Resolution Media and Publishing directors Martin Walker (left)
and Dave Allan (right) with sales manager Carole Sanderson
(second right), non-executive director Bob Cuffe and Julie
Burniston, the firm’s new Tees Life editor and events manager.
PICTURE BY TOM BANKS
LIFE CHOICE
Publishers make another new
appointment as team grows
RY
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esolution Media and Publishing has
added another new member to
its team as it looks to continue its
growth.
The publishers of Tees Business have
appointed experienced Eston-born journalist
Julie Burniston in a dual role – as editor
of Tees Life, the Tees region’s lifestyle
magazine, as well as Resolution’s events
manager.
Middlesbrough-based Resolution, which
is owned by directors Dave Allan and
Martin Walker, successfully launched Tees
Business in March 2015, with Tees Life
following in 2017.
Last year they launched the inaugural
Tees Businesswomen Awards and are
looking forward to its second event on
October 24 this year.
Resolution have already revealed plans for
another major awards event – the Tees Tech
Awards, being held next April – as well as a
new annual publication, This Is Tees Valley,
which will promote our region to the rest of
the UK and beyond.
Resolution also has plans for further
publications as well as more new events,
with Julie’s appointment supporting the
expansion.
Dave said: “Julie’s appointment is a big
step forward for us, in terms of heading up
Tees Life as well as managing our events,
which are both growing areas for us.
“We have some ambitious plans for the
next few years so we’re trying to build a
team which will support that, and we need
experienced people around us.
“We already support a pool of local
freelance writers, photographers and
designers to help with our content, and
that will continue as we look to expand our
stable of publications.”
Born and raised in Eston, Julie attended
Whale Hill Primary School, Sarah Metcalfe
Secondary and South Park Sixth Form
College.
“Becoming the new editor of
Tees Life is a dream job for me.
I can’t wait to really get stuck in
and add my stamp to what is
already a fine product.”
She revealed: “I always had a yearning
to write for a living and was lucky enough,
at age 17, to meet Bill Perfitt, who took
me under his wing and gave me a job as
a trainee reporter at ICI Wilton’s internal
publication, C&P News – alongside a
fledgling reporter named Dave Allan!
“After a fabulous year at Wilton, an advert
in the Guardian’s media section caught my
eye and I applied to be an editorial assistant
on Police Review Magazine in London’s
Farringdon.
“I was very lucky that the magazine was
quite forward in upskilling their staff even
Julie Burniston – returning to her Teesside
roots to become the new editor of Tees Life.
all those years ago, and they allowed me
to attend the London College of Printing
to study for a qualification in periodical
journalism.
“Fast forward a few years and I moved to
IPC Media’s teen title MIZZ as staff writer/
assistant and production editor.”
After working for other titles and a
media production company, Julie says
she’s delighted to be returning to her
Teesside roots with her 10-year-old daughter
Evangeline.
“Coming home – as I’ve always seen
Teesside – was my escape, the place where
I always felt safe,” she adds. “I knew I
wanted to come home.
“Becoming the new editor of Tees Life
is a dream job for me. I can’t wait to really
get stuck in and add my stamp to what is
already a fine product.
“It’s also an exciting opportunity to get
involved with events such as the Tees
Businesswomen Awards and now the Tees
Tech Awards.”