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David Cochrane

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  • About me

    Digital Transformation | Strategic Leadership | Creative Innovation

  • Education

    • University College Dublin

      2014 - 2015
      Master of Laws (LL.M.) Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law First Class Honours

      Master of Laws in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, with a particular focus on traditional and social media regulation.

    • The Open University

      2009 - 2012
      BSc Social Science with Politics First class Honours

  • Experience

    • Politics.ie

      Feb 2003 - Aug 2012
      Founder

      Founded Politics.ie, Ireland's leading politics and current affairs community.

    • Independent News & Media

      Jul 2005 - Apr 2006
      Online Editor

      Managed homepage, news and business pages on Unison.ie, Independent.ie and worked on rollout of LoadzaJobs.ie

    • ICAN

      Apr 2006 - Mar 2007
      Media Planner / Buyer

      Media planning and buying for Ireland's leading digital advertising agency.

    • Libertas

      Mar 2007 - Jun 2009
      Political & Digital Strategist

      September 2008 - June 2009Head of Online (Brussels) - worked on roll out of websites in 22 working EU languages.March 2007 – August 2008Campaign Director, Lisbon 1

    • The Irish Times

      Sept 2012 - Mar 2022

      Involved in high-level strategy and hands-on content and audience strategy across a range of premium national and local media brands in Ireland across the entire Irish Times Group. Responsible for audience engagement and development initiatives for the full spectrum of editorial content disseminated on social media networks. Operational responsibility for building out use of social media across editorial teams, and developing a new social media function within the organisation. Responsible for The Irish Times on-site commenting strategy, and off-site social media development.First person to hold this role.

      • Group Social Strategy Editor

        Jan 2020 - Mar 2022

      • Social Media Editor

        Jan 2016 - Dec 2019

      • Communities Editor

        Sept 2012 - Dec 2015

    • Business Post

      Mar 2022 - now
      Director of Audience Growth

      Member of the Business Post executive leadership team with responsibility for driving audience growth, engagement, and subscribers through digital marketing and business development.

  • Licenses & Certifications