Chris Jefferies Portfolio
Experience:
May 2018 – Present
Web Editor
May 2016 – May 2018
News Editor and Features Writer
- Livingstone: The pocket explorer yacht that dares to be different
- Disruptors: Meet the companies shaking up the yacht ownership model
- Narvalo: The CdM explorer yacht with nature at its heart
- Skyler: The highly sensual 38m yacht from Benetti
- 40 Beautiful Things: Heesen-inspired destinations
- Mystere: Otam’s 48-knot tribute to flair and precision
- Key talking points from the Superyacht Design Symposium 2018
- British yard Green Marine goes into liquidation
- Superyacht owner Alan Dabbiere on the adventures of 60m Constance
- Exclusive: Sailing Yacht A released after Gibraltar arrest
September 2014 – May 2016
News Editor and Features Writer
- Chris Evans’ Sunseeker goes on sale for £5m
- Trusty construction to resume after Windboats buyout
- Scorpion RIB racer smashes Round Anglesey record
- Greenline Yachts back from the brink, founder claims
- Guitar hero Dick Dale puts his classic yacht up for sale
- Porsche backs Kormaran transforming yacht project
- Team Britannia announces round-the-world record attempt
April 2014 – August 2014
News Editor and Features Writer
- Production of Trusty Motor Boats halted at Windboats
- Feature: What you learn on an RYA Level 2 Powerboat training course
- Red diesel fight to be referred to European Court of Justice
- Westminster concerns grow over Coastguard understaffing
- Opinion: Why boats and caravans are more similar than you might think
- Thames pump-out stations spared the axe as EA looks to cut losses
- Video: MBM tests the best (and worst) waterpoof phone cases
- Australian designer pioneers catamaran suspension system
May 2013 – April 2014
Financial Journalist and Video Presenter
- Legal & General Half Year Results 2013 – Interview with Mark Gregory, Group CFO
- Thurleigh Investment Managers CIO Charles Mackinnon: ‘You can’t get a coffee over the internet’
- Electrocomponents Annual Results 2013 – Interview with Ian Mason, Group Chief Executive
- Andy Green OBE discusses his next landspeed record attempt
August 2012 – April 2014
Editor
- Feature: Could team radio make a comeback in MotoGP?
- Indian Motorcycles gears up for 2014 UK relaunch at Motorcycle Live
- Bike systems aiming big after Bike HUD makes Motorcycle Live debut
- MotoGP: Marc Marquez wins from pole in Argentina
- Eagle Rider celebrates 20 years of renting dreams at Motorcycle Live
December 2011 – April 2014
Editor
- Video: An exclusive look inside Elddis testing at Markbronn
- How does the Bailey Approach Compact 540 cope with a music festival?
- Eterniti Caravans enters administration leaving orders undelivered
- Dunster House cuts warranty after NEC no-show
- Caravan MoT: UKIP MEP makes impassioned speech against EU plans
July 2011 – December 2011
Assistant Editor
- Caravan Club improves booking service ahead of annual rush
- Discover Leisure enters administration leaving caravanners out of pocket
June 2011 – August 2013
Freelance music blogger
- Moby – Camden Roundhouse (live review)
- Danananaykroyd – There Is A Way (album review)
- Incubus – If Not Now, When (album review)
- Ben & Jerry’s Sundae 2011 (festival review)
- The Horrible Crowes – Elsie (album review)
- Mogwai – Earth Division ep (album review)
- Jane’s Addiction – The Great Escape Artist (album review)
- Funeral For A Friend – See You All In Hell ep (album review)
- Elbow’s Build A Rocket Boys for Album of the Year 2011 (blog post)
- Smashing Pumpkins – Gish and Siamese Dream Remastered (album review)
- Frank Turner – The Second Three Years (album review)
- Air – Le Voyage Dans La Lune (album review)
- Baddies – Build (album review)
- The Cribs – In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull (album review)
- RIP Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch (obituary)
- The Beach Boys – That’s Why God Made The Radio (album review)
- The Gaslight Anthem – Handwritten (album review)
- Bloc Party – Four (album review)
- Biffy Clyro – Camden Roundhouse (live review)
- Mumford & Sons – Babel (album review)
- Green Day – Uno! (album review)
- Sonic Boom Six – Sonic Boom Six (album review)
- Dry The River – Shallow Bed Acoustic (album review)
- Funeral For A Friend – Conduit (album review)
- Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls – Kentish Town Forum (live review)
- Jimmy Eat World – Damage (album review)
- Editors – The Weight Of Your Love (album review)
- Bloc Party – The Nextwave Sessions (ep review)
June 2011 – August 2011
Freelance Features Writer
June – December 2011
- Nissan Micra: The car of choice for Mongol Rally racers (motoring feature)
- Ken Block: From Hoonigan to World Rally Pro (motor-racing feature)
- Motoring Profile: Lewis Hamilton (motor-racing feature)
- Peugeot looks to the future with HX1 concept (motoring feature)
- New Vauxhall Astra GTC: Much more than just a three-door hatchback (motoring feature)
April 2011 – June 2011
- Toploader – Only Human (Album Review)
- Taking Back Sunday – Camden Roundhouse (Live Review)
- Explosions In The Sky – Camden Roundhouse (Live Review)
- The Retrospective Soundtrack Players – Cool Hand Luke (Album Review)
Adfero News Feeds
February – July 2011
Full-time writer for a variety of travel, finance and business websites on behalf of Direct News, News Reach and Content Plus.
