Harrison Ryburn
Remuera,AUK
Summary
Passionate, organised, and dependable candidate with a strong focus on bringing the stories of faces and personalities within sport to light. Prior experience providing and supporting various media content for OFC.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Contractor
Oceania Football Confederation
04.2024
- Previously provided support for OFC, writing and drafting match reports, helping with back-end matchday schedules across social media channels, and providing the bulk of the raw material for the website's history tab.
- Written numerous match reports in 2024, notably for OFC women's age-group events, and OFC Men's Champions League play-offs.
- Experience with the use of Adobe to create line-up and score graphics as part of helping with back-end work on matchdays.
- Experience distributing graphics, match reports, and photo posts across all of OFC's social media channels on match-days.
- Provided the bulk of the raw material for the competitions history tab on OFC's website, using a variety of sources including Comet.
Writer
Friends of Football
09.2023 - Current
- Writer for Friends of Football, NZ's dedicated news website for local football across the country.
- Mainly focused on the South Island and Southern Leagues, as well as Auckland FC and New Zealand's national teams.
- Provide content and help collaborate weekly previews for both the Southern League's and National League.
- Focus on delivering football stories from Christchurch and the Mainland Football Confederation, providing insight into the players and faces around the region.
- Features on NZ-based players and coaches, as well as those who ply their trade overseas.
- Interviews with professionals such as Steve Corica, Moses Dyer, and Jake Brimmer.
Sports Commentator
Tribe
01.2019 - Current
- Written football and rugby union commentator for Tribe, covering the All Whites, the A-League, Bunnings NPC, Super Rugby, and many other local and international competitions.
- Certain commentaries have featured on news websites such as the NZ Herald and Stuff.
- Also experience scoring various sports, including netball, AFL, cricket, rugby league, and hockey.
- Work involves delivering accurate and vivid descriptions of sports matches through written text commentary, whilst also providing statistical and factual insight of players, teams, and competitions, to provide a more engaging product for fans and audiences.
- Time management is a crucial aspect of the work, providing commentary every 1-2 minutes.
- Accuracy is also essential to ensure audiences always have a reliable and trustworthy platform with which they can follow fixtures and events.
- Generated anticipation for all fixtures by delivering pre-game analysis, discussing team strategies and player performance factors.
- Provided comprehensive written post-game recaps summarizing key moments, highlights, and implications for future competitions.
Education
Bachelor of Communications - Journalism
University of Canterbury
Christchurch01-2026
NCEA Level 3 -
Auckland Grammar School
01.2022
Skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in sports media and communication fields
- Vast and extensive knowledge of football, particularly in the Oceania region
- Photo editing skills and prior experience with Adobe suit
- Time Management
- Excellent understanding and application of English
- Strong written and verbal communicator
- Fast typing skills
- Experience working and contributing to team environments
- Current Passport
- Full Drivers Licence
Timeline
Contractor
Oceania Football Confederation
04.2024
Writer
Friends of Football
09.2023 - Current
Sports Commentator
Tribe
01.2019 - Current
NCEA Level 3 -
Auckland Grammar School
Bachelor of Communications - Journalism
University of Canterbury
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