BELINDA Mary BUCKLEY

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Global Yacht Racing
Oct 2007 - Nov 2007
Position: 1st Mate
Responsibilities: Delivery of racer cruiser yacht Beneteau First 47.7
from Malta to the Canaries via Gibraltar.

Clipper Ventures
May 2007 - Sept 2007
Position: Training Mate
Responsibilities: Recommisioning and maintaining 68ft ocean racing
yachts. First mate on corporate day sails and deliveries of yachts
between the South Coast and Scotland. Training new crew for the
Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race. Race support at the start in
Liverpool and the first stop in La Rochelle. Editing souvenir progamme
360º magazine.

Chalet Le Verbiage, Verbier,
Switzerland
Dec 2006 - April 2007
Position: Chalet Manager
Responsibilities: Cooking breakfast, tea and dinner for up to 10
guests, as well as hosting drinks and dinner parties for clients.
Organising and booking ski training, guiding and associated snowsports,
including extreme activities such as heli skiing, parapenting and off-
piste ski-touring. Housekeeping the chalet like a luxury bed and
breakfast.

Oyster 66 'Elvis The Gecko'
Sept 2006
Position: Mate
Responsibilities: Mate on delivery of Oyster 66 'Elvis The Gecko' from Palma, Majorca to
Antigua via the Canaries and Cape Verde Islands

RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore, commercially endorsed


Clipper 05-06 The Round The World Yacht Race
Sept 05 - August 06
Position: Crew Member
Responsibilities: Crew on Western Australia Clipper, which won the race overall with 3 first places, 6 seconds and 1 third in 13 races. RTW Crew Victualler - researched ocean yacht racing nutrition, planned menus, bought provisions and managed boat budgets. Oversaw below decks hygiene, order, health and safety. Also wrote the ship's diary/log for the website www.clipper-ventures.com

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

OXO Peugeot Design Awards
2003 & 2002
- member of the judging panel

International Interior Design Review
2003, 2004 & 2005
- co-author of this large illustrated style book
- 3 consecutive years

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

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

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

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

Commercial Clients
- Freemans
- Marks & Spencer
- Innovations
1999
2003 & 1998
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)

Godalming College, Surrey
1983 -1985
- GCE 'A' Levels: English (A), French, History

King Edward's School Witley, Surrey
1979 -1983
- GCE 'O' Levels: 10 subjects including French, German, Latin, Mathematics


INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

Photography, architecture and design, fashion, film and cinema, history of art, environmental issues,
youth culture, dance music, travel, languages.
Downhill skiing, water skiing, scuba diving, skating, yoga, trekking.