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Oliver Bell

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Experience

Motorsport Reporter — Motorsport Week
September 2025 – Present
  • –Write accurate and SEO-optimised articles for one of the largest dedicated motorsport sites, across F1 and WEC, building upon my work with Fastest Formula News.
  • –Report on-the-ground at British Touring Car Championship events, covering sessions and gathering exclusive comments.
  • –Build the site's British Touring Car Championship coverage from scratch, setting the editorial agenda and producing content that regularly outperforms heavy-hitting competitors like Autosport on Google.
  • –Turn around pieces under high time pressure, ensuring copy is fact-checked and engaging, to support the team's goal of regularly scheduled content.
Trainee Writer — GiveMeSport
August 2025 – Present
  • –Write well-researched, original copy across a breadth of sports for the site's multi-million global audience, including F1, football, WWE, UFC, and boxing.
  • –Collaborate with site editors to convert my copy into articles that regularly rank among the site's top performers during their 30-day publication window.
  • –Turn around multiple pieces per three-hour shift, regularly completing ahead of schedule while ensuring fact-checked, high-quality content.
Motorsport Reporter — Fastest Formula News
June 2025 – September 2025
  • –Gained IndyCar accreditation and regularly attended press conferences, cultivating relationships with drivers, teams, and officials to deliver quote-driven copy.
  • –Covered live F1/2/3 and IndyCar sessions to series standards, working under time pressure to publish session reports within 15 minutes of the chequered flag.
  • –Wrote SEO-optimised, accurate, and engaging copy at professional scale, which led to the site founder inviting me to continue at Motorsport Week.
Feature Writer — Vital Football
May 2025 – August 2025
  • –Pitched, researched, and wrote SEO-optimised, evergreen features on football topics, driving traffic to the site beyond its typical club coverage.
  • –Stepped in at short notice to cover Marc White's six-match ban, producing an article that outperformed the Daily Mail on Google.
Media Department (Work Experience) — Colchester United Football Club
July 2021
  • –Used X (formerly Twitter) to provide live updates to fans during a behind-closed-doors friendly.
  • –Produced engaging copy for the club's printed matchday programme for two EFL League Two matchdays.
  • –Worked across the media department to support fast-paced day-to-day operations.

Additional Experience

Freelance / Part-time Staff & Customer Service Manager — Various
September 2021 – Present
  • –Transformed the customer service experience of a six-figure user-generated content company to successfully handle thousands of support requests per year at a four-star average rating.
  • –Led a 20-person staff team — producing documentation, monitoring performance, resolving complaints, and chairing meetings to serve thousands of individual users daily.

Education

UCFB WembleySeptember 2023 – Present

BA (Hons) Multimedia Sports Journalism

  • –Highlighted modules: Media Law and Ethics (first-class), Sports PR and Communications (first-class), Advanced Journalism Skills (first-class).
  • –Dissertation topic (in progress): "Does modern sports-media place engagement ahead of ethics?"
Bungay High School Science CollegeSeptember 2021 – June 2023

OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Diploma in Sport and Physical Activity (Distinction*, Distinction); OCR Level 3 Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate in Business (Distinction*)

Skills & Interests

PersonalReliability, adaptability, persistence, stress management, communication, organisation, time management, relationship-building.
TechnicalSEO, news writing, feature writing, live blogging and reporting, WordPress & CMS, interviewing, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, social media, media law & ethics.
CoursesIntroduction to Coaching Football (FA), L1 Talent Identification (PFSA), L1 Opposition Analysis (PFSA), L1 Data Analysis (PFSA).
InterestsLong-form sports writing, journalism ethics, football tactics & data, martial arts (1st Dan black belt, Taekwondo), attending live sport, working out, music.
AdditionalFull UK driving licence since November 2022.