Currently Deputy Editor at TOXIC Magazine. Formerly News & Games Editor at ZOO magazine, where I was recently nominated for a prestigious Games Media Award for Mainstream Magazine Writer. I was also named in MCV's 30 Under 30 for "the brightest minds and rising stars in games, retail, publishing, events, marketing PR and journalism."

Previously Assistant Editor of Shanghai Talk magazine in China (as well as editing other Talk publications in Beijing, South China and Macau). I also spent three years as Showbiz Reporter on the Features desk at News of the World. I've freelanced pretty much everywhere, including FHM, COSMOPOLITAN, Reveal, More!, Nuts, Best, Now, Kerrang!, The Sun, The Sunday Mirror, News of the World, The Non League Paper, The Press Association, MCV, TheLondonPaper and many, many others.

I am available for any commissions. Simply email me: [email protected].

For work samples, visit my website: simon-ward.co.uk.