Wednesday 28 January 2015
Hugh Casswell, Reporter, Made in Leeds TV
I studied at the University of Leeds, graduating with a first in Broadcast Journalism in
2013. Following on from a 3 week placement arranged by the university at BBC Inside
Out in the summer between my second and third years, I started working for BBC Look
North East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire whilst still studying through third year. I've worked for a number of BBC departments in behind the scenes roles before accepting a job as a news reporter for Made In Leeds - a new local TV station. During my time at the
Univeristy of Leeds, I was involved in Leeds Student Radio, contributing to the LSR
Sport show on a regular basis and presenting a 90s music show in third year.
Jack Dearlove, Social Media Editor, Evening Standard
As social media manager I'm at the heart of the Evening Standard's digital operation. I find a lot of stories, I source a lot of pictures and I'm responsible for how our journalism is presented to our social media audience and the web traffic social networks send to us.
Previously I was in a similar role at Metro.co.uk and before that I was a sub-editor working on Metro's iPad app.
Alex Fraser, Producer/Reporter, Reuters
Alex graduated from the University of Leeds in July 2013. He works as a reporter and producer for the Reuters Television News agency. He is based in the company’s newsroom in London and recently went on assignment to the Balkans, covering Bosnia’s presidential elections, a state visit by Vladimir Putin and a controversial Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania. Since starting at the agency, he’s worked on some of the biggest international stories of the last eighteen months, including the MH17 plane disaster as Social Media Producer and most recently coordinating live coverage of the
Charlie Hebdo shootings.
Adaobi Ifeachor, Media Co-ordinator, BBC News
Adaobi Ifeachor works on the News Intake desk in the main BBC Newsroom. She sources video content for use on BBC News and across the wider company. She has also worked at the Guardian, as a Community Coordinator on the Guardian Africa
Network and as a moderator. Before moving to London, Adaobi worked in the West
Country as a broadcast journalist on a number of local radio stations, including: Palm
FM in South Devon, Pirate FM in Cornwall and BBC Radio Bristol.

Wednesday 28 January 2015
Emily Roe, Freelance Journalist, Reuters Video News
I freelance for Reuters Video News on the TV Editorial helpdesk at their London headquarters. The news agency provides video footage and live coverage of breaking news from all over the world to hundreds of international newsrooms, 24 hours a day.
On the helpdesk I am the main liaison between the worldwide clients and the TV editorial team, ensuring subscribers are kept up-todate on all Reuters’ coverage and alerting Reuters editors to client’s top stories and deadlines.
Henry Sanderson, Commodities Correspondent, Financial Times
Henry Sanderson is commodities correspondent for Financial Times in London. He previously worked as a journalist for over six years in China, as a correspondent for
Bloomberg and the Associated Press.
James Webster, On-Screen Journalist, ITV Yorkshire
Graduating from the University of Leeds Bachelor of Broadcasting course in the summer of 2002, James began his career in commercial radio as a reporter and newsreader at
Minster FM and Real Radio. He then spent a couple of years working as a presenter at the local TV station Channel M in Manchester. Following its closure he has spent the past five years at ITV Yorkshire where he is currently an on-screen journalist covering stories across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
William Cooper, Media Consultant, informitv
My career in media really began at Leeds University, where I first became involved in radio and television. I trained as a broadcast journalist then returned as one of the first researchers at the Institute of Communications Studies. My PhD in Communications investigated ‘video literacy’ in televisual narratives. I became involved in multimedia as the web was emerging and went on to become Product Manager for the New Media division of the Press Association news agency, based in Leeds. From there I joined the
BBC as Head of New Media Operations. I subsequently founded informitv, a consultancy specialising in the convergence of the internet and television.
Jacqueline Boronow Danson, Producer, All Singin'-All Danson
Jacqueline has a BA (hons) in English (University of Leeds) and, on an exchange scholarship, an MA in English and Film Studies (University of California at Berkeley).
Over the next twentysix years, at the UK’s largest exam board, she developed and managed a department responsible for video production, corporate print design, and customer-facing aspects of the internal and external corporate websites. Since then

