David's work
About David
Creative leader with 24 years' experience building and leading agile, multi-skilled in-house video production team, delivering consistent cinematic assets, at volume and minimum cost. Proven success working with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure consistent alignment with business needs.
Core Competencies
Content Strategy:
Worked with sales and marketing teams across EMEA to align content strategy with business needs delivering a mix of Podcasts, customer testimonials and thought leadership films.
Content Optimization:
Optimized global podcast program cutting active podcasts from 15 to 8. Move all remaining podcasts to a standard platform. Implemented a consistent brand template and grew subscriptions and downloads by 30%.
Infrastructure Management:
Lead a £1million project from RFI to final delivery replacing outdated standard definition studio with state-of-the-art HD facility and done without impacting existing production schedule in any way. Completed project delivered a 45% cut in energy use and 30% reduction in operational costs.
Additional Skills:
Mentoring and Team Development, Project Management, Presenter Coaching, Studio Engineering, Live Studio Directing, Supplier Management, