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Katherine Cash
Production Assistant, Broadcast Assistant
United Kingdom

Katherine's Biography

A highly motivated and professional individual with several years experience of TV Production in the UK and North America. This includes working with the public and managing relationships. As a conscientious and a creative team player, I have highly transferable skills and am a fast learner able to work on my own initiative. I endeavor to add value to any production.

Employment History


April 2009- Present            Ginkgo Music

Position Held: Production Manager/ Production Assistant

Skills and responsibilities:  Ecological campaign (Ecuadorian Rainforest) Filming abroad and around the UK. Interviewing various Music artists including Kate Walsh, The Nextmen and Devon Sproule who have participated in creating a fundraising music album

October 2008- July 2009     After Adoption

Position Held:Producer/ Director

Skills and Responsibilities: Awareness raising and promotional content used across a 360 degree media platform. This content is
focused on the birth parents of forced adoptions and their needs. 

June 2008- October 2008    ThinkPink Ltd.

Position Held: Creative Business Assistant

I was brought on board as a creative business assistant to over see a pilot project of tailored fitness videos. Over seeing projects from pre-production to distribution I was the Managing directors right hand person in delivering this new project to a client database.

July 2007-November 2008     Bournemouth Tourism

Position Held: Customer Service Advisor

Responsibilities and Skills: A full customer contact job working with Bournemouth Council in Marketing and advertising, meeting and greeting, team work, leaflet design, customer complaints, working on the telephones, postal duty, accommodation and activity bookings, liaison with local businesses. </span><!--EndFragment--> 

Jan 2007-June 2007       Lladro (UK)

Position Held: Sales Assistant

Responsibilities and Skills: Cashing up, solely managing a concession stand within a large department store, customer service. customer communications, book keeping and other numerical filing.

Sept 2005- October 2006   DCK Concessions

Position Held: Retail Associate

Responsibilities and Skills: Managing and displaying jewellery stock for Arcadia Group shops. Visual merchandising, time keeping, and networking.   

May 2006 - October 2006   Lloyds Shoes

Position Held: Sales Manager

Responsibilities and Skills: Shoe Dept. Manager. Broadened
experience in management, including stockroom management, window display, sales and deliveries. 


September 2004- September 2006  Pointless Taxi Productions

Position Held: Producer/Production Manager

Responsibilities and Skills: Client liaison, Research, Scheduling, Budgets, Time keeping, Funding, Pitching, general administration.

Education


2006 - 2009 Bournemouth University School of Media

BA(hons)Television Production  2:1 
• HD studio production
• Editing
• Production management including scheduling, casting, script breakdown, hot costs etc.
• Short film
• 360 degree multi-media platform. (Writing, TV production, Internet)
• Sound on shoot

Jan 08-April 08: Scholarship placement at Ryerson University School of Media (Canada, Toronto)
I was awarded a scholarship to attend Ryerson in Canada, which is one of North America's foremost centres of media excellence. During my time with Ryerson I attended master classes from John Cusack and Jason Reitman.
• Media entrepreneurship (A)
• Advanced lighting and special effects. (Lighting certified) (B+)
• Post production supervision (A+)
• Production Management (A)

In recognition of my contribution to community work with TV production, I have a citizenship scholarship awarded by Bournemouth University for the duration of my study.

2004-2006 Dartford Grammar School, Kent.
International Baccalaureate Diploma - 396UCAS points
Subjects include: Music, Physics, English, Mathematics, Business studies, Italian and Theory of Knowledge
2006 Grade 8 Clarinet (scholarship at Trinity National Music College)

2003-2004: Blackfen School for Girls, Bexley
GCSE 6 A's, 2 B's, 1 C Grade.

Industry Qualifications

First Aid for the Workplace 

Referees

P.C. Michael Wearing
Metropolitan Police Bexleyheath brancch
2 Arnsbergway Bexleyheath,
DA7 4 QS
Mobile 07949937678

Andrew Ireland
The Media School
Wessex House
Bournemouth University Talbot Campus
Fern Barrow
Wallisdown
Bournemouth
BH12 5BB
Tel: 01202 524111

Industry Awards


  • 'Taking a Stand Award' (awarded by the Home Office) for the film 'This Girl'
  • 'Tryangle Award' (Bexley Council), S.E. Regional Volunteering Award for the film 'Studs'
  • Citizenship Scholarship awarded by Bournemouth University. 

Skills

Key Skills for me include:
  • Film and Television Production
  • Networking
  • Administration (45 wpm)
  • Customer Service \
  • Project Management
  • Marketing
  • Community Work
  • Public Speaking 
  • Travel

Additional Information

Industries

  • TV

Programme Types

  • Arts, 
  • Biography, 
  • Business, 
  • Childrens, 
  • Comedy, 
  • Comedy (Children's), 
  • Commercial, 
  • Community Progs, 
  • Cookery, 
  • Corporate, 
  • Current Affairs, 
  • Daytime, 
  • Development, 
  • DIY, 
  • Documentary, 
  • Drama Reconstruction, 
  • Drama: Feature Film, 
  • Drama: Short Film, 
  • Drama: Television Serial, 
  • Dramatised Documentary, 
  • Education, 
  • Entertainment, 
  • Environment, 
  • Events, 
  • Food, 
  • Game Show, 
  • Health, 
  • Historical Documentary, 
  • Interactive TV, 
  • Investigative, 
  • Leisure, 
  • 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, 
  • Travel, 
  • Youth

Specialisms

  • Art, 
  • Arts, 
  • Cinema/Film, 
  • Clubbing, 
  • Comedy, 
  • Fashion, 
  • Final Cut Pro, 
  • Literature, 
  • Location Filming, 
  • Music, 
  • Tourism, 
  • Travel, 
  • Youth Culture

Languages

  • English

Permits

  • EU

Licenses

  • Basic Driving (PLG)