Wednesday 28 January 2015 she’s worked as a freelance website consultant/producer in UK and US entertainment: www.allsingin-alldanson.com. Her latest venture is as UK Ambassador for the New York
Metropolitan Opera’s HD programme.
Tim Keiff, Head of Experience Design, Perform
As Head of Experience Design, I am responsible for the usability and creative output of all of Perform's digital brands, products and campaigns. With 12 years industry experience, attention to detail, engaging experiences and brand execution are what I value our products and campaigns on. Having graduated in 2002, I started as the sole
Designer in a non-creative company, before joining and developing as part of bigger creative teams at Plusnet and BSkyB. Following 5 years of freelancing, I was given the opportunity to build a UX & Design team here at Perform, where we're in the process of building a multi-disciplined studio with user centred design and creative excellence at it's core.
Natasha Philip, Community Operations Manager, Uber
After graduating from Leeds in 2010, I went on to work at Walt Disney World in Florida as a Merchantainer. Following that, I got a job at Google in Dublin, working as an
Advertising Operations Associate. Three years later, I was offered the role of Community
Operations Manager at Uber in London, where I've been for the past five months. My role involves managing a team of 27 who looks after our customer support for riders and drivers, as well as improving training, tools and processes. My passions include Disney and watching reality TV shows!
Aaron Thomas, Senior Front End Developer, Mixd
As Senior Front End Developer, Aaron helps to lead the company in responsive design and front-end strategy. He's responsible for maintaining Mixd's cutting edge frameworks, staying on top of new emerging technologies, and ensuring all code in production is efficient, pragmatic, and scalable. He also run's Mixd's teaching programmes, including an annual 3-day workshop called Work in the Web.
Elliott Binks, Broadcast Assistant, BBC Sport
I graduated from the University of Leeds in July with a degree in Broadcast Journalism and have since worked for the BBC in their TV Sports News section as a Broadcast
Assistant. This involves creating on-screen graphics and video editing clips for broadcast on the BBC News Channel and BBC World. I also carry out work archiving video clips for the BBC Sport library on a regular basis.

Wednesday 28 January 2015
Bobbie Chahal, Assistant Producer, Sky Sports Soccer AM
After graduating I completed work experience at Sky Sports and gained employement as a 'Runner.' In 2007 joined the Soccer AM team. During this period I've progressed from
Runner to Assistant Producer.
In this time I've produced and directed features such as 'The Crossbar Challenge',
'Street League', 'Tubes Meets', 'Inside the Football League' and 'Behind the scenes at
Sky Sports.'
Whilst working at 'Soccer AM' I've gained a Diplioma in Sports Journalism and had interviews featured on Sky Sports News HQ and Skysports.com.
Calum McKenzie, Reporter, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Having graduated from the Broadcast Journalism course in July 2013, Calum joined local sports station Yorkshire Radio where he worked until its closure. Following a period of freelance work, Calum can now be heard as a presenter, reporter and newsreader on
BBC Radio Lincolnshire. He is also a contributor on Rugby Union for The Rugby Paper and Yorkshire Post.
Michael Wood, Freelance Broadcast Journalist & Producer, William Hill's Inplay Radio
Rachel Billings, Account Executive, Tangerine PR
After graduating from the University of Leeds in 2013 with a degree in Broadcast
Journalism, Rachel joined a local solicitors practice as a communications/marketing assistant. She soon realised she was better suited to a career in PR, and jumped at the chance to join award-winning communications agency, Tangerine PR. As a B2B junior account executive, she works with a range of clients including Dulux Trade, British
Gypsum, Interface and Simon Jersey.
Rose Dooley, Communications Assistant, NSPCC
Whilst in my final year at Leeds I worked as a freelance reporter for Real Radio
Yorkshire. On graduating I used the Leeds University Careers Centre to secure a paid internship as a communications assistant for Northern Ballet for three months. Both of these helped me secure my current position as a communications assistant for the children's charity the NSPCC. My day to day job role is to write and issue press releases to the regional media across the north of the UK, liase with journalists to attend press launches and photo calls with partners, supporters and fundraisers, as well as writing

