Helen Mary R.

Freelance executive producer, writer, editor and storyteller in broadcast and digital media production, specialising in factual and creative storytelling for UK and international broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Discovery and National Geographic. Co-founder and Creative Director for digital education company. : Experience: • Creative and factual storyteller across a range of platforms and genres including science, history, natural history and contemporary documentary stories. • As Executive Producer, as well as producing programmes my responsibilities include interviewing potential documentary contributors in order to draw out their stories prior to writing and editing programme scripts, working to specific editorial briefs for individual broadcast and digital clients. • Building relationships with experts and general contributors. • Writing and editing biographies, transmission and publicity materials for broadcasters and corporate organisations including ( most recently ) Discovery Science and Blue Ant Media. • As Creative Director of a digital media education business my role involved working with teachers and lecturers, writing a wide range of academic curricula and qualifications into engaging and accessible online tutorials for clients including City and Guilds, Pearson Education and Hachette UK. • My role also included writing and editing all marketing and publicity materials, for the education company itself as well as our client roster of academic publishers. Skills: • Strong creative and factual script and story writing across a wide range of factual genres and academic subjects. ability to research a wide range of factual subjects and genres. • Interviewing people in order to build relationships with potential contributors and story subjects, in order to construct personal stories into engaging stories and strong narratives. • Ability to write to specific editorial briefs, adopting relevant language, tone and writing style for UK, US and international clients. • Ensuring all written content is accessible and engaging, communicating clearly and effectively for a range of factual audiences. • Rewriting, editing, proofreading and fact checking with a strong eye for editorial detail and written language. Education: Law ( LLB ) hons degree, 2:1 from Southampton University. Recent broadcast and writing credits: September 2021 – May 2022: Series and edit producer, Wild Dogs: Running With The Pack, 6 X 30’, Icon Films for Love Nature. January 2021 – September 2021: Executive Producer, Mysteries Of The Deep, series 2, 8 X 60’ Icon Films for Discovery Science. Archive based, presenter led series combining maritime history, science and archaeology.