Kate Burlaga

About

Editor, writer and sports media professional, with specialism in football and newsroom SEO. Contact me @ kate.burlaga@sky.uk Experienced in commissioning, sub-editing, writing - sports news, features, match reporting, live-blogging - interviewing, curation. Newsroom search lead. Active in product and audience development. Current Output Editor role involves day-to-day commissioning, forward planning, on-page SEO guidance, homepage management, product and platform input, line management, audience strategy. While Deputy Football Editor at Sky Sports, I co-led a team of digital football journalists that produced award-winning content in record numbers for some of the most commercially successful digital sports platforms and products in Europe - skysports.com, Sky Sports app, Score Centre app. As a content creator too, I also delivered exclusive, site-leading interviews with a host of Premier League managers and players, as well as scripting and hosting several podcasts. Achievements included team delivery of 25% increase in key audience metrics, management of group with highest people satisfaction across department, implementation of editorial practices including SEO/video production guidelines that boosted AMP traffic and video views. NCTJ-qualified. FWA member. kateburlaga@me.com @kateburlaga Portfolio: https://muckrack.com/kate-burlaga KEY SKILLS Editing Sub-editing News and feature writing Live-blogging Commissioning Digital content strategy Editorial leadership Editorial SEO Curation / site management PERSONAL QUALITIES Inclusive Empathetic Creative Sound judgement under pressure Eye for detail Data-driven decision-making and focus on UX Appetite for wider digital and publishing trends Team player Fun to work with (hopefully!)