James Medd
Freelance Writer at Freelance journalist & senior copywriter
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Medd is an award-winning freelance writer and senior copywriter based in London with over a decade of experience crafting tone-of-voice, branding, advertising and digital copy for clients ranging from Sipsmith and Wyke Farms to Dolce & Gabbana and Barclays. He combines commercial copywriting and creative strategy with long-form journalism—writing features, profiles and investigations for The Observer, The Times, The Guardian and Esquire—bringing editorial rigour to brand storytelling. Formerly Head of Words at big fish® and an associate editor at Esquire, he bridges magazine-level editorial standards with agency and client-side briefs. Comfortable running workshops and producing strategic documents as well as playful social and packaging copy, he adapts voice across sectors and markets, including work for European brands. Trained in Classics and Modern Languages at Oxford, he brings a disciplined, literary sensibility to structure and argument that surfaces in both advertising and journalism. A tinkerer at heart—“designing, making, and breaking”—he pairs curiosity with a pragmatic approach to craft and problem-solving.
11 years of coding experience
Classics & Modern Languages, Classics & Modern Languages at University of Oxford
Github Skills (90)
node-red10
heroku10
dokku10
buildpack10
docker10
javascript9
linux9
rubiks-cube9
windows9
paas9
novel9
lifecycle9
handheld9
devops9
kubernetes9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
jrmedd/SonicPixels
Jun 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:42 commits, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
jrmedd/nct-buses
Nov 2020 - Oct 2024
A means of querying real-time bus stop data for Nottingham City Transport buses.
Contributions:8 PRs, 17 pushes, 6 branches in 3 years 11 months
bus-stopqueryingstopbusnottingham
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