Brendan Wong
News Editor at LinkedIn
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolBrendan Wong is an experienced news and communications professional with eight years shaping digital content and editorial strategy across media, government and nonprofit sectors. As Careers Editor at LinkedIn News Australia he curates timely stories and talking points that keep professionals informed, drawing on a background that spans SEO-driven content growth, website redesigns and stakeholder communications. He delivered measurable audience gains—most notably a 50% uplift in blog traffic at Cancer Council NSW and a five-fold traffic increase on the NSW Electoral Commission site—by blending strong storytelling with UX-minded content design. Comfortable in both newsroom and corporate environments, Brendan pairs journalistic instincts with digital production skills and a surprising deep familiarity with JavaScript. Fluent in crafting multi-channel campaigns, he brings a pragmatic, metrics-focused approach to shaping narratives that cut through.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Journalism) and Arts in International Studies (Japan), Journalism, Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Journalism) and Arts in International Studies (Japan), Journalism at University of Technology, Sydney
Japanese, ChineseProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
pepscrub/Start-Page
Jul 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:43 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
pepscrub/audiospectrum
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:10 commits, 8 pushes in 3 days
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