my name is Ruby and I love words
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my name is Ruby and I love words ⋆｡𖦹°⭒˚｡⋆
Writer, journalist, editor, social media content creator and wearer of multiple hats with experience writing clever content, making sentences sound better, and shaping editorial strategy across print and digital.
Editor and Digital Manager at Executive Media.
Bylines, baby!
My work spans a range of topics and industries – including hospitality, local governance, infrastructure, skilled trades, travel, music, and pop culture (just to name a few).I write all my own words – no AI.-
I am the Editor of Executive Media’s following publications:
Send me pitches: ruby.o’brien@executivemedia.com.au
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For the love of live music | Clubs & Pubs Manager, Executive Media
On trend: the foods that should be on your radar in 2025 | Clubs & Pubs Manager, Executive Media
2024’s top interior design trends | Clubs & Pubs Manager, Executive Media
Finding Valerie | Fetch!, Executive Media
Adopting a new leash on life | Fetch!, Executive Media
Teenage dream: Do Australian teenage girls need magazines in 2023? | Bound, Bowen Street Press
Jake Bugg – On My One (review) | SpeakerTV
Film’s obsession with the serenading musician | SpeakerTV
Lifting New Zealand’s Future | New Zealand Infrastructure Review, Executive Media Global
The Christchurch Cathedral’s Unique Approach | New Zealand Infrastructure Review, Executive Media Global
Navigating a Green Future at Port of Auckland | New Zealand Infrastructure Review, Executive Media Global
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Where Miami meets the Gold Coast – Lulu Rooftop & Bar | Clubs & Pubs Manager, Executive Media
Destined to drill: Alina Tyler’s story | Trading Places, Executive Media
Stefanie Apostolidis: the tradie lady | Trading Places, Executive Media
Tuning in to the Tourist | Clubs & Pubs Manager, Executive Media
Step into the jungle at Soko | Clubs & Pubs Manager, Executive Media
The Gooch Palms on moving through feelings, creative freedom and Los Angeles | SpeakerTV
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I create unique social media content for Executive Media/Executive Media Global’s Australian and US consumer titles (Canva is my bestie). Some of my favourite posts include:
Bookish gift guide 2025 | Oh Reader
How readers describe Oh Reader | Oh Reader
Novels about art | Oh Reader
Short books that can be read in a day | Oh Reader
Books set in the 1970s | Oh Reader
Memoirs we love | Oh Reader
Teen books | Oh Reader
Food in fiction | Oh Reader
Books about love | Oh Reader
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ratgirlruby – a personal newsletter about whatever I want* (pop culture, music, random ramblings, etc.)
*views all my own and not affiliated with my employer :)