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IAN DELANEYMobile: 07899 968542

Email: delaney.ian@gmail.com

I am an experienced event-creator, social media expert, publisher, educator andtechnologist. I can help organisations make more of digital media and new trends.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

New Media Knowledge

Senior Online Manager

Jan 07 Dec 09

Creating the NMK (New Media Knowledge) events and short-course programme, including

conferences, seminars and training courses.

Writing, sourcing, commissioning and editing editorial and other digital content.

Community manager establishing relationships, identifying issues, producing solutions.

Running social media, web and email campaigns to ensure success of our events.

Instigated, researched, developed, marketed and ran over 20 well-attended events and

conferences; plus 20 training courses.

Following and documenting cutting-edge trends and discussion points to attract tech leaders.

Maintaining awareness of the tech event sector to create unique, leading propositions.

Sourced and persuaded world-leading experts from the Online, Technology and Media sectors

to take part, plus relevant press.

Published, wrote, sourced, commissioned and edited over 800 articles and podcasts on the

NMK site leading to a 400% upturn in unique visits; enhancing SEO and Analyticsresponsiveness.

Established the dynamo-london network for the Capitals interactive design community

through LDA funding.

Establishing successful NMK social media ventures on Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In & others.

Won, commissioned and managed bespoke training contract for Business Link Sheffield.

Managed, specified and rewrote for the rebuild, redesign and extension of the networks

website. Personally created new websites, twitter and facebook channels for specific events.

Managed and created budgets and strategies for the network and measured its success.

ICT for Education, Crimson Business

Editor & Publisher

Nov 04 Dec 06

Invented and created the title from scratch, through research, experience and creativity.

Managing the commercial, creative, marketing and editorial aspects of the publication,

from budgets to sales to the cover.

Sector-leading title, with a B2B readership over 20,000

Unique intervention in this sector with monthly advertising revenues over 30K

Managed qualitative and quantitative research to ensure editorial relevance

Found and commissioned teachers to contribute reviews, features and opinion pieces

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What Laptop, Crimson Business

Editor & Publisher

Nov 99 Mar 04

Complete responsibility for the magazines business; delivering the budget.

Creating the editorial strategy and content of the magazine.

Major newsstand title, with a readership over 24,000; ad revenues over 30K

Created the sites web site which garnered over 10K visits a day

Managed and mentored numerous journalists who have gone on to become extremely

successful at other titles

Contract publishing to create customer magazines for PC World, IBM, Packard Bell and others

Editor after just two weeks employment as staff writer, my first job in journalism

EARLYCAREER BACKGROUND

Company Position Held Dates

Bexley College Lecturer Sep 90 Jul 98

West Park College Teacher Sep 88 Sep 90

EARLYCAREER NARRATIVE

Considerable experience working with young people from a wide variety of backgrounds;

95%+ Pass rate for my A-level and GCSE courses at both institutions;

Established Drama GCSE at West Park, A-level Media Studies and Drama at Bexley;

Completed MA while working full-time at these institutions.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Qualification Institution Date Completed

MA Victorian Poetry The Open University 1991

PGCE University of Nottingham 1988

BA (Hons) English Lit 2:1 University of Sheffield 1987

A levels (AABB) Urmston Boys Grammar 1984

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

I have completed training courses in Diversity (UOW), Interview & Selection procedures

(UOW), Internet Law (In-House, Crimson), Editorial Budgeting (PPA), Sub-editing (PPA) and

Editing (PPA). I am a member of the NUJ and of Unison. I have attended approximately 40

professional events, conferences and seminars (aside from our own) over the last two years.

Outside of work, I enjoy meeting friends and socialising; more Internet and writing activities;

cult TV and barbecued food.

WEBSITES

My online profile, with testimonials http://www.linkedin.com/in/iandelaney

The website I have most recently been working with http://www.nmk.co.uk

The dynamo community for interactive designers http://www.dynamolondon.org My personal bloghttp://twopointouch.com

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