Sutton United

Head of
Media

2025–

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Responsible for overseeing the media list for home games, including preparing accreditations for visiting media.
  • Oversee the recruitment of interns and supervise their work, bringing together a team who assist with matchday coverage of Academy and Women’s First Team games, alongside students on work experience and volunteers.
  • Responsible for the design, production and distribution of the club’s digital matchday programme for every game at the VBS Community Stadium in 2025/26, including First Team and Academy matches and one special-edition physical programme.
  • All previous responsibilities from my position as Social Media Manager have also carried over.

Skills Gained

  • Verbal Communication
  • Written Communication
  • Organisation
  • Collaboration
  • Time Management
  • Creativity
  • Adobe Suite
  • Content Creation
  • Editing and Proofreading
  • Editorial Planning and Copywriting
  • SEO Optimisation
  • Photography and Videography
  • Social Media Management
  • Performance Monitoring

Sutton United

Social Media
Manager

2024–2025

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Responsible for matchday coverage and for creating and managing day-to-day content across X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, with the club’s impressions increasing to over three million across every platform.
  • Production of video-based content and graphics, including teasing and announcing new signings, for use on social media.
  • Responsible for photography before, during and after matches, at training sessions and other club-related events. Some of my photos have been used on the social channels of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
  • Responsible for conducting pre- and post-match interviews with the First Team Head Coach and players.
  • Producing written content including match previews, match reports and a range of press releases.
  • Experience filming games and training sessions.
  • Collaborate with other departments.

Skills Gained

  • Verbal Communication
  • Written Communication
  • Organisation
  • Collaboration
  • Time Management
  • Creativity
  • Adobe Suite
  • Content Creation
  • Editing and Proofreading
  • Editorial Planning and Copywriting
  • SEO Optimisation
  • Photography and Videography
  • Social Media Management
  • Performance Monitoring

Sutton United

Media
Executive

2024

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Gained new skills in photography and videography, with primary responsibility for providing visual content throughout games for the club’s Instagram Stories and representing the action-packed nature of a matchday in a range of different ways.
  • Contributed to the club’s Women’s First Team and Academy coverage, taking charge of live X commentary and producing graphics for social media.
  • Responsible for conducting post-match interviews with the Women’s First Team Manager.

Skills Gained

  • Verbal Communication
  • Written Communication
  • Organisation
  • Collaboration
  • Time Management
  • Creativity
  • Adobe Suite
  • Content Creation
  • Editing and Proofreading
  • Editorial Planning and Copywriting
  • SEO Optimisation
  • Photography and Videography
  • Social Media Management
  • Performance Monitoring

Boreham Wood

Media
Assistant

2021–2023

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Produced written content for the club’s website and social media channels, as well as the matchday programme.
  • Had full autonomy of the club’s X and Instagram accounts, gaining experience with live reporting and quick, accurate updates.
  • Produced pre-match videos for social media, gaining experience in videography.
  • Conducted pre- and post-match interviews with First Team Manager Luke Garrard.
  • Collaborated with the media team to create, manage and publish engaging social content and help oversee the club’s matchday social media output.

Skills Gained

  • Verbal Communication
  • Written Communication
  • Organisation
  • Collaboration
  • Adobe Suite
  • Editing and Proofreading
  • Editorial Planning and Copywriting
  • SEO Optimisation

Additional Industry Experience

AFTV 2024

  • Contributed a range of articles dedicated to Arsenal FC which were published on the AFTV website, such as breaking news, match previews and match reports.
  • I conveyed a detail-oriented approach by producing work of high quality that created an enjoyable experience for the reader.
  • Ensured my work was well-researched and accurate, with articles reaching a big audience due to AFTV’s large following.

Overtime Heroics 2021–2022

  • I produced a range of articles that exhibited my vast knowledge of football, including detailed analysis, opinion pieces and breaking news about various subjects surrounding the Premier League and the Championship.
  • I conveyed a detail-oriented approach by producing work of high quality that created an enjoyable experience for the reader.
  • My knowledge of search engine optimisation also allowed me to maximise the amount of traffic I was able to generate.