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Lauren Wainwright

Lauren Wainwright

Staff Writer - MCV at Intent Media

Location
London, United Kingdom
Industry
Writing and Editing
Current
  1. Intent Media
  2. , CBS Interactive
  3. , Freelance
Previous
  1. Future Publishing
  2. , Barrington Harvey
  3. , CBS Interactive
Education
  1. BA, Games Studies, Journalism at London Metropolitan University
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Experience

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry

July 2012 – Present (4 months) Hertford

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CBS; Online Media industry

March 2012 – Present (8 months) London

Contributing to GameSpot UK

November 2011 – Present (1 year) London

Produce mock reviews in house and inform video game publishers of potential critical reception and community reaction to their products.

Public Company; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry

October 2011 – Present (1 year 1 month) London

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NWS; Newspapers industry

September 2011 – Present (1 year 2 months) London

Produce review copy for the 'Ready for the Weekend' section in The Sun each Friday.

January 2008 – Present (4 years 10 months) London

Producing entertaining and informative copy in a variety of house styles. Specialises in video games and internet cultures.

Clients have included CBS, News International, Future Publishing, Cranberry Publishing, Playboy and Uncooked Media.

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FUTR; Publishing industry

April 2011 – April 2011 (1 month)

Two week internship with Future Publishing and Official Xbox Magazine. I supported the team during a busy deadline period by writing news content for online and print, review copy for the magazine and research for colleague’s projects. I also transcribed interviews and researched news.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry

June 2010 – September 2010 (4 months)

Working over the summer assisting with account manager and senior publicist on a variety of accounts.

Duties included database updating, liaising with media and sending out products for review.

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CBS; Online Media industry

April 2010 – April 2010 (1 month) London

2 week internship at GameSpot UK.

Duties included creating copy, scripting, voice overs, capturing footage, taking part in the podcast and editing the script for the Podcast.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry

April 2007 – November 2009 (2 years 8 months)

Record a bi-weekly podcast called the 'Podcastle' centring around European gaming culture. Record as a co-host with 2 other members of Destructoid.com.

October 2008 – September 2009 (1 year)

Write news, previews and reviews on video games and culture.

June 2007 – February 2008 (9 months)

Writing articles on the latest hot topics in the Xleague.tv forums for publishing on their front page. Working to short deadlines, moderating forums.

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  1. 9 Video Games
  2. 8 Writing
  3. 6 Social Media
  4. 6 Journalism
  5. 2 Blogging
  6. 2 News Writing
  7. 1 Wordpress
  8. 0 Video Game Consultant

  9. 0 Audio Editing

  10. 0 Gaming

More Skills & Expertise

  1. 0 Gaming Industry
  2. 0 Interviewing
  3. 0 Magazine Writing
  4. 0 Games Journalism
  5. 0 HTML
  6. 0 Conversational Japanese
  7. 0 Japanese culture

Languages

  • English

    (Native or bilingual proficiency)
  • Japanese

    (Limited working proficiency)

Summary

Educational Training in;

Journalism
- Reporting & Journalism
- Radio Journalism
- Magazine Journalism
- Media Law & Ethics
- Online Journalism
- Feature Journalism
- News Editing and Production

Games Studies
- Writing for Games
- Game Aesthetics
- Games Criticism & Review
- Global Gaming Cultures
- Gender Play
- Game Design Theory and the Playing Experience

Education

London Metropolitan University

BA, Games Studies, Journalism

2009 – 2012

Grade: 2:1

Activities and Societies: Games Society, London Metropolitan Zine

St. Vincent College

GCSE, Japanese; Japanese

2003 – 2005

4 A-Levels: Computing, Photography, English Language, Media Studies

Personal Information

Birthday:

December 19

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Publications

  • 10 deliciously must-have hardcore iPhone games

    • Future Publishing
    • November 25, 2010

    Top 10 iPhone games list for Games Radar - flirty styled list of iPhone games for gamers.

  • Alpha Protocol Preview

    • PLAYBOY
    • April 12, 2010

    Written preview of Alpha Protocol in Prague.

  • Splinter Cell: Conviction Final Hands-On

    • CBS
    • April 10, 2010

    Written Final Hands-on preview of Splinter Cell: Conviction as well as a video feature with voice over.

  • Interview: Tactics Ogre director Hiroshi Minagawa

    • VG247
    • January 17, 2011

    Interview with Hiroshi Minagawa (Square Enix Japan)

  • The 3rd Birthday Interview with Hajime Tabata

    • VG247.com
    • February 2, 2011

    The 3rd Birthday interview with director Hajime Tabata.

  • El Shaddai Preview

    • Total Video Games
    • July 13, 2011

    Preview of El Shaddai.

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