I am a freelance Video Editor and motion graphics designer, Junior Offline Editor for unscripted broadcast television, and filmmaker. Originally from Edinburgh, I moved to and studied in Glasgow (BA Hons Social Sciences: Psychology with History; Glasgow Caledonian University), and, later, Preston (MA TV Production; University of Central Lancashire). I’m now based in Leeds, with additional bases in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Cumbria.
As a freelance Video Editor, I work across short-form and long-form projects for documentary, talking-heads, corporate, internal communications, social media, YouTube, charity and third sector, learning and education, promotional content, podcasts, and more. I also work as a motion graphic designer – both incorporating established GFX into edits, as well as designing brand-specific GFX concepts. I love bringing a brief to life through creative and effective editing, problem-solving, and storytelling.
Over the past 6 years, I’ve also had the immense pleasure to work and grow within Broadcast Television. I absolutely love working in TV - finding and telling human stories, working on location and in-house, and especially across complex edits. My career focuses on unscripted, particularly documentary and factual entertainment. Projects include: Ambulance (BBC One), 24 Hours in A&E (Channel 4), Masters of Reinvention (Yesterday), Yorkshire Air 999 (Quest), Designing the Hebrides (BBC Two / BBC Scotland), Supercar Showroom (Quest), and We Bought a Village (Channel 4).
In 2023, I was selected for the BBC1 ‘Ambulance’ High End Factual Editor Training Scheme. On this scheme, I had the opportunity to work alongside editor Richard Fretwell, cutting RX1 of Ambulance (S11) together. I learned so much on this scheme and working with Richard was invaluable; with ample opportunity to cut patient stories and interstitials. Since then, I’ve continued to work as a Junior Editor and Edit Assistant, and have gone on to cut obs-doc medical patient stories and interstitials, and fact-ent scenes and episodes across a number of prime-time programmes.
In autumn 2022, I was an integral part of a skeleton production team working on location in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, for the first series of Designing the Hebrides (BBC Scotland). In November 2023, our production team won the Scottish BAFTA for Best Feature. This was and still is a huge highlight of my career, for which I'm very proud.
