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You´ll find my CV pasted below: Matthew Hirtes Calle de Matias Padron 71, 3E, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, 35004, Spain Tel (h): 0034 928 292 835 E-mail: matthewhirtes@yahoo.co.uk PROFESSIONAL PROFILE A motivated, self-reliant and highly professional journalist and editor with extensive experience of writing for online and offline publications, in both a freelance and permanent capacity. Possesses a keen interest in film, music and sport with a demonstrable knowledge in each of these fields. Proven project management and team leadership skills coupled with an ability to work well in a team or on own initiative. Decisive and customer focused with a talent for delegating and multi-tasking. Regarded as resourceful, capable and as someone who pays close attention to detail. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Delivered content for MSN 8, Kids and Teens categories; organised the finding and writing of category and site descriptions to populate the directory • Interviewed several high-profile music and sporting personalities, including Donovan, Ruud Gullit and Sol Campbell • Set up a UK Style Guide consistent with LookSmart in the US, taking into account the differences between British and American English • Significantly enhanced the quality of the sports section in the LookSmart Directory, providing it with more of a UK feel and increasing the number of site profiles • One of four editors trained in San Francisco to set up the LookSmart UK directory KEY SKILLS Writing / Interviewing • Write features for: o PA Entertainment´s range of magazines o A fortnightly English-language newspaper in Gran Canaria, ranging from reviews of rum factory tours to interviews with a range of local personalities o Med Life, the in-flight GB Airways magazine • Contribute to general sports title, London Sport, interviewing sporting personalities, and contribute to music websites, writing reviews of CDs, DVDs and live performances • Interview past and present players, and write general features and match reports for the Official Chelsea magazine • Wrote keyword-heavy descriptions for various category profiles for an online media service • Wrote match reports for the Official Nottingham Forest match-day programme Subbing/Proofing • Proofed and subbed pages due to go live on AOL, and controlled quality of the content, examining the database for typos and dead links • As sub-editor of the Official Nottingham Forest matchday programme, subbed contributors’ copy for the programme • Subbed non-editorial documents for LookSmart, which included proofing marketing documents • Researched, wrote and edited copy for LookSmart, which increased sports coverage • Managed Zeal community, www.zeal.com, approving Zealot submissions and monitoring message boards Public Relations • Wrote publicity material for LookSmart • Edited an Official Chelsea Yearbook Managing Staff • Project managed various commercial and editorial assignments for LookSmart • Experience of managing, training and inducting editorial teams of up to 16 staff • Deputised for the editor of Football Magic for a period of six weeks CAREER SUMMARY Freelance Contributor/Correspondent: UK & Gran Canaria 2003 - Date PA Entertainment, RTN Canaries, Touchline, UK-Fusion, London Sport, Official Chelsea Magazine Keyword Optimiser/Editor: Traffic Smart / AOL 2004/2006 Senior Editor/Copy Editor/Sports Editor: LookSmart 2000 - 2003 Music Editor & Film Writer: www.its-a-london-thing.com 2000 Freelancer Contributor: www.playstation-europe.com 1999 - 2001 Sub-editor/Deputy Editor: Football Magic, Act-Two Designs Ltd 1999 - 2000 In-house Writer & Sub-editor: Zone Limited 1998 - 1999 Staff writer: Deadline Features 1997 - 1998 Freelancer Contributor: The Lock / Zone Limited 1996 - 1997 COMPUTER SKILLS • Proficient user of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel and Outlook; Quark, search prowess, and the Internet LANGUAGES • Fluent in Spanish; basic knowledge of German EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MA in British Imperial and Commonwealth History 1995 King’s College, University of London Trinity TESOL Certificate in Teaching English 1994 Language Link, High Street Kensington BA in Contemporary East European Studies 1994 University of London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies PERSONAL DETAILS Date of Birth: 3rd April 1972 Interests: Film, literature, theatre, travel, chess, and sport, including football and squash