Wednesday 28 January 2015 design briefs and create marketing materials for newspaper advertising and fundraising events. I also help out with internal communications including the NSPCC intranet and organising internal events and seminars.
Alice Franks, Junior PR Account Manager, Manifest Communications
Having studied Broadcast Journalism at Leeds University and graduating in 2012, I went on to work for a local newspaper for a few months but decided I would like to pursue a career in PR. During university I completed various work experience placements at TV production company, radio stations, as well as in the press department for Leeds City
Council. This is where I discovered more about PR and realised the skills I had gained at university would work well in this industry. I started working as a PR Account Executive at Manifest Communications in April 2013 and have since been promoted twice and am now a Junior Account Manager working on various brands such as Barratt Homes,
British Military Fitness and La Tasca Restaurants. I love working in PR as it allows me to be creative, think of new and exciting ways to create 'news' and utilise the writing and communications skills I gained at university.
Zara Free, PR Account Manager, Willoughby Public Relations
Zara graduated from the University of Leeds in July 2011 and landed a job with the
Midland’s top PR agency the next month. As part of Willoughby Public Relations’ consumer team Zara progressed Graduate Account Executive to Account Manager in just three years, working on numerous award-winning campaigns. Zara now heads up some of the firm’s most high profile lifestyle accounts include Regis Salons, Supercuts,
The Botanist, Wacky Warehouse, Chef & Brewer and Taylor Walker. Her career highlights include launching art collections for Ronnie Wood and Billy Connolly, removing Shakespeare from history and attending Cosmopolitan Ultimate Woman awards.
Ruth Pearson, Head of Production, Limehouse
With ten years’ experience in cross platform (web, event and DVD) broadcast & corporate TV production, Ruth combines Prince II project management with a creative mind and high motivation to develop original and appropriate responses to a client brief.
Ruth oversees each project from conception to completion; ensuring critical milestones, production timelines and costs are all adhered to. Ruth also has overall responsibility for the Limehouse team of production managers and producers; overseeing day-to-day production to ensure projects are delivered in a timely fashion and always to budget.
Ruth relishes the challenges that production brings and is passionate about doing the right thing for her clients.

Wednesday 28 January 2015
Bjorn Booms, Assistant Producer, BBC Children's
I graduated with BA Broadcasting in 2009. As part of the course I completed my work placement at BBC Children’s and have been employed there ever since as a runner, researcher and now AP. Currently I am a studio director/scriptwriter for the CBBC
Presentation Department where we produce links to promote content, encourage viewer interaction and form a channel identity. I have also worked on productions such as Sam
& Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up, Sport Showdown, TMi Friday, BAMZOOKi Street Wars and gained multi-platform experience in Interactive. I am particularly interested in studio entertainment shows and working with puppeteers. Day-to-day responsibilities include scriptwriting, studio directing, casting families/children and briefing contributors.
Holly Bryson, Assistant Producer, ITV
I am currently working as an Assistant Producer for Shiver, the Factuals Department at
ITV. I have been with ITV since graduating 3 and a half years ago, and love working for the company. This year I have worked on a range of programme, from 'Corrie Moving
Story', to 'Countrywise' to 'Tonight', to 'The Nation's Favourite 70s Number One' which I am working on at the moment.
Naomi Dennison, Executive Producer, Freelance
Naomi Dennison graduated with a Broadcasting Degree from the University of Leeds in
1996 and within a couple of weeks was working as a runner at Granada TV in
Manchester. She is currently a freelance Executive Producer and has worked across
Factual, Entertainment, Features and Children’s Programmes as well as developing new ideas and pitching to commissioners. Most recently Naomi was Executive Producer on
Sam & Mark’s Sport Showdown, a shiny-floor gameshow for CBBC. Naomi has produced a wide range of shows including Blue Peter, A Place in the Sun, A Question of
Sport and This Morning and worked for a variety of production companies including
Endemol, RDF, 12 Yard, ITV and in-house BBC.
Ellie Jones, Producer, BBC Children in Need
I’ve had a rather unorthodox career journey. After graduating I freelanced at BBC Local
Radio stations in the Midlands, before securing a role as a BBC Project Coordinator. I managed the broadcasting of all 40 of the BBC Local Radio stations at the Royal
H orticultural Society’s (RHS) flower shows; Chelsea, Hampton Court & Tatton Park.
Following this the RHS, a charity, headhunted me and I became an Assistant Show
Manager for the RHS London flower shows. I was in this role for a year and half and was fortunate to see an increase in visitor numbers to the shows, develop and see to fruition

