Andrew Miles
Freelance Journalist and Writer
75 Lower Thomas Street, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 0DA
Creative and engaging writing professional with experience developing and editing written content on a wide range of subjects. A writer who excels at ensuring consistent, error-free writing while providing reliable and targeted information. Conscientious and industrious researcher and writer who is expert at juggling multiple challenging projects and completing them all on time. I am also a keen reader of dystopian and sci-fi literature.
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· Achieved Bachelor of Arts in English Degree and Master of Arts in Creative and Media Writing at Swansea University.
· Achieved a Master’s Degree in Media Writing at Swansea University.
· Working as a content journalist for the New Mexico Line , a military history magazine.
· Researcher for papers detailing the life of Zoraster, the heroic code of the Axial peoples, and Post Modernist literature in relation to the Holocaust.
· Written essays and short stories of up to 3,000 words for Amnesty International.
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January 2007 – Present Private Tutor
I have tutored students in English Literature, specialising in dystopian and post modernist literature. I have taught from GCSE to A Level standard. My achievements are;
· Communicating complex ideas in a straight forward, easily digested fashion.
· Teaching uses of grammar, sentence structure and essay technique to optimum effect.
· Preparing lessons and setting reading plans in advance.
· Helping 3 students from GCSE Level English Literature through to full A-Level qualification.
March 2008 – November 2008 Researcher for Fiction and the Art of Ruin
I interned as a researcher for my Lecturer on his paper Fiction and the Art of Ruin: The art of Gunter Grass, Picasso and T.S.Elliot. Voices of Dissolution. This paper is to by published next year. My achievements were:
· This internship involved extensive reading into the history of the first world war. I was not only expected to understand the causes of the war, but collate suitable lines of research for the writer.
· My research focused upon how masculinity was constructed pre and post the first world war.
October 2008 - February 2009 Work experience for The Swansea Life magazine.
I wrote several articles for The Swansea Life that ranged from personal thought columns, interviews with local celebrities such as Joe Calzaghe and Spencer Davis. I also wrote articles of local interest such as restaurant reviews. My achievements were:
· Writing and editing four articles, up to 1,500 words, of my own work to a publishable level.
· Conducting face to face, and over the phone interviews.
· Completing a basic style and grammar test outlined in a procedural handbook.
October 2008 - February 2009 Master of Arts Media Writing
I have achieved a Masters degree at Swansea University. My main area of study was focused upon art after the Holocaust. My achievements were:
· Writing and editing work to be published by local newspaper or independent publishers.
· Editing and evaluating Undergraduate work.
· Corresponding between charity organizations and the University to produce pamphlets, educating people about their causes
· Mentored two Undergraduates through their first year of University life.
October 2008 - February 2010 Content Writer for The New Mexico Line
After my education I decided to travel as much as I could. I found myself writing for a small scale publication focussing on famous battles throughout history:
· I wrote three 700 word articles detailing Zoraster re-imagining of his culture's warrior code, and the early campaigns of the Zhou people.
· Editing the layout of my articles.
· Gathering accurate reference artwork
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October 2008 – February 2010 – Swansea University – Master of Arts in Media Writing
September 2006 – July 2008 University of Wales Swansea – BA . English Literature.
September 1998 – July 2005 Cyfarthfa High school.
· 3 A-levels grade A-C,
· 10 GCSE’s grade A-C
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· Full UK Driving License, accredited with a Pass Plus certificate
· I am computer literate, familiar with E-mail and word processing packages
· I am a competent draughtsman and illustrator.
