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    A creative, reliable and tenacious producer with a comprehensive range of skills honed over 10 years making TV sports & documentary content for the likes of BBC Sport, Sunset & Vine, Octogon CSI and LFC TV.

    A formidable features and promo producer, skilled FCP editor, excellent voiceover and script-writing skills; 4+ years live gallery producer experience and over 10 long-form football documentary credits (producer/director/narrator).

    I thrive in tight turn-around and live/as-live sports production scenarios cutting highlights, analysis packages and news-items but am equally competent at planning and delivering major multi-faceted projects such as LFC TV's coverage of the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough Disaster and producing live OB coverage of the annual Hillsborough memorial service.

    Excellent people skills, a good communicator, a selfless team player as well as a leader when required. Have led crews and produced sports content for TV, web and mobile in over 30 countries worldwide since 1999.

    In addition to making compelling editorial content, I have 6 years experience of delivering promotional videos and virals for Liverpool FC's commercial department and their partners including Standard Chartered Bank, Adidas, Warrior and the LFC Foundation. 

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    Credits

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    Final Score - BBC Sport , United Kingdom
    2013 - Assistant Producer
    Working alongside an LSM/EVS operator, providing essential VT support on the live network TV show.

    The Road is Long - LFC TV , United Kingdom
    2012 - Producer/Director
    The official 'Making Of' documentary of the single 'He Ain't Heavy - He's My Brother', a collaboration by the likes of Robbie Williams, Beverley Knight and Paloma Faith to raise funds for the Hillsborough families' legal battles. This films shows how the 2012 Christmas No1 was made and how the recording's producer Guy Chambers managed to do justice to The Hollies orignal hit single.

    Truth Day - LFC TV , United Kingdom
    2012 - Producer/Director
    I produced and edited this one hour documentary on the day the world learned the truth about Hillsborough. The programme followed the day's momentous events from David Cameron's Commons apology, to the Hillsborough Independent Panel facing the media at Liverpool Cathedral and finishes with coverage of the St George's Hall vigil where the bereaved families, Hillsborough campaigners and the people of Liverpool came together to remember the 96 and mark an historic victory in the fight for justice.

    Craig Bellamy - 24 Hours in Singapore - LFC TV , Singapore
    2012 - Producer/Director
    22 minute documentary following the Liverpool striker on a whirlwind promotional tour of Singapore.

    Match of the Day - BBC Sport , United Kingdom
    2012 - Assistant Producer
    Regularly produce match edits for the BBC's Barclay's Premier League highlights programme, also assembling analysis packages for use by pundits Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer and Lee Dixon.

    Hillsborough 23 Years On: 10 Questions - LFC TV , United Kingdom
    2012 - Producer/Director
    Produced, directed and edited a compelling and essential documentary on why the Hillsborough disaster remains unfinished business. As the title suggests, the programme was split into 10 chapters, each of which was introduced by a question such as "Why was Hillsborough debated in parliament in October 2011?" and "The Kop sings 'Justice for the 96' but what is 'justice'"?

    The 2012 Hillsborough Memorial Service - LFC TV , United Kingdom
    2012 - Producer/Director
    Once again produced Liverpool FC's live TV and web coverage of the annual Hillsborough memorial service from Anfield, including titles and various VT inserts and closers.



    Shankly: Life Before Liverpool - LFC TV , Unspecified
    2009 - Producer/Director
    An intimate profile of the man whose drive and charisma turned Liverpool FC into a 'Bastion of Invincibility', Bill Shankly. Exploring the factors that shaped his childhood in the Ayreshire coalfields and shedding light on his playing career pre-Anfield, 'Shankly: Life Before Liverpool' gives a unique insight into the formative days of Shankly the man and Shankly the football genius.

    Ann of Anfield - LFC TV , United Kingdom
    2010 - Producer/Director
    LFC pays tribute to legendary Liverpool fan Ann North. Having missed just 20 games in 40 years, the Grimsby woman travelled hundreds of thousands of miles following her beloved team, well and truly earning her 'Ann of Anfield' nickname before passing away in January 2010.

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    Employment History

    December 2010 to Present Day, Freelance AP on various BBC Sport productions including Match of the Day, Football Focus and Final Score;

    July 2007 to Present Day, Senior Producer/Producer at Liverpool FC's TV channel and website (LFC TV/www.liverpoolfc.tv); 

    Sept 2005 to July 2007 - Senior AP, John Barnes Football Night, Sunset & Vine;

    Feb 2001 to Sept 2005 - AP Gillette World Sport;

    July 1999 - Jan 2001 - Producer/Cameraman, Tricky Pictures (producing football features for the Western Union World Football show);
     
    July 1997 - June 1999 - Researcher/Analyst, Datamonitor Publications.
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    Education

    1997: B.A.Hons Media Studies, University of Sussex;

    1993: 3 A-Levels from Habadasher Askes Hatcham City Technology College (English A, Sociology A, History B);

    1991: 6 GCSEs, C or above
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    Industry Qualifications

    2:1 B.A. Hons Media Studies, Sussex University - 1997
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    Referees

    Helena Sykes
    Sunset & Vine
    Elsinore House
    77 Fulham Palace Road
    London
    W6 8JA
    020 7478 7300

    Don Jones
    Executive Producer, LFC TV
    PO Box 1959
    20 Chapel Street
    Liverpool
    L69 3JL
    0151 907 9427
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    Additional Information

    Industries

    • Commercials, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Mobile Content, 
    • Music Promos, 
    • Online, 
    • TV

    Programme Types

    • Biography, 
    • Commercial, 
    • Corporate, 
    • Current Affairs, 
    • Development, 
    • Documentary, 
    • Events, 
    • Historical Documentary, 
    • Live Multi-cam OB, 
    • Live TV, 
    • Music Promo, 
    • Outside Broadcast, 
    • Sport, 
    • Travel

    Specialisms

    • Community, 
    • Corporate Films, 
    • Events, 
    • Final Cut Pro, 
    • Football, 
    • Location Filming, 
    • Outside Broadcast, 
    • Popular Culture, 
    • Programme Development, 
    • Programme Formatting, 
    • Sport

    Languages

    • English, 
    • German

    Permits

    • USA

    Licenses

    • Basic Driving (PLG)
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