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- Name
- Roger Wilsher
- Occupation: Current Company
- Managing Director, Aspect Media
- CV Summary: Where I've worked
- 2005-present Founder and Managing Director of Aspect Media Ltd
At Aspect Media we are very proud of our history of design and editorial creativity and accuracy. What we guarantee is to help clients effectively communicate high quality information with often-complex audiences.
By hiring the best editors, writers, designers, photographers, illustrators and account handlers, we work with our clients to integrate their communications through magazines, newsletters, e-zines, brochures and web content for maximum effect. We are especially talented in the areas of B2B, membership organisations, higher education institutions, and consumer clients.
1999-2005 Managing Director and co-founder of Wrap Communications Ltd
online and offline customer/contract publisher devoted to providing accurate and engaging publications for a wide variety of clients, including the Conservative Party, Global Resident, Netmarkets, Cats, Dogs & Peace of Mind, Purerfoods.com
1996- Freelance editorial consultant & writer
1999 Editor, Elements
a perfect-bound 68-page lifestyle magazine inserted in 1.3 million copies of The Daily Telegraph to underpin quality philosophy of the BMW brand
1997- Consultant Editor
- advising on publishing solutions for firms like M&S and Nisbets
- developing communications tools for clients like MG and Yellow Pages
- overseeing the editing and production of BMW Magazine
- other clients: The Conservative Party, Emap, Quest Media
1996- Contributor to new media. newspapers & magazines:
The Times, The Express, Sunday Business, E-Booze.com, European Businessman, Antiques Lifestyle, The English Tourist Board Report 1998, AA Magazine, M&S brochures, Caterer & Hotelkeeper etc
1996-1999 Founding Editor, BMW Magazine
launching and developing a 100-page magazine to enhance customer commitment to this iconic brand (winner of Communicators in Business External Publication of the Year 1998)
1998-1999 Editor, Style ‘98 & ‘99
visualising, launching and editing two supplements to promote to BMW customers the wide range of fashion accessories also available
1998 Editor, Code
a perfect-bound 68-page lifestyle magazine inserted in The Daily Telegraph to mark the launch of BMW’s new 3 Series Saloon (winner of Gold award in Direct Response’s Most Innovative Client Campaign category 1999)
1996-1999 Columnist, Caterer & Hotelkeeper
1997-1998 Food Editor and Restaurant Critic, City to Cities for London City Airport
developing pan-European editorial on restaurants and food and drink
1996-1998 Consultant to the Cosmo Restaurant, London NW3
steering business management and developing marketing strategy
1996-1997 Acting Business Editor, The Week
compiling & writing articles based on the week’s big business and City news 1996-1997 Editor, Barclays Business News
masterminding award-winning magazine for senior Barclays business managers
1989-1996 Sunday Express
1995-1996 Food Editor
spearheading food and wine coverage throughout the paper
1994-1995 Assistant Editor, Regions
overall editor of Scottish Sunday Express, and the two Irish editions
1993-1994 Assistant Editor, Special Projects
leading a wide-range of investigations and co-ordinating major stories
1992-1993 News Editor
running four-strong desk and 16 reporters
1989-1992 Regional Editor
developing news and features in all areas including business for regional editions
1984-1989 The Sunday Times
1987-1989 Deputy Features Editor
editing News Review, main Focus articles, Profile, and Notebook diary
1985-1987 Insight Reporter
spearheading teams working on major stories, including business and finance investigations
1984-1985 Features, News and City Reporter
reporting on a wide range of business, industry and finance stories
1984 Time Out
News Editor
commissioning and writing campaigning articles
1981-1984 Coventry Evening Telegraph
Reporter/Agriculture and Environment Correspondent
general reporting and editing supplements for the Royal Show
- Strengths:
- An experienced and entrepreneurial publisher, editorial consultant and writer with powerful leadership skills and organisational abilities. Talented in the fields of publishing, design, research and writing in a marketing and sales environment with interests ranging from computers and the internet, through all aspects of business, with particular specialisations in history, business, politics, lifestyle, food and drink. Has launched and edited magazines, supplements and newspaper sections for many clients. An innovative problem solver who has demonstrated excellent leadership, client liaison and man-management skills with an advanced ability to motivate people through encouragement. Enjoys investigating how systems evolve and work and applying the knowledge to overcome the most intractable marketing challenges. Logical and practical, develops well thought out plans and tackles tasks with vigour and enthusiasm within often very tight budgets. Has a healthy scepticism and an enquiring mind. Can see possibilities beyond what is obvious. Has a vast contacts book of authors, editors, writers, photographers and designers.
Has the ability to:
Persuade people by enthusing and exciting them with fresh ideas in an interesting and succinct way
Visualise possibilities that are at once both imaginative and realistic as well as having the skills to see these through
Form successful teams and set up effective systems to carry out projects within budget and on time
Make even the most difficult decisions in a sensitive manner after carefully balancing the options
Research complicated, and often controversial, subjects - using a combination of questioning, reading and a large network of contacts
Write and edit in a clear, powerful and straightforward style, quickly and within deadline
- Other sites I frequent:
- ecademy, facebook, soflow, my space, viadeo, linkedin, bebo
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