James Hicken

• Worked as part of a partnership between The Independent and DAZN to broaden DAZN's UK boxing audience by writing news and feature articles that were published to both sites.
• Interviewed big industry names such as Amir Khan and Lawrence Okolie to produce exclusive articles.
• Ran a daily boxing news live blog on the DAZN site providing contemporaneous updates for over eight hours alongside writing articles
• Reported live from ringside at Johnny Fisher vs Dave Allen 2 at the Copper Box Arena.
• Applied SEO techniques to drive engagement and improve Google rankings.
• My full portfolio of work can be found at - https://www.independent.co.uk/author/james-hicken

• Writing for GiveMeSport I covered F1, MMA, Tennis, Darts and boxing producing 3-4 articles on the latest news and trends per 3 hour shift - garnering tens of thousands of unique views per article.
• GiveMeSport Portfolio can be found at - https://www.givemesport.com/author/james-hicken/
• At Boxing News I pitched and wrote original feature length articles on current trends and historical topics.
• Boxing News portfolio can be found at - https://boxingnewsonline.net/author/james-hicken/

The Independent

• Covered the launch of sport betting in Missouri on December 1, alongside Gambling.com
• Produced articles and explainers on the best sportsbook offers ahead of the legalisation of sport betting in Missouri and utilised SEO techniques to boost the pages to the top of Google searches
• Wrote US sports betting previews centred around upcoming fixtures in the NFL and College sports.