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curriculum vitae

About

Molly Taylor
Im a freelance journalist and stylist plus a second year
student on the BA (Hons) fashion journalism degree at
London College of Fashion.

Education

Im always willing to learn and improve on existing

skills. I pride myself on being hardworking and
organised at all times.

London College of Communication (2013-2014)

London College of Fashion (201

Experience

Im an incredibly driven and reliable person, having

withheld a number of internships and freelance writing
jobs. I have written for VOGUE.CO.UK, Not Just a
Label, Pigeons and Peacocks and The Wild Magazine
with fashion week coverage for StyleFan and PYLOT
magazine. I am a member of the National Union of
Journalists and Im certified to practice Teeline
Shorthand at a speed of 90 words per minute.

I also work as both an independent stylist and as an

assistant on a number of celebrity projects as well
as working as a member of the blog team for model
Emma Miller. I have experience in a number of sectors
of the fashion industry, including photography,
creative direction, social media, fashion retail,
broadcast and graphic design.

Cambridge Evening News - editorial internship

January 2011 (1 month), Cambridge

Emma Miller Blog - PR Executive and blogger

June 2014 Present (6 months) London
- Daily duties include formatting, image retouching,
copy writing and pitching features.
- I also handle Emmas schedule and liase with PR
companies for events and appearances.
- I help to handle her social media accounts and
organise photoshoots for the blog and for her
modelling portfolio

Distinction at Graphic Design Art Foundation (UAL Body

Awarding).

Hunger Magazine - fashion internship

2012 (6 months), London
- Assisting Senior Fashion Editor Anna
Hughes-Chamberlain and Junior Fashion Editor Joseph
Kocharian.
- Responsibilities included assisting with pick-ups and
returns to PR agencies as well as helping on-set with
dressing both models and celebrities and organising
the fashion cupboard.

Skills

NOWNESS - editorial internship

March 2014 June 2014 (3 months), London
- Researching for upcoming features and social media
stratergies.
- Transcribing interviews.
- Working with an integrated storage system.
- Updating the events calendar.

Vogue - digital intern

July 2014 August 2014 (1 month), London
- Working closely with online fashion editor
Jessica Bumpus on shopping edits, writing news
stories, updating biographies and writing pieces for
the blog.
- I gained experience working with a CMS system and
requesting photographs to be used on the website as
well as inputting features and blog posts.
- Keeping up to date with newspapers to help the news
team find features ideas.

Graduate Fashion Week - Social Media Manager

April 2014, London
- Responsibile for being the sole voice of GFW on their
twitter account.
- Working in an extremely fast paced environment.

The Independent - fashion team internship

July 2014 (2 weeks), London
- Responsibilities included calling in beauty products
and transcribing interviews.
- I assisted Alexander Fury on a photoshoot with Nick
Knight at SHOWSTUDIO and on two further photoshoots for the Independents fashion pages.

/Excellent skills in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and

Illustrator as well as Microsoft products, such as
Word and Excel.
/Confident on both an Apple and Microsoft
operating system.

/Basic skills with digital and traditional photography.

/90wpm certified in Teeline Shorthand.
/Good researcher and fast transcriber.
/I can converse and write in basic French.
/Basic knowledge of HTML and wordpress systems.

References on Request - email contact@mollyktaylor.co.uk

Velvet* magazine - intern/freelance journalist

January 2011 (1 month), Cambridge

2nd year BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism Student