Lily Russell-Jones is a Communications Officer at Shift, where she helps to amplify the organisation’s message and strengthen its visibility and influence.
She has more than six years of experience in media and communications, spanning roles as an award-winning personal finance journalist for The Times and The Sunday Times and as a parliamentary assistant for an MP.
Before joining Shift, Lily was a Senior Money Reporter for The Times and The Sunday Times, where she wrote features, analysis and investigations about personal finance. She frequently helped consumers challenge unfair treatment by companies and government departments. She was also a regular guest on Times Radio, The Story podcast and featured on BBC London, Newscast and Radio 4’s You and Yours program. She won Headline Money’s Fintech Journalist of the Year for both 2022 and 2023. She was also Rising Star of the Year in 2023.
Prior to joining The Times she was a Business News Reporter for the London-based financial newspaper City AM. She was also a freelance reporter for The Sunday Times’ investigative team, where she worked on articles covering the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the best-selling book Failures of State.
In her free time she enjoys reading, creative writing and salsa dancing. She regularly volunteers as an aid worker with the charity Care4Calais, which supports refugees living in settlements across Calais and Dunkirk.
Lily achieved a distinction for her master’s in International Relations at the London School of Economics, where she was the Editor-in-Chief of The London Globalist, an international affairs magazine. She holds a First Class undergraduate degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and was awarded an academic scholarship.
