Chris Baldock

Background

About Chris Baldock

I am a media professional with over 25 years experience, working in both the UK and New Zealand. I started my career in Wales, rising to assistant editor level on the six-edition a day South Wales Echo. Moved to London where we spent almost 10 years and during that time I filled senior roles in the news departments of the Daily Mirror and The Independent. Before moving to NZ, I had five fantastic years at Express Newspapers where I became Head of Sport for both the Daily and Sunday Express, restructuring the department before I left.Since leaving the UK, I have edited award-winning sports magazines, the Sunday News newspaper for Fairfax Media and been editorial projects manager for Horton Media.In May, 2012, I joined Auckland Council as a Senior Communications Advisor, working specifically with Local Boards on comms, media and marketing across a range of challenging and interesting projects.I became a team leader with Local Communications and since September 2015 have managed the Local Communications team, responsible for a team of 12 working across 21 local boards and supporting Governing Body members with their local comms requirements. Skills- Journalism - Editing - Writing - Design and production - Product and concept development - Projects - Management - Marketing - Integrated comms - Radio and TV appearances - social media