Australia Editor @ We're bringing Mashable to Australia! From July 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Sydney Area, AustraliaMultimedia Editor @ - Building relationships with agencies / creators to source photos, multimedia assets and video.
- Concentrating on additional storytelling aspects of an article page – images, embedded assets, video.
- Assisting and training journalists in multimedia and photo usage best practice.
- Managing the multimedia in breaking news events including Ukraine, Typhoon Haiyan, MH370.
- Creating a connection between production and editorial to create assets to excite the audience.
- Producing content with a multimedia focus that is shareable and interesting.
- SME for the implementation of new CMS Methode across the company. From January 2013 to June 2014 (1 year 6 months) Sydney Area, AustraliaDaytime Editor @ - Sourcing the best content globally from the web and masthead publications as it happens.
- Coverage of key events including End of the World, Boston bombings, Election 2013, Syrian conflict.
- Managing content across a newsroom of 35 staff, coordinating writing and production of news journalists
- Ensuring editorial integrity and high-quality packaging of stories on the news.com.au home page and verticals with related video, images, SEO, social dimension, related content and user-generated content.
- Story selection and prioritisation, content producing, photo editing, sub editing, headline writing, copy writing, treatment of articles to style guidelines, social media and wire news monitoring, SEO.
- Balancing content based on an understanding of the audience demographic along with sales targets. - Monitoring home page statistics and improving editorial direction based on results.
- Playing a key role in the growth of news.com.au to become Australia’s leading news website. From December 2011 to December 2013 (2 years 1 month) Sydney Area, AustraliaNews Editor (local sites) @ - Editorial control and coordination of Yahoo!7 News sites on a national and local level in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide.
- Managing a team of producers based in various states.
- Writing, sub-editing, content management, page layout, photo editing, module design, social media implementation and operation, SEO, iPhone and iPad editorial app management.
- Building the relationship between 7News and Yahoo, to create a multi-media user experience for the Yahoo!7 News audience. From January 2011 to December 2011 (1 year) Sunday Night Senior Online Producer @ From 2009 to December 2011 (2 years) News Producer @ - Writing, sub-editing, content management for Yahoo!7 News site.
- Development of social media for Yahoo!7 News.
- Building relationship with 7News to integrate TV with online media.
(Previously News and Video Producer) From July 2008 to January 2011 (2 years 7 months) Finance Executive @ From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) Finance Executive @ From 2006 to 2006 (less than a year) Finance Executive @ From 2004 to 2006 (2 years)
Bachelor of Digital Media @ University of New South Wales From 2006 to 2008 Bachelor of Media in Writing @ L-Università ta' Malta From 2004 to 2004 Bachelor of Media in Writing @ Macquarie University From 2003 to 2004 Jen Ryall is skilled in: Editorial, SEO, Digital Media, Budgets, Digital Strategy, Video, Social Media, Content Management, Editing, Content Strategy, Storytelling, Copywriting, Online Journalism, New Media, Integrated Marketing