John Balfe
Digital Content Manager at Betfair International
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolJohn Balfe is a seasoned digital content manager and journalist with over 14 years' experience producing fast-paced news, sports, and music coverage across Irish and international media. He has helped scale a sports start-up to global reach—amassing millions of social and YouTube followers and finishing runner-up only to ESPN in US digital media awards—while also contributing 15–20 timely stories per week for a major international news organisation. A proven editor and team lead, he has driven audience growth at entertainment.ie and HMV, overseen large-brand partnerships that earned industry nominations, and produced audio content using emerging AI narration tools. He also hosts a long-running sports podcast that consistently ranks in UK and Irish charts and has recorded 100+ episodes for Betfair’s network. Comfortable working between editorial, commercial and audio-tech teams, he brings a mix of broadcast discipline, newsroom speed, and hands-on content strategy. Based in Dublin, he’s an avid musician and live-music advocate whose background in radio informs his storytelling and attention to voice.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Level 5 Certificate, Journalism, Distinction, Level 5 Certificate, Journalism, Distinction at Irish Times TrainingPlaywriting and Screenwriting, Playwriting and Screenwriting at New York Film AcademyNational Certificate, Radio Broadcasting & Journalism, National Certificate, Radio Broadcasting & Journalism at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
Github Skills (16)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
redsnapper8t8/commonware
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:2 pushes in 7 days
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