Lucy Young

LUCY YOUNG pictures_lyoung@yahoo.co.uk

 Trained photographer, used to meeting deadlines in a busy editorial environment
 Skilled in film-making and documentary photography
 Used to coaching and working with young people, often from troubled backgrounds
 Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with an aptitude to negotiate difficult situations
 Confident and tenacious, with experience of organising others
 Full professional photographic equipment

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

North London & Herts Newspapers January 2007 – present
Senior photographer
 Wide-ranging experience: photographing news, features, sport, arts and leisure
 Coverage of high-profile stories and personalities, including Cabinet politicians and celebrities
 Submitting and editing photos for four weekly editions, working to strict deadlines
 Organised picture desk: booked jobs and co-ordinated photographers’ diaries
 Key wording, captioning and sourcing images for international stories

University of Wales, Newport 2006
Part-time student ambassador for First Campus Project
 Applied photographic skills to short film-making
 Oversaw editing and production of students’ films; all work completed within time and budget guidelines
 Provided supervision and training to teenage participants
 Learned how to shoot, cut and edit a film digitally and produce professional DVDs

St Julian’s School, Newport 2004 – 2006
Part-time student mentor
 Guided five teenagers through studies and personal issues; played key role in development of pilot programme
 Prepared lesson plans tailored to individual students, focusing on listening skills and problem-solving
 Built relationships and provided feedback to participants to improve performance

Jessop Group Limited 2000 – 2002
Photographic sales assistant
 Dealing with customer enquiries and complaints
 Keeping up to date with latest equipment and fixing minor faults
 Consistently achieved top sales performance in targeted promotions

EXHIBITIONS

International Women’s Day, Brighton and Hove Mar 2007
Sanam; Arranged Marriage in a United Kingdom
• Series of portraits based on attitudes towards arranged marriage by young people due to follow the tradition.
• Selected for exhibition as part of International Women’s Day celebrations

HMP Usk, Monmouthshire Jan 2006
Documentary landscape series of HMP Usk
• Topical landscape piece made in a sex offenders’ prison, contrasting reality and public perception
• Selected for solo exhibition during royal visit by HRH Princess Anne

REACH – Rural Enterprise and Community Health Aug 2000
Audio compact disk inlay
• REACH is a charity founded by Kriss Akabusi which establishes sustainable development projects in the developing world. The CD was sold to raise money to combat waterborne diseases in Nigeria.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Producing commercial/PR images for big-name clients, including:

• McDonald’s
• DPD
• Tesco
• British Gas
• London borough councils
• Four Communications

EDUCATION

University of Wales, Newport 2003 – 2006
• BA (Hons) Documentary Photography (1st class)
• Accredited mentoring training programme

Worcester Sixth Form College 2000 – 2002
• A level: General Studies (B), Psychology ©
• AS level: Photography (A), Media Studies ©, Art & Design (D)

Ludlow Church of England School 1998 – 2000
• GCSEs: 2 As, 4 Bs, 4 Cs

ADDITIONAL SKILLS / INFORMATION

 Firm grasp of PC and Mac systems and programs
 Knowledge and use of Photoshop, FotoStation and Quark XPress
 Competence in both traditional film and digital techniques
 Own vehicle and possession of a full clean UK driving licence
 Complete professional digital SLR camera kit

INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES

• Outdoor activities including rock climbing
• Travel – recent years have included journeys in South America, China and Malaysia
• Photographic history and its use in anthropology and criminology
• World cinema