David Shrimpton

Managing key projects – with a focus on immediate commercial returns. Key Project areas include: New Businesses – project management: o Managing third party relationships o Stand-alone websites o Classifieds o Recruitment o Web-directory Subscription services o Audio services o Information services • Affiliate web partnerships – contract negotiation and management • Music and other audio Downloads • Mobile activity, such as SMS and 3G Streaming Other duties include: • Routine Copyrigh

To work on and develop plans for Podcasting, taking it from a trial into a service. To support Audio & Music’s liaison with the iPlayer Editorial Group, capturing and defining editorial requirements around the iPlayer. To assist the Managing Editor, A&M Interactive in progressing rights discussions around BBC Audio & Music’s on-demand offering. To help define support requirements for Audio & Music’s on-demand offering. To provide liaison between the Technology & Design team and the production staff who popu

In charge of the GCap archive and New Media project called “My Content”. My Content is an online resource for Presenters, producers and News staff. It’s best described as an audio version of Google. Managing the roll out of My Content to client stations. Improving relationships with Programme Controllers and working with them to improve archiving at their stations. Working with the GCap UK News Desk, local news teams, national and local Presenters on helping them improve their output at their site by using

Includes being the group’s liaison with IRN/ITN and other national/international media companies dealing in news. Work on contracts, contract negotiations and liaising with outside suppliers. Working with and thinking up ideas for GWR News, Working on the news and weather SMS information being sent to mobile phone customers, Sponsorship and Promotions and Sales. Making sure news brings in revenue and working on opportunities for revenue for all the newsrooms in the group, Copyright Issues and looking at new

Helping put together a brand new news team with 7 journalists and working with the News Editor for the Northants, and Cambridgeshire areas of the UK. Basically involved training and coaching staff and turning them into one news team. Working extensively on the Soham schoolgirls case during my time at the Cambridge and Peterborough base and making sure we liaised with IRN.

Taking care of over 20 journalists and news for 5 stations. Budgets, and the running of five newsrooms. Turning round news into the GWR style. Bringing the newsrooms away from Cart and Tape and investing in digital equipment and staff for the benefit of the company. Coaching and leading staff through change.

Reporting to the Head of News. Working on projects and issues, reporting and reading the news for all the services.

Working as reporter and reader for the stations of the year.