Joshua Adcock
Staff Writer at Field Gibson Media
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJoshua Adcock is a seasoned journalist and staff writer with 11 years’ experience crafting editorial content for B2B and cultural audiences, currently writing for Briefing magazine in the legal business sector. A digital-native English graduate based in London, he combines sharp feature writing and commissioning experience with hands-on production, project management and CMS skills developed across editorial roles at Burlington Media and Shakespeare’s Globe. He has a particular interest in politics, law, culture and comedy, and a keen ability to generate original concepts that resonate with specialist audiences while meeting tight briefs. Beyond journalism he contributes front-end improvements to high-profile projects like The Guardian’s frontend—working on A/B tests, accessibility and UI tweaks—demonstrating an unusual blend of editorial judgment and practical technical literacy. Methodical, collaborative and attentive to cross-departmental workflows, he is comfortable moving between research-led features, event reporting and the nuts-and-bolts of publication production.
11 years of coding experience
Rochester Independent CollegeBachelor of Arts (BA), English, 2:1, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, 2:1 at University of Bristol
French, English
Github Skills (10)
html10
css10
javascript10
ab-testing9
abtest9
user-interface8
accessibility8
react8
graphical-user-interface8
ui-design8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
guardian/frontend
Mar 2019 - Sep 2022
The Guardian DotCom.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:38 reviews, 82 commits, 132 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Joshua's contributions primarily involve updating and modifying front-end components within the Guardian's frontend repository. They focused on A/B testing by updating banner copy, adding new design variants, and modifying the display of components. Their work included adding and replacing images and icons, as well as implementing accessibility improvements. The changes included modifications to HTML templates and CSS, indicating a strong focus on user interface development.
productionguardian
jlieb10/datasheet-server
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
Turn spreadsheet data into a structured, dynamic API.
Contributions:8 PRs, 48 pushes, 22 branches in 1 month
apistructuredexcelspreadsheetspreadsheet-data
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