How I got to where I am: from cub reporter to content designer
Paul Harvey-Douglas studied English and his first job was selling adverts on a local newspaper. He's written about how he went from a cub reporter to a content designer in PDS.
Content design
The surprising overlaps between digital content and explaining Parliament to 12 year olds
Emily Turner recently spent some time with the content team and she's written about the overlaps between digital content and explaining Parliament to young people.
Growing a team: six little things that have had a big impact
We try to invest in a strong culture and values but, like most things that are worthwhile, this takes effort. Our head of content shares six things that have helped the content team be collaborative and overcome problems together.
Keeping it simple: content principles for Parliament
Information is the currency of the House of Commons and House of Lords with 37 pieces of new content published on parliament.uk every day, on average. We've created a set of content principles to maintain standards and help our editors.
Using social media for Parliament’s recruitment needs
Recruitment has never been more important at UK Parliament, as we hire people who’ll support us through exciting and challenging times ahead. Amy Mollett talks us through some recent changes we've made using social media to promote vacancies.
100,000 YouTube subscribers but where next?
The UK Parliament YouTube channel recently reached the milestone of 100,000 subscribers. This means we're now the proud owners of a Silver Creator Award but what does that mean for the channel? Matt Instone talks us through the new YouTube strategy.
Straight Outta Conwy
Hugh Griffith has recently joined the content team and he's written about his first few months here and his experience of London so far.
Experimenting with a Twitter takeover
Kat Cimetta is the social media editor for UK Parliament's channels and she's written about joining forces with Parliament’s curators, collection managers, and archivists to get involved in the global hashtag campaign #AskACurator.
Building an Instagram strategy for UK Parliament
Amy Mollett, UK Parliament's Senior Social Media Strategist, explains how a change of approach to Instagram content is bringing out our creativity and increasing interest in our feed.
iPhone filming: what not to do
When the content team was created a couple of years ago, we blogged about who we are and what we do. We've since made a video about our work using the minimum viable film studio - a mobile phone. Louise Duffy describes the filming process and the lessons she's learnt.