to time. I also like to read and write creative fiction and I enhanced my technical skills by building my own gaming PC.

Additional Information: Full UK Drivers’ Licence, clean. Samples of all work available on request.

References:

Jamie G. Davey                                             Peter Jackson
Site Manager, Strategy Informer             Former Editor of the Sunday Times/ WIRE Managing Director
Jamie [at] strategyinformer.com            pjackson [at] bournemouth.ac.uk