March 2004-date Freelance Avid and tape
Clients have included:
Champions League Magazine Show, ITV
Match of the Day, BBC
Tour de France and French Open Tennis, Eurosport
Speed Sunday, North One Television
Promo conforming/carting, BSKYB and Viasat
Jul 2001-Feb 2004 Video Editor
Octagon CSI, Wimbledon Park
Editing of high quality features and inserts for programs including: Western Union World Football, The European Football Show, and World of Rugby
British and World Superbikes
Octagon client based promos and productions for the Football Association, the International Tennis Federation, Mastercard and others.
Live production of football, hockey and rugby, where duties included set-up, vision and sound mixing with live commentators, and the recording and mixing of voice-overs.
Sep 1998-Jul 2001 Video Editor
BSkyB, Osterley
Using Sony digital edit suites, including BVS 2000 switcher, DME, and DESAM audio mixer.
Editing promos, openers, closers, features and tape inserts across the entire Sky platform.
Avid Media composer, cutting feature items for the Movie Channels and Sky business, as well as promos and inserts for all Sky channels.
Dec 1988-Sep 1998 Senior Editor/Supervisor Sky News, Osterley and Westminster
Having sole responsibility for the output of six edit suites, I ensured that all taped parts of the rolling bulletins were available to tight deadlines.
Stories covered included:
1990 World Cup, Italy
1990 Nelson Mandela's release from prison in South Africa
1992 General Election (following the campaigns around the UK)
1994 Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Canada
1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta
With a technical background, I also acted as a trouble-shooter for technical problems within the department whilst supervising my shift and organizing staff rosters.
For a period of six months I was technical manager of Sky News' political office at Millbank. Duties included ensuring the smooth running of the studios; edit suites, lighting, racks, sound mixing and front line maintenance. The technical organization of inserts from Downing Street and other London injects was also my responsibility.
Sep 1983 - Dec 1988 Technical operator
Reuters Television, Newman Street
Working at the Newman Street studios: off-lining Reuters' corporate videos. In addition to stories for foreign clients - both news and features.
Studio disciplines included lighting, camerawork, sound and vision mixing in the 3-camera studio.
MCR operations included booking and co-ordination of national / international feeds.
At the invitation of NBC America, I worked on location as a VT operator during the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
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