About Chloë

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    At present I am working as a Floor Manager at QVC, this job means I am extremely well versed in talk-back along with studio disciplines and etiquette. I am also on a casual contract with BBC Entertainment working predominantly on the high profile live Saturday Night Shows such as 'Strictly Come Dancing' and 'Eurovision: Your Country Needs You'. I have enjoyed working at companies such as E-TV, Whizz Kids,  ITV, Daisybeck Productions, Shine, Sky, Endemol, Simply Media and covered national events such as 'The Cosmopoliton Awards'. I am a Leeds university graduate, leaving in 2007 with a High 2:1 BA Honours in Broadcasting.  I am a registered first aider and have completed many BBC gateway modules. I have the ability to learn quickly and efficiently and have strong communication skills. I am enthusiastic and enjoy working as part of a team.  I am very used to working long hours whilst keeping a positive can-do attitude and thrive on the creativity the media industry provides.
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    Employment History

    QVC 2007 - PRESENT

    FLOOR MANAGER - June 18th 2007 - Present
    • Floor managing my hours on the studio floor, prepping the products ready for airing and changing them over live.
    • Liaising with all relevant internal and external customers
    • Accountable for the goings on, on the studio floor over headset from the gallery

    FREELANCE FASHION STYLIST - July 2008 - Present
    • I ensure the models are dressed in the correct item under liaison from the gallery and scripts.
    • I prepare the products prior to the live show and find appropriate items from wardrobe to showcase the product to its highest capabilities. I am responsible for the models and their styling throughout the live airings.


    ITV - May 2007 - PRESENT

    FLOOR MANAGER - March 2010 - Present.
    I Floor manage studio links and items including liaising with all talent, and directing the studio floor under advisement from the gallery.

    • 'The Zone' - ITV1

    STUDIO RUNNER May 2007
    • 'The Jeremy Kyle Show' - ITV 1/2


    BBC TELEVISION 2006- PRESENT

    ASSISTANT FLOOR MANAGER - 2009 - Present
    Responsible for talent management including health and safety matters backstage in Blackpool including positioning and cueing talent such as Bruce Forsyth, Acted as a liaison between SCD and the event. Co-ordinated a team of runners at my disposal.
    • 'Strictly Come Dancing Presents: Come Dancing With Strictly' - BBC 1 - November 2009
    • 'Over The Rainbow' Tour - BBC 1 - May 2010

    ASSISTANT FLOOR MANAGER TRAINING - 2010- Present
    Training with the Floor Manager and AFM's on a series of BBC shows in order to be able to freelance.
    • 'Mock the Week' - BBC 1
    • 'Blue Peter' - BBC 1
    • 'Later with Jools Holland' - BBC 1

    STUDIO/ TALENT ASSISTANT - February 2008 - Present
    Responsible for the time management and schedule of talent to ensure smooth running of live TX. Performing studio duties. Assisting the AFM's cueing talent on and off of stage as well as in quick changes during the live TX.


    • 'Eurovision: Your Country Needs You' 2009/2010 - BBC 1 - March
    • 'So You Think You Can Dance' - BBC 1 - January - March 2010/2011
    • 'Strictly Come Dancing' 2008/2009/2010 - BBC 1 - September - December
    • 'Children in Need 2009/10' - BBC 1 - November 2009
    • 'The Teachers Awards' - BBC 2 - October 2009
    • 'Tonight's The Night' - BBC 1 - February - June 2009
    • 'Last Choir Standing' - BBC 1 - May - September 2008
    • 'I'd Do Anything' - BBC 1 - February - March 2008


    LOCATION ASSISTANT - July 2006 - Present
    Responsible for assisting the production team, meeting and greeting celebrity talent and dealing with their transport as well as rigging and de-rigging filming areas.

    • CBBC & BBC Events - 'See Me On CBBC' - CBBC - September 2009
    • 'The Funny Side Of....' - BBC 2 - March 2009
    • 'The Restaurant' - BBC 2 - March 2008
    • 'Spring watch 2006' - BBC 1 - July 2006

    E-TV - April 2010 - August 2010

    FLOOR MANAGER - April - August 2010
    • Floor managing contributors at Battersea Studios under instruction from the gallery including cueing, mic-ing and de-micing, script revisions and production meeting, as well as block through.

