zara zubeidi

freelance journalist

About

Former Online Editor/Senior Writer for UK celeb weekly new! magazine Recently relocated to Sydney 2.1 English Literature & Spanish graduate Founder of Gossipdrip.com Please see my portfolio of work and CV here: http://www.zarazubeidi.weebly.com

Country

united kingdom

City

london

Industry

writing and editing

Skill

promotions, team leadership, organisational skills, fashion, beauty, editorial, feature writing, celebrity interviews, celebrity, lifestyle, music publishing, social networking, social media, proofreading, digital strategy, editing, online journalism, magazines, fashion writing, press releases, wordpress, google adwords, google analytics, spanish, seo, transcribing, indesign, entertainment journalism, feature articles, powerpoint

Experience

talent runner - sorry, i didn't know

triforce productions

2020-9 - 2020-9 · 1 mo

senior entertainment reporter and tv editor

womans day

2017-3 - Present · 9 yrs 7 mos

freelance online writer at look.co.uk

time inc. uk

2013-9 - 2013-9 · 1 mo

digital intern at grazia

bauer media

2013-7 - 2013-7 · 1 mo

freelance digital writer at closer online

bauer media

2012-8 - 2013-9 · 1 yr 2 mos

* Assisting the web editor with closeronline.com. * Writing showbiz news, health and style articles. * Covering the weekend shift.

digital intern

hello! magazine

2013-7 - 2013-7 · 1 mo

Social media coverage of Royal Baby. Highest website views in website's history. Interviews: Kate Middleton's hometown residents, BINTM finalist Transcribing Researching travel, celebrity and royal features

intern at we love pop magazine

egmont

2013-6 - 2013-6 · 1 mo

* Transcription * Sourcing and writing content for print magazine features * Uploading content for online platform using CMS * Assisting photoshoots

lifestyle editor

the mancunion

2012-6 - 2013-3 · 10 mos

* Editor of the Lifestyle section of the biggest university newspaper in the UK. * Regularly write features and articles. * Organise weekly section meetings. * Edit and proof read submitted pieces. * Use of InDesign & Adobe Photoshop for print copy. * Upload content via CMS to The Mancunion website. * Responsible for organising the extremely popular weekly Blind Date feature. * Interviews with No More Page 3 campaign, Bauer media representatives, Boohoo.com founder Umar Kamani and Studentbeans.com founder James Eder.

writer at studentbeans.com

bean group

2012-7 - 2012-11 · 5 mos

Winning pitch in conjunction with the 'So you want to be a journalist?' conference. Contributor to a leading student portal which attracts over six million visits and over 300,000 new users every year.

digital writer and seo assistant

summon press s.l.

2011-9 - 2011-12 · 4 mos

* Analysis of online markets and behaviour of internet users using Analytics. * Creation of content using CMS. * Use of SEO techniques to identify consumer behaviour. * Creative contribution of ideas. * Improvement of advanced Spanish language

administrative assistant

m.i.t e-solutions gmbh

2010-6 - 2010-9 · 4 mos

* Creative contribution of ideas. * Responsible for advertising campaigns. * Maintaining and organising computer bases using Excel. * Promotion of company through social media.

freelance journalist

2019-9 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

online editor and senior writer

new magazine

2014-9 - 2016-12 · 2 yrs 4 mos

* Brainstorming news ideas on a daily basis * Writing celebrity news to deadline * Conducting celebrity interviews * Covering red carpet events * Maintaining good relations with celebrity agents and PRs * Responsible for overall website maintenance and website revamp * Uploading web articles and editing writers' copy * Managing social media platforms: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube * Scheduling tweets via TweetDeck * Monitoring traffic via Google Analytics * SEO optimisation * Product giveaways * Website: www.new-magazine.co.uk

founder, chief executive officer

gossipdrip

2011-9 - 2013-8 · 2 yrs

* Responsible for 30 contributors. * Sourcing and uploading content via CMS. * Liaising with PRs. SEO strategy- 9000 views/month. * Attending small scale events. . * Responsible of website promotion through social media outlets. * Interviews: Tinchy Stryder, Kate Nash, Matt Cardle, Dawn O'Porter, Lucy Rose, Cherry Healey, Union J's Josh Cuthbert, Josie Gibson, Stacey Dooley and Anita from Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model.

style intern and social media administrator

metro international

2012-6 - 2012-7 · 2 mos

* Sourcing fashion related content. * Street style interviews. * Transcription. * Adobe Photoshop. * Promoting online platform through social media. * Increased Twitter following by 250%.