Kate Lucey
Formerly the Editor of Cosmopolitan.co.uk and Sugarscape.com, Kate Lucey is a seasoned digital journalist and has worked with brands from Vice to The Sunday Times Style to advise on how to effectively talk to millennials today.
Twitter: @katelucey_
Biography
Formerly the Editor of Cosmopolitan.co.uk and Sugarscape.com, Kate Lucey is a seasoned digital journalist and has worked with brands from Vice to The Sunday Times Style to advise on how to effectively talk to millennials today. She’s won an AOP Award (the Oscars of Digital Publishing) for her efforts, and has also written for industry publications like InPublishing. An experienced public speaker and panel mediator, Kate’s fully aware of what makes today’s millennials ‘click’, and how to create thumb-stopping content. She also writes a regular mental health column for Metro.
Ghostwriting
A journalism degree and a decade of experience has seen Kate sensitively interview A List celebrities (Matthew McConaughey, Rihanna, One Direction and Reese Witherspoon to name a few) while working as an editor, writer and commissioner. Some of her most cherished stories have come from interviewing “non-celebrities” who deserve the world after surviving serious trauma, illness and life changes, and are often still very much in recovery.
Hugely empathetic, Kate treats all interviewees and subjects with kindness and sensitivity. Able to see both the big picture and overarching messages while also fine-tuning granular details, Kate’s approach is tactful and compassionate - while weaving in wit and humour if the subject allows.
Understanding the importance of every word, use of language and tone of voice, Kate can turn your thoughts and stories into compelling prose full of compassion, feeling, and just the right amount of comedy.
Books
Get A Grip Love
Her first book, GET A GRIP LOVE (HQ, 2021, 2023) explores living with, and the possibility of overcoming, mental health problems as a millennial. It is a no-nonsense look at what actually works in the face of mental illness and how to tackle unhelpful or unsolicited advice from others. The book is painful, emotional and – yes – at times hilarious.