JaySykesMedia Jay Sykes 🎙 Freelance Audio Producer & Storyteller 🎓 Lecturer (AFHEA), University of Sunderland 📻 Dramas & Docs on BBC Radio 4 / 4 Extra 🎨 Passionate about creative narrative audio 🥇 New York Radio Awards gold-winning producer & writer 📖 LGBTQ+ young adult writer Jay has been teaching at the University of Sunderland since 2015, where he specialises in audio production workshops - drama, documentary, podcasting, and audio journalism. 📷 Profile photo by Jamie Allison 🙋♂️ 31 years old, he/him 💍 Engaged to a beautiful man named Kostas 🐈⬛ Cat-dad to Bowser, Daruk, and Riju 🏡 Sunderland, UK. Originally from Huddersfield 🌱 Vegan for ethical reasons 🎮 Nintendo gamer, Legend of Zelda enthusiast 🎷 Amateur tenor saxophonist 🇬🇷 Learning Greek (beginner) Jay specialises in composed feature documentary and “mosaic” structures; using aspects of non-linear narrative construction, interlacing voice, music, and sound-art. A New York Award-winner for his audio drama ‘SeaBurn’, and an avid reader of queer fiction, Jay is keen to continue developing his writing and production practice in the fictional space. Jay identifies as homoromantic, and yearns to tell stories that resonate with the queer community. 🥇 Gold winner - "Arts & Creative Radio of the Year" - Community Radio Awards 2022 🥇 Gold winner - "Podcast of the Year" - Community Radio Awards 2019 🏅 Finalist - "Best Podcast: Arts and Culture" - New York Radio Awards 2019 🥇 Gold winner - "Community Development Project of the Year - Community Radio Awards 2017 🥇 Gold winner - "Arts & Creative Radio of the Year" - Community Radio Awards 2016 🥇 Gold winner - "Best Student Drama Program" - New York Radio Awards 2015 🥉 Bronze winner - "Best Speech Programming" - Student Radio Awards 2015 🏅 Finalist - "Best Drama Producer" - Radio Production Awards 2015 JaySykesMedia’s tracks In Bed With Embedding - Sustainable Development Goals by JaySykesMedia published on 2024-06-22T13:35:29Z Charles Parker Prize 2023 - BBC Radio 4 Extra by JaySykesMedia published on 2024-04-23T15:49:10Z Belmont Community School - Podcast Trailers by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-08-19T18:50:34Z Summer Stories - Voiceover by Thomas Nixon by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:06Z Summer Stories - 99 Jeopardy by Julie Wilson by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:05Z Summer Stories - The Circle Of Grief by Thomas Nixon by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:04Z Summer Stories - 20 Seconds Of Your Life by Linda Brown by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:03Z Summer Stories - Necessity by José Covas by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:01Z Summer Stories - The Fourth Sheet by Julie Wilson by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:00Z Summer Stories - One Too Many by Thomas Nixon by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:57:59Z
In Bed With Embedding - Sustainable Development Goals by JaySykesMedia published on 2024-06-22T13:35:29Z
Summer Stories - The Circle Of Grief by Thomas Nixon by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:04Z
Summer Stories - 20 Seconds Of Your Life by Linda Brown by JaySykesMedia published on 2023-07-31T18:58:03Z
