Thomas Parker
Southfields,Wandsworth
Summary
A versatile content specialist with expertise in podcast scripting, editing, and presenting. Demonstrates strong data tracking abilities and excels in expert recruitment and briefing for diverse content types, including conference panels and roundtable chairing. Proficient in conducting interviews across various formats and skilled in researching and writing long-form features with high accuracy. Offers exceptional proofreading skills and a proven ability to quickly master new topics.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Journalist
DG Publishing
City of London
2025.05 - Current
- I am the de facto editor of the LAPF Investments magazine. In this role, I reach out to prospective interviewees, conduct the interviews, and write them up. I also reach out to and liaise with all the magazine's external contributors, as well as review this copy and make sure it's magazine ready.
- Founded a new podcasting product for cross-brand collaboration, which I script, present, edit and publish. I also reach out to, and arrange interviews for said podcast.
- Founded and am the writer of LAPF Investments' weekly newsletter.
- Travelled extensively for on-the-ground reporting of major events,.
- Covered live events, providing real-time reporting and updates.
Journalist
Credit Strategy
London
2021.05 - 2025.05
- Worked with the events team to build conference panels, being put in charge of putting together session titles, researching, and recruiting prospective panelists and panel chairs, and managing the briefing meetings for said panels, recruiting upwards of 30 speakers (despite being in an editorial role) during my time there
- Chairing conference panels, hosting conferences and presenting award ceremonies.
- De facto manager of our online roundtable programme, coming up with topic ideas, putting together titles and agendas for these roundtables, as well as recruiting and briefing the chairs of the roundtables.
Journalist
Progressive Media International
London
2019.01 - 2021.03
- Wrote in-depth, long-form educational pieces during the pandemic on ventilator development, PPE creation and hand sanitisers
- Grew the readership of our websites, liaising with our SEO specialist to create articles that would bring in the most traffic, while also being editorially useful
Audio production runner
IMG Productions
London
2018.09 - 2019.01
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Broadcast Journalism
University of South Wales
Cardiff 2015.09 - 2018.06
Skills
- Podcast scripting, editing and presenting (primarily in the Adobe suite)
- Running a recording desk
- Data tracking
- Expert recruitment and briefing for a range of content types, including for conference panels and roundtable chairing
- Interview skills across a range of formats
- Researching and writing long-form features to high levels of accuracy
- Proofreading
- Adept learner, able to fully understand a wide range of topics at speed
Affiliations
- Acting
- (Tag) Rugby player
- Radio
- Running
Accomplishments
- Two (Regional) NODA Award winner (Once for acting, once for directing)
Timeline
Journalist
DG Publishing
2025.05 - Current
Journalist
Credit Strategy
2021.05 - 2025.05
Journalist
Progressive Media International
2019.01 - 2021.03
Audio production runner
IMG Productions
2018.09 - 2019.01
Bachelor of Arts - Broadcast Journalism
University of South Wales
2015.09 - 2018.06