Want to get to know me? Here’s fifteen facts about myself.

Education

1. I studied Film & Broadcasting with Irish at Dublin Institute of Technology (2013-2018) where I was awarded a 2.1 degree.

2. For my final year project, I created a radio documentary called The New Poets of Dublin. I won ‘Radio Production (Arts & Feature)’ at the Smedias 2019 for the documentary.

3. In 2017, I completed the Learning Waves Radio Presenter Bootcamp with modules covering a range of aspects of radio from social media to news-reading. 

Experience

4. During the bootcamp, I met FRQ.fm‘s station manager, Andy Clarke. Through this, I joined FRQ’s social team and worked myself up to becoming Head of Social & Graphic Design.

5. In May 2018, I became a presenter at FRQ.

6. From April to July 2018, I produced the podcast series Up To 90 for HeadStuff.

7. As an Irish speaker, I worked with Advenworks to voice the ‘Teach Me Irish Gaelic’ app.

8. I joined Halloween FM as a weekend presenter in 2019 and was delighted to get the chance at presenting on Christmas FM in 2019.

9. From September 2019 to January 2020, I was a production assistant on Plan B on Spin 1038. This involved assisting with social, researching event and new music guides and writing web posts for podcasted content.

Skills

10. Editing is one of the tasks I enjoy most, whether it’s on Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Lightroom, Audition or ProTools.

11. I’m also familiar with After Effects and have a basic knowledge in it which has allowed me to create videos like FRQ’s cover video on Facebook.

12. As a film student, I was pushed to understand photography and framing. This has allowed me to become comfortable working with a DSLR while taking high-quality photos.

13. I’m a confident creator of content across various media, spanning from YouTube and TikTok to radio links and written content.

14. I have an intermediate to advanced understanding of the YouTube algorithm. As a part of my degree, I wrote a minor dissertation assessing TG4’s SEO practices on YouTube.

15. From 2014-2018, I created YouTube videos which developed a range of my skills including scripting, presenting and editing. In 2016, I won the award for Best Vlog for my work on YouTube at the Littlewoods Ireland Blog Awards.