Christian Paris
Prestwich,Manchester
Summary
Accomplished professional, with established content creation and management skills along with developing photo editing and short-form video creation skills. Proficient in social media strategy, digital web writing, and video editing.
Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality match reporting and engaging multimedia content. Seeking to leverage skills in a dynamic environment to drive impactful digital communication and storytelling, and to develop strong capability to work in different sectors in the industry.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Content writer
Personal Blog
Manchester, Greater Manchester
2025.04 - Current
- Established personal football blog, discussing stories in football that are authentic and provide intrigue to readers.
- Committed to writing at least 1 article per week to provide consistency and to remain up-to-date with current stories.
- Focus on maintaining good writing standards, based off previous experience.
- Passion to write authentically to produce digital articles that promote personal style and presence.
- Frequent content with focus to drive traffic, and grow personal brand through digital journalism.
Voluntary Writer
VAVEL
Manchester
2022.01 - 2025.05
- Produced web articles 1-2 times per week, covering various football topics and stories.
- Established strong writing skills to deadlines and to high standards.
- Took on creative challenges to develop engaging articles that covered various stories in football.
- Capable of writing diverse pieces of written work to consistent levels of quality - reports, previews, quotes-driven, features.
Media Intern
Wigan Athletic FC
Wigan
2024.08 - 2025.05
- Main function in this role to cover & report for Wigan Athletics' academy teams, attending 2-4 matches per week.
- Created inventive and engaging tweets on matchdays, driving increased traffic.
- Developed solid Adobe Photoshop editing skills, doing so in pressurised situations from game-to-game.
- Produced high quality pre-match content - capturing video and photo content, capable to edit in timely fashion and to high standards.
- Developed strong ability to work under pressure, accurately and to high standards.
- Ability to prepare and multitask for multiple fixtures at once, with consistent quality and innovative thinking.
Voluntary Programme Writer
Oldham Athletic FC
Oldham
2023.08 - 2024.04
- Proven track record of writing match previews consistently to high standards.
- Capable researcher that enhanced quality of written work and improved traffic to Oldham Athletics' website.
- Contributed to 2 matchday programmes focusing on opponents that showcased strong writing ability and storytelling.
Voluntary Media Officer
Manchester Central FC
Manchester
2022.01 - 2023.11
- Established writer for club website, producing articles upwards of 3 times per week.
- Confident reporter - delivered timely match reports to consistently good levels.
- Produced social media content to solid standards - Instagram stories pre-match, live X match updates that increased traffic.
- Led post-match interviews to consistently improving standards.
Voluntary Social Media Official
UCFB 4th Men's team
Manchester
2021.09 - 2022.03
- Ran X and Instagram accounts, providing good quality matchday content.
- Collaborated effectively with team members to produce good standards of content.
- Led post-match interviews asking open-ended questions that produced good responses.
- Contributed to website content - reports, previews ranging from 1-2 times per week.
Education
BA (Hons) - Football Business and Media
University Campus of Football Business (UCFB)
Manchester 2021.09 - 2024.05
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma - Sport
Bury College
Bury 2019.09 - 2021.06
GCSE's - 9 (A-C grades achieved) including Mathematics and English
ST Monica's RC High School
Manchester 2014.09 - 2019.06
Skills
- Photo Editing
- Adobe Photoshop
- Content Management
- Content Creation
- Social Media
- Digital Web Writing
- Video Editing
- Match Reporting
- Storytelling
- Problem-solving
- Thorough Researcher
- Digital Journalism
Languages
Italian
Fluent
Timeline
Content writer
Personal Blog
2025.04 - Current
Media Intern
Wigan Athletic FC
2024.08 - 2025.05
Voluntary Programme Writer
Oldham Athletic FC
2023.08 - 2024.04
Voluntary Writer
VAVEL
2022.01 - 2025.05
Voluntary Media Officer
Manchester Central FC
2022.01 - 2023.11
BA (Hons) - Football Business and Media
University Campus of Football Business (UCFB)
2021.09 - 2024.05
Voluntary Social Media Official
UCFB 4th Men's team
2021.09 - 2022.03
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma - Sport
Bury College
2019.09 - 2021.06
GCSE's - 9 (A-C grades achieved) including Mathematics and English
ST Monica's RC High School
2014.09 - 2019.06