Aidan Hanratty

Experience

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  Cornmarket Group Financial Services

  Aug 2003 - Oct 2007

  Office Administrator
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  ESB Insurance

  Nov 2007 - Aug 2008

  Clerical Officer
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  Real-time Editing and Design Ltd (RE&D)

  Sept 2009 - Apr 2014

  Production journalist

  My role was overseeing editing and design for Irish Independent features sections, including dailyfeatures, Weekend Review, and Health & Living, ensuring swift turnaround of displays and spreads on adaily basis. My responsibilities included;● Image editing and enhancement: full cut-outs, optimising colour etc.● Proofreading, cutting and headline writing, ensuring total accuracy across pages.● Interfacing with the client (The Irish Independent) to ensure high quality of output and excellentclient experience.● Use of Quark, Quark CopyDesk, Adobe Photoshop, Prestige Content Management. Show less

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  Truants

  Oct 2010 - Nov 2021

  Writer

  Writing reviews and recommendations for upcoming electronic music.Interviewing acts and sourcing mixes.

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  Self-employed

  Sept 2013 - Jan 2015

  Freelance Writer

  Writing feature articles for the following:Health & Living (Irish Independent)Weekend Review (Irish Independent)Thump UKWriting product blurbs for Bleep.com

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  Irish Medical Times

  Apr 2014 - Jul 2017

  Subeditor/Web editor

  Standalone role, reviewing and editing copy in a fast-paced newsroom to meet editorialstandards & deadlines● Online publishing of articles frequently throughout the week and maximising content for web.● Collation of weekly eNewsletter collaborating with various departments such as IT, the Editorand various contributors across the publication.● Full responsibility of all social media accounts such as Twitter and Facebook interacting with theaudience base and resolving or escalating any issues with the website reported by followers.Managing all responses, organising relevant content sharing.● Daily use of various content management tools such as InDesign, InCopy, PhotoShop, WordPressand html.● Liaising with key senior internal stakeholders such as section editors to ensure accurate copy,and IT to ensure smooth web experience.● Representing the newspaper by interfacing with external stakeholders such as guest writers toensure continuity of style in their pieces and ensuring all of their questions were answered.● Responsible for troubleshooting technical issues for registered site users and providing anexcellent customer experience through expediently resolving their problems.● Oversaw a large-scale project to transition the upgrade of the newspaper website, from writingplaceholder information and email response forms on registration to designing menu layout andcategory structure. Show less

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  Agenda Communications

  Jul 2017 - May 2021

  Writer/Content editor

  Reporting directly to the Executive Editor.● Maintaining a high standard of content both for the Monthly physical publication and online byreviewing and editing copy and frequently contributing to the publication through writingarticles about subjects of interest to the industry.● Part of a team with responsibility for production of daily magazine supplied to attendees atinternational conferences (ESCRS, EURETINA), working to tight timelines and multi-tasking toboth cover and distil the day’s events into engaging content as well as working with doctors andkey opinion leaders in ophthalmology on site to conduct video interviews.● Managing, gathering, reviewing & editing submitted content for publication & web.● Transposing and optimising print content for the web including image editing and use of SEO.● Daily use of various software and copy tools such as InCopy, WordPress and Campaign Monitor.● Frequently liaising with industry stakeholders including doctors across a variety of locationsacross the globe to ensure accuracy and publishing standards are maintained.● Project managing advertising supplements, working consultatively with clients to manageexpectations, timelines and ensure that we provide an excellent service to them to get theiradvert produced to their exact specifications and on time for print.● Collaborated with the Director of Marketing on supplements.● Supported Internal stakeholder through, reviewing articles, commentary, makingrecommendations and suggestions. Show less

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  Far From Avocados

  Oct 2021 - Feb 2022

  Content Editor
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  Castleknock Community College

  Aug 2024 - now

  Teacher