director / producer / senior creative
London, UK
Nationality: British ٠ Other languages: Conversational Polish

Previous key employers
Virgin group, Current TV, Viasat Broadcasting, Sky, ITV, Discovery, Granada, Addictive Television, Tarantula, Shout TV, Renaissance, Ministry of Sound

Career profile
Skilled and experienced in all aspects of production — from scriptwriting and shoot management, through to editing and motion graphics. I have a talent for thinking outside the box, and aim to ensure a distinctive flair & style is evident in all the work I produce.
I’m confident, amiable and highly organised. I’ve worked for several years now at a senior level with some high-profile international & European companies. I’ve branded channels, worked extensively in on-air promotions, as well as directing / producing numerous live action & animation projects. 
I’m comfortable working within a team, autonomously, or leading projects and managing. My main aims are always to ensure that work is produced on time, within budget and to a high creative standard.

Specialities
· Producer / director / editor
· Creative manager / senior creative
· On-air promo production, trailers
· Channel branding, idents

Related skills
·Directing live action shoots and animation
· Scriptwriting, concepts, treatments
· Client liaison and presentations
· Supervising post-production, voice-over direction
· Certified Avid editor, Final Cut Pro editor
· Familiar with film editing, 3-machine, various non-linear systems
· Experienced with Adobe After Effects, Photoshop
· Excellent management, co-ordinating and organisational skills
· Multi-platform campaigns / media production (broadcast, digital, interactive TV)
· Camerawork, sound recording, vision mixing

Work history
WRG (creative agency)
2010 - NOW ٠ Head of Film, Video and Digital
  • WRG is a highly respected creative communication agency with a strong international reputation.
    The head of moving image and digital creatively directs a talented and accomplished in-house department, producing work for events, corporate, commercials, as well as broadcast projects.
Virgin group (broadcaster / media production)
2008 - 2010 ٠ Senior creative manager (on-air production)
  • Managing the presentation, promotions and branding of Virgin Atlantic's global on-demand in-flight entertainment network.
  • Producing / directing original in-house productions for their very own V TV channel.
  • Creating multi-platform promo campaigns.
Current TV (broadcaster)
2006 ٠ Senior on-air producer / director
  • Responsible for giving a UK voice and identity to Al Gore's innovative youth channel.
  • Various channel branding campaigns & commercials, to launch the channel and beyond.
  • Creating multi-platform promo campaigns with a tight synergy between on-air, online etc.
Viasat (broadcaster)
2002 ٠ Senior promo producer
  • Promos & trailers: movies, drama, comedy, documentary, music and sport.
  • Various pan-european channel branding campaigns.
  • TV commercials: Metro (daily newspaper), TV1000 (European movie channel), Sirius (global satellite network).
Tarantula (TV production)
2001 ٠ Senior producer

Renaissance (music industry / youth brands)
2000 ٠ Promo producer / director

Addictive Television (TV production)
2000 ٠ Director

 Gameplay (Interactive TV)
1998 ٠ Head of on-air creative
Produced & directed Gameplay's channels for Sky Active (interactive TV) and broadband. Established a strong brand identity and developed a cohesive overall style. The interactive TV channel aired on Sky's launch of Open TV (Sky Active), and chiefly due to my teams work it quickly became one of their most popular channels.
  • Set up and managed the department (in-house facilities, creative team).
  • Pivotal in creating Gameplay's look and feel for a television audience. The lively & original identity I developed deeply influenced Gameplay's overall brand.
  • Managed idents, on-air promos, features, plus the presentation of the channels.
Ministry of Sound (global youth brand)
1996 ٠ Promo producer / director
At the Ministry I was able to develop an intuitive approach to reaching a youth market, and trail blaze VJing to an international audience.
  • Music videos, TV and radio commercials.
  • Video artist (VJ); performing live alongside acts such as Fat Boy Slim, Paul Oakenfold and The Chemical Brothers.
Reality Check (live audiovisual performance)
1994 ٠ Founder member / VJ artist
A founder member of Reality Check, one of the original pioneering VJ groups. Instrumental in bringing VJing to the forefront of contemporary youth culture, leading to the high profile it enjoys today.
  • Audiovisual artist; producing & performing for super-clubs, festivals and promotional events worldwide.
Box Filmworks (film production)
1994 ٠ Director / producer
  • Set up a small independent production company. Produced several 16mm shorts, which were well received at a variety of national film festivals. Some went on to be screened on Yorkshire TV and BBC2's 10x10.
  • Conceived and produced Cabaret Deluxe, an innovative touring multi-media performance show.