Wednesday 28 January 2015 some ground-breaking projects and take sole responsibility for managing for the shows
… but it was time for a change. I wanted to help people. I became a Communications
Officer for the Metropolitan Police taking 999/101 calls. During my year at the Met I was awarded a Commendation for my services in the line of duty – which probably gives you an indication of the kind of harrowing situations I’ve dealt with. In all honestly the shifts were exceptionally hard; sometimes working over 65/70 hour weeks, with a 2 hour night bus commute. I missed Journalism. Along came a project role at BBC Children in Need!
I now have the perfect role for me. It’s a combination of all my (diverse!) experience – I tell harrowing stories, produce films and work for a charity. The stories I source are broadcast on BBC 1, 2, 3, 4 as well as Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 along with many other BBC outlets.
Barnaby Peel, Freelance Documentary Producer/Director,
I make observational documentary single films and series for the major UK broadcasters. My credits include ‘My Child Won’t Speak’, BBC1, ‘The Boy Who Can’t
Forget’, Channel 4, 'How to Get a Council House', Channel 4, 'The Motorway; Life in the
Fast Lane', BBC2. I have 17 years experience in the industry. I started my career at
BBC Radio Leeds where I worked whilst on the Broadcasting Studies course at the university.
Anthony Day, Reporter and Broadcaster, BBC Radio Newcastle
I have worked within the BBC for three years and currently work as both a reporter and producer on the breakfast and drive programmes for BBC Radio Newcastle. I have covered a wide range of local and national breaking stories for both network and Radio
5Live, including reaction to the Scottish referendum result, the 60th Anniversary of D-
Day and the deaths of two Newcastle United fans on flight MH17. During my short time working for the BBC I have interviewed two former prime ministers and the current and wa s winner of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council’s TV News Feature of the Year and runner up at the Royal Television Society’s Yorkshire Centre Awards.
Jim Foulger, Head of News and Sport, England, Bauer
Jim Foulger started his broadcasting career in his local BBC station before moving to
Viking FM in Hull in 1998 as a broadcast journalist, becoming news editor there in 2001.
After a period of time working in the music industry, Jim returned to radio in 2007 as senior journalist at Radio Aire in Leeds, before becoming Deputy News Editor for Bauer
Yorkshire and news editor for Hallam FM. Now, as Head of News and Sport, England,
Jim is responsible for the team of journalists who are reporting the news for 25 radio stations across England as well as presenting the news on national brands such as Kiss and Absolute Radio.

