about me
Key Skills
WRITER
I’ve written for some of the biggest brands in publishing, on incredibly varied subjects and with unique tones of voices.
DIGITAL EDITOR
I’ve edited two of the world’s biggest online lifestyle brands, directing them to record traffic and huge audiences worldwide.
SOCIAL MEDIA
I take a reader-first approach for any social media strategy. This led me to grow my entrusted brands to record levels.
INSIGHTS
I have extensive knowledge of social media insight tools and Google Analytics – invaluable in getting to know your audience.
Work Process
DISCOVER
IDEA
PLAN
DEVELOP
CREATE
LAUNCH
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14 Countries Visited
2,000+ Articles Published
11,000 Cups Of Tea
4 Award Nominations
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WORK HISTORY
2016 – Present
Digital Content Editor
Thames Luxury Charters
Creating and managing all digital and marketing content for Thames Luxury Charters and other companies in the Livett’s Group.
Delivered a new website for Thames Luxury Charters, instantly increasing traffic by 50%.
Senior stakeholder management, influencing directors on digital strategy and training colleagues.
2016 – Present
Mirror Football Writer
Trinity Mirror
Covered over 50 live major football events, writing breaking news, topical spins and features.
Content with social media readers prioritised, resulting in regularly topping Mirror.co.uk’s live traffic.
2011 – 2016
Executive Content Director & Digital Editor
Bauer Media
Created and curated all content in special farewell issues of FHM and ZOO, totalling 260 pages.
Fully responsible for creating, maintaining and growing all of ZOO’s digital output, including:
– ZOOToday.com – broke a Bauer company record with 83m page views in a month.
– ZOO App – made it a top 10 grossing app in the App Store.
– Social media – grew combined audience to over 3m people, including Facebook and Twitter.
Successfully pitched and negotiated numerous advertising deals and campaigns with various clients.
Developed non-traditional revenue streams which led to a four-fold increase in revenue.
Controlled all output across FHM’s social channels, then the UK’s biggest online lifestyle brand.
EDUCATION
2008-2011
Media Studies (BA Hons) 2:1
University of Surrey
2000-2007
A Levels & GCSEs
Colfe’s School
Key Skills
Writing
Editing
Social Media
SEO & Analytics
Other Skills
Digital Marketing
Microsoft Office
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere
TESTIMONIALS
Dan Jeal
Director / DAX Business Development
Jon has an exceptional eye for detail, truly understands how to engage and communicate with target audiences and is a highly personable character in the workplace. An extremely talented writer and content editor.
Laurence Mozafari
Associate Editor / Digital Spy
Jon is one of the greatest writers I’ve ever worked with. He has an in-depth understanding of digital content, he’s hardworking and a joy to be around.
Drew Middleton
Digital Marketing Manager / black+blum
Jon is an exceptionally talented writer and editor at the forefront of producing some of the highest quality, most successful and popular digital content around.
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jonmoody [AT] gmail.com