Journalist and chief editor with extensive experience leading prominent publications in the areas of business, technology and finance. A lover of traditional print but particularly passionate about visualising content for online and mobile, utilising the powers of social media, and increasing engagement among digital audiences. Speaker/moderator/commentator at various events and on TV/radio.

Editorial Director @ I oversee content creation, editorial strategy/direction and the editorial teams for a number of leading publications in the areas of business, technology and finance. These include: Magazines Information Age What Investment Growth Company Investor Websites Information-Age.com SmallBusiness.co.uk GrowthBusiness.co.uk WhatInvestment.co.uk GrowthCompany.co.uk TaxGuide.co.uk (soon to be relaunched) Events The Quoted Company Awards The British Small Business Awards The High Potential Business Awards The Women in IT Awards The Data 50 Awards Tech Leaders Summit Investor Allstars Tech Invest Tomorrow's Tech Leaders Today The New Energy & Cleantech Awards From November 2015 to Present (2 months) Group Editor @ Group editor of Vitesse Media's business and technology division. Managing several leading titles and their editorial teams with the key goals of growing online and social, improving the user experience of increasingly mobile audiences, and organising and fronting an extensive calendar of brand-affiliated conferences and award ceremonies. The core titles include: - Information Age, the UK's leading business-technology magazine - Its online arm, Information-Age.com - SmallBusiness.co.uk, the UK's number one website for small business owners - GrowthBusiness.co.uk, a prominent title for entrepreneurs and the CEOs of fast-growth companies From October 2014 to Present (1 year 3 months) Editor @ Editor of Information Age, the UK's leading business-technology magazine and website. Led IA’s first significant rebrand and magazine redesign in 20 years to modernise and position it as a truly digital publication for the connected age, while preserving the value and popularity of the print edition. Increasing online readership, growing and utilising social penetration, visualising stories for online, and maturing IA's mobile capabilities. Created and launched the Women in IT Awards (a large-scale industry awards ceremony) and the Leadership Series (four conferences throughout the year for senior business execs wanting to learn more about emerging innovation). From November 2013 to Present (2 years 2 months) London, United KingdomContributor @ The Middle East edition of Lonely Planet Traveller magazine, the world’s most trusted and authoritative travel brand. From February 2013 to November 2013 (10 months) Editor @ Editor of the Middle East’s leading technology magazine, CNME, which is the flagship publication of one of the region’s biggest publishing houses, CPI Media Group. CNME also operates under the global IDG brand, meaning my stories were picked up by other IDG titles around the world, such as Computerworld, CIO, InfoWorld, ITworld, Network World and PC World. - Led editorial and strategic initiatives across all platforms of the Middle East’s leading technology magazine - Drastically grew online readership - Further transformed CNME into a digital brand by growing social platforms and putting them at the centre of everything we did editorially - Organised and hosted CNME’s extensive calendar of events, which ranged from intimate executive roundtables to large-scale conferences and award ceremonies - Led a well-received relaunch and makeover of the magazine, which modernised the look and feel, and injected life and colour into its content and structure From August 2012 to November 2013 (1 year 4 months) Contributing Editor @ Wrote and subbed articles, supported events, and generally helped with the running of CNME’s sister magazine for the Middle East IT channel. From March 2012 to November 2013 (1 year 9 months) Deputy Editor @ The Middle East's premier sports magazine. From March 2012 to November 2013 (1 year 9 months) Assistant Editor @ From January 2012 to July 2012 (7 months) Writer and Social Media Manager @ The world’s largest online luxury marketplace. From July 2010 to January 2011 (7 months) Intern @ I was offered an internship at the Sunday Mirror after selling them my exclusive interview with Michael Barrymore (http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/michael-barrymore-opens-his-heart-on-a-life-224959). From October 2010 to November 2010 (2 months)

BA, Journalism, First-class honours degree @ The University of Sheffield From 2007 to 2010 Ben Rossi is skilled in: Journalism, Online Journalism, Broadcast Journalism, Business Journalism, Digital Journalism, Video Journalism, Technology Journalism, Sports Journalism, Popular Culture, Celebrity Journalism, News Journalism, Magazines, Magazine Design, Digital Magazines, Investigative Reporting