    WHIZZ KIDS

    PRODUCTION RUNNER - February - March 2011
    Responsible for ensuring all the scripts, paperwork and tapes were current and ready for the gallery as well as being at the general disposal of the executives. I also assisted with studio audiences.
    • 'Let's Dance For Comic Relief' - BBC1

    TALENT CHAPERONE - January 2010
    Responsible for the whereabouts and well being of assigned talent as well as standing in for Bafta winners.
    • 'The Bafta's' - Various terrestrial channels.

    OBJECTIVE PRODUCTIONS/CHANNEL FOUR

    FLOOR MANAGER'S ASSISTANT - September 2010
    Assisted the Floor Manager in locating and gaining consent forms from contributors as well as general Floor Manager duties.
    • Derren Brown: Enigma - Channel 4


    ENDEMOL - August 2007 - September 2009

    SHOOTING RESEARCHER April - September 2009
    Worked in the office and on location across a number of pilots and developmental shows, shooting VT's on a z1 camera.

    STUDIO/AUDITION RUNNER - August 2007 - February 2008
    • '1 vs. 100' - BBC1

    SKY - August - September 2008

    TALENT ASSISTANT
    • 'Loveland' - August 2008 -Sky 1
    • 'Noels HQ' - September 2008 - Sky 1


    SIMPLY MEDIA - August - October 2008

    PRODUCTION ASSISTANT - August - October 2008
    • 'Cosmopolitan Awards for Fun Fearless Females' - Simply TV
    • 'Beautyzone TV'
    • 'Bookzone TV'

    DAISYBECK PRODUCTIONS - April - June 2007

    JUNIOR RESEARCHER
    • 'Used Car Roadshow' - ITV4
    • 'BBC Documentaries: The Real Life Strand' - BBC1


    SHINE TV - September 2006

    WORK EXPERIENCE
    • 'The Clothes Show' - Living TV

    • WWAV Rapp Collins advertising agency - November 2003 - 2 week work placement where I researched, made phone calls, sent emails, attended edits and gained experience in all aspects and departments of the firm. I had input into making the Oxfam advert.

    NON MEDIA EMPLOYMENT - BROOK STREET, BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO, ANN SUMMERS
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    Education

    University of Leeds - September 2004 - July 2007
    Broadcasting (BA) is a practical and professionally taught course in how to make television programmes, both factual and fiction based. The syllabus also includes modules on programme research, media law, understanding audiences and on the responsibilities of the contemporary broadcaster.

    FINAL MARK: HIGH 2:1

    Year 3 (Examples of Projects)

    May 07' - Close to the bone: A teenage epedemic - SCRIPT WRITER - A 30 minute indepth documentary focusing on the shocking 1 in 10 statistics of teenage girls self harming with talking heads, interviews and reconstructions - Mark Obtained - 1st

    May 07' - A series of essays on violence in the media, the decline of the mass audience and children in the media - Mark Obtained - 1st

    December 06' - Unveiled - PA - a 3 minute documentary focusing on the muslim female in Britain. - Mark Obtained - High 2:1

    Year Two (Examples of Projects)
    Jan 06' - "Sold" (Shopping Channel extract) DIRECTOR - Studio - I solely put together, wrote the script for and directed a 3 minute segment of fiction shopping channel "Sold" Mark obtained: 1st

    Jan 06' - "An Interview with Dee Marshall" ( 3 minute interview with Dee Marshall) JOURNALIST/INTERVIEWER/DIRECTOR/ EDITOR - Single Camera - I wrote the shooting script, directed the camera crew, designed the questions and interviewed - Mark Obtained - 2:1

    May 06' - "Taking the Biscuit" (3 minute short comedy film) PA/AD - Single Camera -I was responsible for all organisation previous to shoot, including actors, locations, props, shot log and paperwork - Mark Obtained - 2:1

    May 06' - "Coronation Street" (3 minute extract) DIRECTOR - Studio - I directed a 3 minute segment of a fiction coronation street, after outside rehearsing actors- Mark Obtained - 2:1

