Great Crimes & Trials - WMR for Discovery , United Kingdom
2012 - Production Co-ordinator
•Set up foreign shoots including USA, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, Europe
•Managing a very tight schedule for this 26 Ep series
•Attending shoots and assisting wherever possible
•Looked after 5 teams whilst they were out on these shoots trouble shooting whenever problems arose
•Managing a tapeless workflow
•Setting up reconstruction shoots in and around the UK; this involved sourcing locations and actors
•Duties included working to and managing a budget, hotel booking, travel including flights, trains, taxis and car hire, iVisas, Kit hire and carnets, prop sourcing, payments and expenses, sourcing actors
•Archive logging including stills logging
•Pre and Post Production paperwork (Call Sheets, PasC forms, Music Clearance, etc.)
•Helping with company issues such as IT and helping other teams when possible
•Constant trouble shooting throughout the making of the programme.


Maelstrom - Independant , United Kingdom
2011 - Production Co-ordinator
I have been taken on to AP on this short film which will be a mixture of live action and animation.

Helped with licenses, locations, funding,crew, casting and festival entries.

Music Videos Promos - various - MIE , United Kingdom
2010 - Production Co-ordinator
I was taken on to assist the producer in an high profile shoot.

Tasks involved production paperwork, budgeting, booking freelancers and being across everything to do with the shoot.



The Incident - Independant , United Kingdom
2010 - Production Co-ordinator
Working on this short film, I carried out all the duties of a Production Assistant in both pre-production and on location.

I did some script supervising as well as assisting the camera operators and directors.

The Trisha Goddard Show - TownHouse TV , United Kingdom
2008 - Researcher
• Responsible for a team of 12 runners - hiring, briefing and co-ordinating
• Co-ordinating all tasks that needed to be carried out on filming days
• Cash handling and recording - studio float and office budget
• Production paperwork such as call sheets, risk assessments and scripts
• On studio days I was the point of contact for all researchers, producers and technical staff
• Guest and audience queries and needs
• Booking guest and audience travel
• My role as researcher involved finding relevant audience and stories for each weeks shows

Presenter/Associate for Leap TV: 06/09 - 06/10
• Leap Anywhere associate
• Presenting and reporting at events including the launch of the company
• Writing relevant articles for this up and coming new internet TV platform
• Interviewing celebrities at various charity events

Production Co-ordinator for DesiHits: 07/08 - 11/08
• Responsible for uploading radio shows onto the website 7 days a week
• Editing radio shows using Acid Pro and Sony Sound Forge
• Helping presenters record their shows in the radio studio and co-hosting on shows where necessary
• Arranging artist days where an artist would come in to record with presenters
• Co-ordinating all OB/on location productions and initiated coverage of events and celebrity interviews
• Using Microsoft packages such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint for creating, maintaining, and distributing production paperwork for the smooth running of the office/studio
• Communicating with the team using Outlook
• Interns reported to me for work and guidance
• Main point of contact for editors, presenters and interns and link between production staff and senior management
• Studio management and co-ordination
• Prop sourcing
• Research for articles and weekly programmes
• Studio and location lighting
• Organising various photo shoots for presenters
• Main point of contact for PR Agencies and celebrities and their managers
• Health and Safety awareness and responsibility in both the office and studio
• Troubleshooting

Reporter/Presenter for NewsPepper: Various events 07/08
• Reporting at various events such as the Facebook Developers Garage and The Insiders for Channel 4.

Team Assistant for the BBC 06/08
• 'Mashed 2008' in London
• Set up of the event - stage, lighting, sound, presentation areas
• Health and Safety
• Sound Assisting
• Camera Assisting

Co-ordinator/Researcher for Town House TV: The Trisha Goddard Show 4/08- 06/08 (FTC)
• Responsible for a team of 12 runners - hiring, briefing and co-ordinating
• Co-ordinating all tasks that needed to be carried out on filming days
• Cash handling and recording - studio float and office budget
• Production paperwork such as call sheets, risk assessments and scripts
• On studio days I was the point of contact for all researchers, producers and technical staff
• Guest and audience queries and needs
• Booking guest and audience travel
• My role as researcher involved finding relevant audience and stories for each weeks shows

Contributor for Mama Youth Project: What's up? 07/08
• Guest speaker on video 'What's up?' a youth programme about the disadvantages that graduates face when seeking employment

Production Manager/Location Manager for Panacea Productions - 03/08 - 07/08
• Low budget film for entry into festivals
• Co-ordinating and managing the shoot from actors to expenses
• Auditioning potential actors
• Equipment hire
• Location managing

Office Manager for NetPlay TV 01/08 - 04/08
• Creation and set up of the office for this newly established production company
• Producing an informative induction booklet for all new members of staff using Power Point
• Co-ordinating stationary orders and office equipment such as printers, storage and refreshments
• Managing the office budget
• Appointed Fire Warden
• Carrying out Health and Safety duties such as risk assessment forms for the studios
• Manning the switchboard and reception, taking deliveries, sorting post, booking couriers and meeting rooms
• Helping in the set up of three new studios including helping with the set
• Sitting in on interviews for new presenters
• Assisting the two directors with general administration and secretarial tasks

Production Support Administrator/Co-ordinator for the BBC 07/07 - 10/07
• Co-ordinating the technical team
• Troubleshooting
• Carrying out many administrative and Post Production duties
• Taking minutes at meetings, producing and distributing spreadsheets to co-ordinate edits
• Communicating with staff via radio and Outlook
• Co-ordinating all ingest and playout requests to ensure production had media on time
• Assisting programmes such as FOOD, The One Show, Windscale and Earth Biographies
• Production and Archive tape management

Director/Sound/Camera Operator/Editor 07/06 - 12/06
• Producing a promotional video for a charity called the Horizon Trust
• Working to a brief set for the application for Lottery funding
• Shooting interviews with the directors of the company and filming their events
• Travelling to Russia in order to capture a team-building event they were carrying out with young Russian children

Runner 05/06
• Music video for Blind Jackson produced by Black Box Productions
• Carrying out basic running duties such as assisting the Director with props, catering and make-up for the singers. The shoot was over a two week period.

Camera Operator 03/06
• Participating in a 3 camera OB production directed by Philip Wood who has directed Emmerdale and Coronation Street
• Experience using SONY broadcasting equipment
• Creating the set and atmospheric lighting

Audience 12/05
• Participating in the audience for the recording of Celebrities Under Pressure in Manchester
• Learning more about the recording of an OB production by watching it live

Shadowing Journalist 06/04
• Two week work placement in France, for a company called Ouest France
• Shadowing a reporter
• Helping with interviews
• Attending meetings
• Various paperwork

Degree 2:1 BSc Honours in Media Production & Technology with English Language & Linguistics

A-Level Art & Design B, English C, French D

AS-Level Theatre Studies C

GCSE English Language A*, Art A*, English Literature A, History A, Textiles A, French A, Science BB, Mathematics C, Spanish C

GNVQ L2 Event Stewarding

Degree 2:1 BSc Honours in Media Production & Technology with English Language & Linguistics

Experience of working to a brief producing, shooting and editing material to create the final product

Presenting magazine shows in a live studio environment

Presenting/Reporting on location

Technical experience using the following:
Cameras: Canon XL1s, XF305, 7D, SONY DVCAM DSR-250P white balance, framing shots

Arri Lighting Kits, Dedo kit

Sound equipment: Tie-clip mics, gun mics and audio mixing, sound editing using Cool Edit and Sony Sound Forge

Editing footage using Premiere Pro 1.5 and Final Cut