I was born in Paisley in 1982, and spent most of my life growing up in Lochfield, Foxbar and Ferguslie. I also spent a few years in Falkirk.
I went to South Primary in Paisley, Carron Primary in Falkirk and Castlehead High, back in Paisley.
At 18 I left Scotland to study meteorology at Reading University.
My first job in meteorology was with the Met Office, working as a weather observer at Middle Wallop army air base in Hampshire.
I moved to ITV Weather working behind the scenes preparing and sending bulletins for the ITV regional broadcasters.
After a year with ITV, I became a broadcast assistant at the BBC, based at television centre in London. During my time at the BBC I became a regional broadcaster and acted as cover for the nations and regions. In my 3 years at the BBC I presented on television for most of the English regions, Wales and Northern Ireland.
BBC South 2007 - Outside Broadcast from the Isle of Wight
BBC Look North 2006 - Broadcast from Leeds studio
I started working for STV as the sole weather presenter in August 2007, after the channel had a gap of several years without a presenter.
At STV I produce, and present 21 broadcasts a day. I have also relaunched the weather graphics three times, and have been part of the graphic development and testing process before going live.
I’m an ambassador for our TV charity, The STV Children’s Appeal and have raised money by cycling, running, walking and hiking my way around the country since it started in 2011.
STV Appeal 2018 - Shetland
I started presenting the Scottish Children’s Lottery in 2017, with draws being held on a Monday and Thursday.
Scottish Children’s Lottery
In 2019 I was given my own TV show, ‘Sean’s Scotland’, where I took viewers on a journey around our beautiful country over the course of 7 weeks. The programme covered weather, environment, the people and wildlife. Sean's Scotland was STV's highest rating local programme for 3 years.
Sean’s Scotland - Wester Ross
On the back of the success of Sean's Scotland I was asked to present our new year show - Sean's Very Scottish Hogmanay! We rang 2020 in with the highest Hogmanay viewing figures for 13 years.
Sean's Very Scottish Hogmanay 2019-2020
Weather has been a part of my life since I was 7 years old, starting with a BBC Weather kit. My obsession has always been cold and snowy weather, hence why I now take winter holidays to places like Iceland and Norway. Occasionally I do take a summer holiday, but summer has never really been my thing, apart from when I was at school and used to get 6 weeks off!
I’m now learning to fly at Glasgow Airport and currently training for my PPL (Private Pilots License) and might one day be able to take you to the clouds...