    The Latymer Grammar School 1996 - 2003

    Qualifications Achieved:

    A-LEVEL RESULTS ACHIEVED IN 2003

    Media Studies A
    English Lit B
    Sociology B

    GCSE RESULTS ACHIEVED IN 2001

    10 GCSES - 3 A* (French, English Lang, Media Studies) 1A (English Lit), 4B (Maths, History, R.E, Home Economics), 2C (Double Science Award).
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    Industry Qualifications

    • Registered Fire Warden at QVC.
    • Registered First Aider.
    • Obtained BBC health & safety Certificate, achieving 100% to allow me access onto shoots both studio based and on location.
    • I am Criminal Records Bureau checked.
    • Obtained BBC Certificates in learning gateway modules in the following:
    - Trust Dilemmas in TV
    - Factual TV
    - Working on Competitions
    - Dealing With Contributors
    - Studio Health & Safety
    - Safety Matters
    - Responsibilities
    - Risk Assessment
    - Case Study - Entertainment.

    BBC health & safety Certificate, achieving 100% to allow me access onto shoots

    QVC - Attended 'Brand You' - a course intended to teach employees to devleop their own personal brand of working demeanour.
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    Technical Equipment

    I am proficient in the use of Adobe Premier Edit Suite, DVC Pro, Avid Edit Suite, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, the internet and windows, Z1 cameras, Studio Cameras.
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    Referees

    David Lancaster - Senior Teaching Fellow
    Room 5.11
    Roger Stevens Building
    University of Leeds
    Leeds
    LS2 9JT
    0113 343 5811
    d.p.lancaster@leeds.ac.uk
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    Skills

    Voluntary Work at Trent Park Animal Sanctuary & Sponsorship scheme management, where my work included setting up a sponsorship scheme, which involved IT and photography skills as well as general fund raising.

    · Treasurer and Secretary of The Doris Banham Sanctuary

    Elected Representative for university hall by students & staff (Yr. 1). (The reps were in charge of planning all social events for the halls and ensuring they run smoothly, as well as for the general running of student activities in the hall.)

    Co- President of the Compassion for Animals Society, part of the Leeds University Union.

    Public Relations Representative for The Doris Banham Sanctuary
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Animation, 
    • Arts, 
    • Biography, 
    • Business, 
    • Childrens, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Comedy (Children's), 
    • Commercial, 
    • Community Progs, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Daytime, 
    • Development, 
    • DIY, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Docusoap, 
    • Drama Reconstruction, 
    • Drama: Feature Film, 
    • Drama: Short Film, 
    • Drama: Television Serial, 
    • Dramatised Documentary, 
    • Education, 
    • Enhanced TV, 
    • Entertainment, 
    • Environment, 
    • Events, 
    • Food, 
    • Game Show, 
    • Glamour (Adult), 
    • Health, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Interactive TV, 
    • Investigative, 
    • Leisure, 
    • Live Multi-cam OB, 
    • Live TV, 
    • Magazine, 
    • Mental Health, 
    • Motoring, 
    • Music, 
    • Music Promo, 
    • Natural History, 
    • New Media, 
    • News, 
    • Observational Documentary, 
    • Pre-School, 
    • Property, 
    • Quiz Show, 
    • Reality TV, 
    • Religion, 
    • Science, 
    • Science Fiction, 
    • Shopping, 
    • Sitcom, 
    • Social Action, 
    • Sport, 
    • Studio Debate, 
    • Studio Direction, 
    • Style, 
    • Training, 
    • Travel, 
    • Youth

    Specialisms

    • Advertising, 
    • Animal welfare, 
    • Cars, 
    • Celebrity, 
    • Children's, 
    • Cinema/Film, 
    • Clubbing, 
    • Comedy, 
    • Cookery, 
    • Events, 
    • Fashion, 
    • Food, 
    • Internet, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • People Finding, 
    • Popular Culture, 
    • Sex Industry, 
    • Sexuality, 
    • Shopping, 
    • Zoology

    Languages

    • English, 
    • French

    Permits

    • EU
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