creative producer / director (freelance)
London, UK
Nationality: British

Previous key employers
BSkyB, Virgin group, Current TV, Discovery, ESPN, Viasat Broadcasting, ITV, Granada, Electronic Arts, BDA Creative, OnDemand, SquareZero, Maverick, Addictive Television, Tarantula, WRG, Renaissance, Ministry of Sound

Career profile
Skilled and experienced in all aspects of production — from scriptwriting and shoot management, through to editing and supervising post-production. I have a talent for thinking outside the box, and aim to ensure a distinctive flair & style is evident in all the work I create.

I’m confident, amiable and highly organised. I’ve worked for some years now at a senior level with several high-profile international & European companies. My specialities include promos, movie trailers, title sequences, branding, identities, commercials, cinematics and tour/event visuals. 

I’m comfortable working within a team, autonomously, or leading and managing. My main aims are always to ensure that work is produced on time, within budget and to a high creative standard.

Specialities
· Director / Producer / Editor
· Senior Creative / Creative Manager
· Promos, theatrical trailers
· Branding, identities
· Commercials, corporate
· Cinematics, tour & event visuals

Related skills
· Concepts, scriptwriting, treatments
· Client liaison and presentations
· Directing live action shoots, animation and CGI
· 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)

Work history
Sky BDA_ ESPN_ SquareZero_ Maverick_ - - - - - - - - -- - - - - Kanal 5_ Discovery- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - - 2010 - NOW (freelance) ٠ Creative Producer / Director __ _- - - -_ Working across a diverse range of clients such as ReelMacoy (production company), Sky (broadcaster), Bruce Dunlop & Associates (creative agency), SquareZero (production company), Maverick (creative agency), Discovery and ESPN (broadcasters). - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - I lead a wide variety of projects including creating promotional campaigns (e.g. major video game title Ridge Racer Unbounded, or Kanal 5 show Partaj), branding (Virgin Atlantic's inflight entertainment network), channel launches (Sky preview channel), marketing campaigns (Disney's tween phenomenon Shake It Up), and theatrical trailers (Trap for Cinderella, from Iain Softley – Backbeat, K-Pax).

As a freelancer my responsibilities vary with each contract/project, but may generally include:
·   Coming up with creative concepts, preparing treatments/proposals,__ __ and pitching
·   Being the central point of client contact
·   Scheduling and co-ordinating of any external suppliers
·   Budget management
·   Scheduling of workflow and logistics
·   Creative management of moving image teams through to completion
·   Working across a variety of disciples ranging from live action to CGI_ __ and animation
·   Directing live action shoots and post-production
·   Cross-platform moving image production (e.g. projects for on-air, __ __ online and print)
·   Project management through to delivery

Electronic Arts (interactive entertainment) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ 2010 (contract) ٠ Cinematics Director __ _ _ _ _ ____________ _____ __ Setting up and managing an in-house creative team for the AAA release - Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. Responsible for producing all the key promotional assets surrounding the release (trailers, TV commercial etc) as well as certain in-game cinematics.

WRG (creative agency) ___ ______ ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ 2010 (contract) ٠ Head of Film, Video and Digital ___ _ _ _ __ ___ __ _ __ WRG is a highly respected creative communication agency with a strong international reputation.
As head of moving image & digital I creatively directed a talented & accomplished in-house department, producing work for events, corporate, commercials, as well as broadcast projects.

Virgin group (broadcaster / media production)
2008 - 2009 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, sport and kids.
  • 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 (freelance) ٠ Promo Producer / Director

Addictive Television (TV production)
2000 (freelance) 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 we 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
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.