Native British English writer and editor with international experience across UNICEF and World Food Programme. Specialist in transforming complex subject matter into clear, audience-focused content across digital platforms, campaigns, and publications. Combines rigorous editorial standards with adaptable brand voice execution. Experienced collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver consistent messaging across channels.

Thomas Storey

Native British English writer and editor with international experience across UNICEF and World Food Programme. Specialist in transforming complex subject matter into clear, audience-focused content across digital platforms, campaigns, and publications. Combines rigorous editorial standards with adaptable brand voice execution. Experienced collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver consistent messaging across channels.

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Native British English writer and editor with international experience across UNICEF and World Food Programme. Specialist in transforming complex subject matter into clear, audience-focused content across digital platforms, campaigns, and publications. Combines rigorous editorial standards with adaptable brand voice execution. Experienced collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver consistent messaging across channels.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Editor/Writer at UNICEF
December 1, 2021 - Present
Writes and edits multi-platform content including campaign materials, impact stories, donor communications, and publications. Translates complex technical and scientific information into accessible narratives for policy, donor, and public stakeholders. Collaborates across teams and external contributors to align messaging and strengthen communications impact. Strengthens communications capacity through editorial mentoring, coaching, and structured feedback to contributors.
Investigations Editor at WFP
February 1, 2024 - Present
Copyedits and proofreads sensitive written products, ensuring linguistic accuracy, clarity, and consistency with templates and style guides. Contributes to quality assurance processes and documentation standards. Provides clear, constructive feedback to writers and contributors, supporting continuous improvement in editorial quality.
Editor at Hackers Language Research Institute
January 1, 2017 - September 1, 2020
Edited and quality-controlled large volumes of educational and instructional content, ensuring clarity, consistency, and user-focused language. Coordinated end-to-end editorial workflows involving authors, reviewers, and designers; ensured accuracy and alignment with pedagogical standards. Led the development of highly successful textbooks and developed a wide-ranging set of advanced editorial, research, and educational skills.
Sales and Marketing Assistant at Alma Books
August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2016
Managed digital marketing, SEO, online content, events, newsletters, media relations, and social media for an independent fiction publisher, providing strategic communications and marketing leadership. Proofread and edited texts prior to publication, wrote blurbs and other marketing copy, and liaised with authors about marketing and social media strategy. Achieved social media audience growth of 75% and secured high-profile media coverage, while organizing highly successful marketing events.
Editor/Communications Manager at Culture Trip
July 1, 2011 - August 1, 2015
Coordinated editorial production, content delivery, marketing, communications, partnerships, media outreach, digital communications, and social media strategy. Analyzed online traffic and social media dissemination, producing regular reports, and identifying strategies for growth. Achieved significant growth in social media reach and website traffic, culminating in over 1.5 million unique users a month.

Education

PhD in English Research at King’s College London
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
MA 20th Century Literature and its Contexts at Goldsmiths, University of London
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009
BA English and Film Studies Joint Honours at University of Sussex
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2008

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Non-Profit Organization, Media & Entertainment, Education