Wednesday 28 January 2015
Greg Hughes, The Vodafone Big Top 40 Producer, Global
A graduate from the University of Leeds with a degree in Broadcast Journalism – Greg’s responsible for ‘The Vodafone Big Top 40 with Marvin Humes’ - the UK’s biggest commercial radio programme
– broadcasting to an audience of 2.5 million people. In addition, he acts as Special Projects Co-Ordinator for Capital and led the creation of
Capital XTRA - one of the UK’s most exciting new radio brands. He was instrumental in the launch of a new nationwide charity – Global’s Make Some Noise – which raised over
£1.6 million to help change the lives of young people across the UK and he continues to work on a variety of projects from the integration of new stations, producing major outside broadcasts and consulting on Global’s exciting future plans. Greg was delighted to be recognised by the Radio Academy in 2014, with his inclusion on their prestigious
30 Under 30.
Chantel Thompson, Broadcast Journalist, Anglian Radio Ltd
Timo Hilhorst, Product Executive, Reed.co.uk
After graduating with an MA in International Journalism I moved to London and joined the Reed Graduate Training Scheme. My first placement was with Reed in Partnership, a public service provider, where I worked as an Employment Adviser helping long-term unemployed people find work. I then joined Reed in Partnership’s Business
Development team where I helped write bids for public service contracts. In September I moved to reed.co.uk, the UK’s largest job site, where I am part of the Product team responsible for maintaining and improving the website.
Kamilla Nyegaard-Larsen, Marketing Communications Executive, Antivia
I graduated in December 2014 after completing my MA in Media Industries in
September. I started looking for jobs in April to make sure I got ahead of the game. After
I had no luck sending out CVs and cover letters online, I attended a careers fair at the university in late May. I got called for an interview the week after and secured the job in early July. I believe being able to introduce myself and make a good first impression in person was key to landing my first job.
Yue Yin, Marketing and PR Officer, Golden Bridge UK, China Britain Travel Group
Echo Yue YIN received her International Communication MA from University of Leeds in
September 2013.Now she is a Marketing and PR Officer with Golden Bridge (UK) based in London. She creates and manages marketing & PR plans in tourism industry. During

Wednesday 28 January 2015 her free time, she also writes a column for the China Hotel Magazine and broadcasts
UK-Chinese tourism news for Guangdong TV. If you have a current or potential business interest in China-UK tourism industry, she can be reached by echouklondon@gmail.com.
Dominique Attwood, Digital Media Manager, Leeds City Council Museums and
Galleries
Responsibilities include content management, website management and development, collections online, digital asset management, social media, digital policy making, digital interpretation of collections at our nine venues and opening up our data. Manages the national learning platform from the arts, culture and heritage sector www.mylearning.org.
Rodney Hobson, Crime Writer,
Rodney Hobson is an experienced financial journalist who has held senior editorial positions with publications in the UK and Asia, most recently Editor of the financial news website Hemscott.
Among posts he has held are News Editor for the Business section of The Times,
Business Editor of the Singapore Monitor, Deputy Business Editor of the Far Eastern
Economic Review, Head of News at Citywire and Editor of Shares magazine.
He has also contributed to the Daily Mail, the Independent and Business Franchise
Magazine and commented on investment on BBC TV and Radio and CNBC. His book
Shares Made Simple was published on November 10th, 2007.
Simon Ingram, Class Teacher/ ICT Manager/ Phonics Coordinator, Bentley High Street
Primary School
I graduated from the University of Leeds in 2009, and after taking a year out to work I applied to do my PGCE. I had realised that journalism wasn't for me and had a passion for teaching. In my year out I got as much experience in school settings as I could, which led to me getting a paid Teaching Assistant job. Upon my completion of my PGCE
(which was one of the busiest years of my life!) I got my first teaching job and hit the ground running. Now, in my fourth year of teaching, I have advanced to lead to two subject areas and become a Middle Leader of my school. My next steps will be two become a Senior Leader in a school, something I aim to achieve in the next two years.
Suzanne Romano, Graduate Recruitment Officer, TeachFirst
I graduated from the University of Leeds in 2009 with a French and Spanish Ba(Hons) degree. From here, I went straight to Teach First and taught for two years on the Teach

Wednesday 28 January 2015
First Leadership Development Programme, teaching French and Spanish in a secondary school in Bootle, just outside of Liverpool. I really enjoyed my time on the programme and loved inspiring children to enjoy languages and think about a world outside of
Bootle! I joined the Graduate Recruitment team of Teach First in November 2012 and now I look after the Yorkshire and Humber team who recruit from Yorkshire universities.