Creative CV

BELINDA Mary BUCKLEY

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

ES Magazine – colour supplement to the London Evening Standard
2003-2005
Position: Commissioning Editor
Responsibilities: Arranging lead celebrity interviews

Producing celebrity cover shoots

Conceiving, writing and editing general features

Commissioning high profile freelance journalists

Planning features schedules

Managing budgets and production schedules
Telegraph Magazine – colour supplement to The Daily Telegraph
2002-2003
Position: Associate Editor
Responsibilities: Editing 21 page weekly Telegraph Home section

Oversaw launch of new 7 page food section

Sourcing, art directing and writing house features

Conceiving, writing and art directing design features

Briefing photographers

Directing an in-house team of 2 journalists and 2 stylists

Commissioning freelance stylists and writers

Managing budgets and production schedules

Flatplanning issues and features schedules
Livingetc – modern interiors and lifestyle glossy magazine
2000 – 2001
Position: Assistant Editor
Responsibilities: Devising the title’s long-term creative strategy

Conceiving and editing all visual features

Directing an in-house team of 3 interiors stylists

Briefing photographers and casting models

Commissioning freelance stylists and writers

Producing involved lifestyle shoots abroad

Project managing mini magazines and supplements

Art directing shoots and copy writing

Managing budgets and production schedules

Flatplanning issues and features schedules
You – women’s colour supplement to The Mail on Sunday
1997 – 1999
Position: Shopping Editor
Responsibilities: Compiling weekly ‘Counter Culture’ spread

Writing weekly ‘Best Buys’ column

Art directing and styling still life shoots

Compiling and editing Christmas shopping section
Homes & Gardens – establishment interiors and lifestyle monthly
1994 – 1997
Position: Features Editor
Responsibilities: Conceiving, writing and styling features on interior design and lifestyle

London Section editor – regular capital happenings column

Books editor – coverage of new editions

Compiling and editing supplements

Arranging reader offers

Planning features schedules

Commissioning freelance writers
Frontier – international business magazine for tax free and travel retailing
1992 – 1994
Position: Staff Writer
Responsibilities: In-depth regional market reports

Company profiles

Product performance analyses

News reporting
Music Week - business magazine for UK music industry
1991
Position: Reporter
Responsibilities: News reporting

Media analysis features

General features

Gig reviews
Video Week – business magazine for UK video industry
1989 – 1991
Position: Senior Reporter/Features Writer
Responsibilities: Celebrity interviews

Film reviews

Business features

News reporting

Full coverage of Cannes Film Festival 1990

FREELANCE COMMISSIONS

She
March 2007
- first person feature about changing lifestyles
ES Magazine
March 2006
- first person feature about ocean racing around the world
International Interior Design Review
2003, 2004, 2005
- co-author of this large illustrated style book for three consecutive editions
At Home with Jodie and Jemma Kidd
February 2003
- contributing fashion editor

- wrote and styled feature on smart dressing

- wrote and styled feature on cool casual dressing

- wrote feature on how to look a million dollars on a budget

- wrote feature on how to look a billion dollars with an unlimited budget

- wrote and styled feature on trends in footwear

- wrote and styled feature on trends in lingerie

- wrote feature on Asian influences on Western fashion design

- wrote feature on stylish vintage dressing and where to find it

- styled pictures to illustrate features on jewellery and accessories
OXO Peugeot Design Awards
2003 & 2002
- member of the judging panel
Time Out
- compiling, researching and writing Lingerie and Sport sections for

their annual London Shopping guide
Oct 2003
- compiling, researching and writing Interiors and Markets sections

for their annual London Shopping guide
May 2000
Good Ski Guide
December 2002
- wrote feature on designer chalets
Elle Decoration
June 2002
- wrote & art directed at home feature on designer Bodo Sperlein
ES Magazine
May 2002
- contributed house/interiors feature
The Sunday Times Magazine
March 2002
- feature on trends and directions in interiors
Good Food Live TV
Dec 2001 and Jan 2002
- researching, styling and presenting ideas for table settings
MODE, the Contemporary Home Show
June 2001
- invited to customise a Robin Day chair for the ‘My Chair’ charity auction
Style, The Sunday Times
2000
- conceiving and styling interiors and shopping features

- writing and styling house features

- designing, coordinating, styling and writing makeovers
Elle>
Oct 2000
- styling an entertaining feature with the cast of C4’s North Square on location in Leeds
Red
- feature on jeans
April 2003
- feature on buying lingerie
May 2002
- writing and styling house features
1998 – 2001
- researching, writing and editing regular HomeFile page
2000
- coordinating shopping/lifestyle story with Jean Christophe Novelli
1999
Livingetc
- compiling and styling visual piece on throwing groovy parties

- compiling, styling and writing piece on hip tableware

- designing, styling and writing room makeovers
Dec/Jan 1999

April 1998

Aug 1999 & Aug 1998
Food Illustrated
- entertaining feature on restaurateur Laurence Isaacson

- entertaining feature on retailer Dawna Walter
Dec 1998

Nov 1998
Options
- editing homes section

- writing and styling piece on fashionable Christmas decorations

- monthly house/interiors features
Feb – Jun 1998

Dec/Jan 1998

Sep – Dec 1997
British by Design
- feature on directional lifestyle shops around Britain

- feature on trends in floral design
1998

1997
BBC Good Homes
- features on future trends in decorating

- house/interiors features
1999 – 2000

1998 – 1999
The Sunday Express Magazine
- house/interiors features
1997 – 1999
Revelation – Australian bi-monthly sub-culture magazine
- London Correspondent

- Feature on Annie Leibovitz

- Interview with Dennis Hopper for launch issue
1992 – 1994

April 1994

Dec 1992
Wetside News – Australian monthly surfing magazine
- Feature on the London surf scene

- Feature on British coastal water pollution

- Editorial assistant
Nov 1992

Feb 1993

Mar – Jun 1992
Film Review – consumer monthly
- Interview with Nicolas Cage

- Interview with Willem Dafoe

- Acting production editor
Sep 1990

Sep 1990

May 1991
Video Times – consumer monthly
- Interview with Lenny Henry
Oct 1989

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

Central Saint Martins School of Art
2000
- Art Direction
London College of Printing
1988
- Post Graduate Certificate in Periodical Journalism
Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of London
1985 -1988
- BA (Hons) English, 2 (ii)

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

Photography, architecture and design, fashion, film and cinema, history of art, youth culture, dance music, travel, languages. Environmental issues, Alpine skiing, ocean sailing, water skiing, scuba diving, skating, yoga, trekking, Pilates.