Simon (‘Si’) Willmore

Award-winning journalist with 15 years of experience, and the youngest-ever chairman of the British Guild of Travel Writers

Current projects

What am I slogging away at right now?

Bradt Guides

Digital Manager, August 2019 – Present
Leading the redesign of the bradtguides.com website; managing all aspects of the website design and functionality including project managing with third-party developers to customise an ONIX plugin for content import. 

British Guild of Travel Writers

Chairman, Jan 2019– Present
Board member, Jan 2017– Jan 2019
Head of Social Media and and a Board Member for the UK’s leading organisation for travel media professionals. 

Rough Guides

Contributing Author, May 2014 – Present

Research and write-up for:

Rough Guide to Malaysia (Sep 2018), Rough Guide to India, (Sep 2016), Rough Guide to France, (Mar 2016), Rough Guide to Spain (Mar 2015)

January 2018 – August 2019

Editorial work including chasing stories, proofreading and publishing; online publication and email distribution; reporting from conferences and events; and reviewing venues.

Jan 2016 – July 2017

Building an editorial team in the office as well as commissioning freelancers, in order to grow ExpatGo.com and EatDrink.my. These sites are inside the top 800 websites globally for readers in Malaysia, bringing in 500,000 monthly users between them

January 2014 – April 2015

Team management, editorial quality control and business improvement at a fast-growing online marketing and creative agency.

May 2011 – June 2014

Publications include: ABTA Magazine, National Geographic Traveller, Welcome to London, Destination Vacation, Spa Secrets and national newspaper supplements

February 2011 – December 2013

Fielding requests for edits to the Groupon website and newsletters for the UK and Ireland branches of the fastest growing company in the world. Management and development roles in order to streamline the day to day processes in the role.

Experience

I have written for regional newspapers, national magazines and international guide books and have extensive experience with online publishing, use and development of CMS, social media and digital marketing.

Qualifications

  • MEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Year In Europe (France) from Imperial College London
  • Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDip) with Merit from the London School of Journalism

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