Clients included ETX Capital, Major Travel, Bristol Street Motors, Caravan Times and BDO.
Aspect News
September 2010 – February 2011
Full-time writer across 27 different websites, including travel, property, finance, health and motoring.
- Map The Gap Travel Feature: Should safari fans return to Zimbabwe?
- I Want Sun Travel Feature: I Wish I Was There Instead – Paxos
- I Want Sun Travel Feature: Top value for money hotspots for 2011
- Map The Gap Travel Feature: Discover Wisconsin, the home of Snowmobiling
- Thrifty Holidays Travel Feature: Air Tax rise means travellers need to be smarter
- Map The Gap Travel Feature: Every safari is a new experience
Open Magazine
July 2009 – December 2010
- Krapp’s Last Tape – Theatre Review
- Mary & Max – Film Review
- Metropolis (Restored and Reconstructued) – Film Review
- Yes, Prime Minister – Theatre Review
- The Shawshank Redemption – Theatre Review
- Spotify – Share My Playlists Feature
- iTunes Festival Feature
October 2009 – August 2010
Chief Content Developer and GCSE Maths Tutor
May 2009 – July 2010
- Holland 0 – 1 Spain (AET) – World Cup Final match report
- Pulled Apart By Horses – Pulled Apart By Horses, Album Review
- Sport Comment: England victory sets up hardest possible route to final
- Sport: England vs Algeria Player Ratings
- Sport Comment: England’s False Start to World Cup 2010
- Taylor Hawkins and The Coattail Riders – Red Light Fever, Album Review
- Danny and The Champions of the World – Streets Of Our Time, Album Review
- The Automatic – Tear The Signs Down, Album Review
- Idlewild, Live Music Review
- Baddies – Do The Job, Album Review
- Brand New – Daisy, Album Review
- Arctic Monkeys – Humbug, Album Review
- Placebo, Live Music Review
- Mr Hudson, Live Music Review
- Snow Patrol, Live Music Review
- People In Planes – Beyond The Horizon, Album Review
- Skint & Demoralised, Live Music Review
- Mars Volta – Octahedron, Album Review
- Maximo Park, Live Music Review
June 2009 – August 2009
Sub-Editing Work Experience, July 2009
April – May 2009
- News feature: Councils attacked for £1.5m foreign jaunts
- News feature: Explosion in drug websites puts patients at risk
- News feature: British too honest to take ‘free money’
- News: Major Phil Packer to complete London Marathon
- News: Frosted light bulbs to be banned by EU
April 2009
January 2009; Sub-Editing, April – May 2009
July 2008 – September 2008
- Lily Allen: I’m Still ‘Friends’ with Elton John
- Helen Mirren Shocker: I ‘Loved Coke’ & Was Date Raped
- Anne Hathaway Sets Her Own Rules for Dating
- Julianne Moore: ‘I Don’t Know Why Women Do Botox’
December 2007
March 2007, December 2007
National Institute For Clinical Excellence, Communications
January 2007
March 2006 – June 2008
- Proving Ground (Durham Drama Festival, theatre preview)
- Reassuringly Popular (Rumble Strips music, interview)
- They Came From The Sun (Yourcodenameis:milo/Enter Shikari, live music review)
- Brit-Pop Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice, theatre review)
July 2003
Education:
September 2008 – May 2009
Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism
Collingwood College, Durham University
October 2005 – June 2008
BA, English Literature, 2;1 Hons
Royal Grammar School, Guildford
September 1998 – July 2005
3 A Levels, 2 AS Levels and 9 GCSES
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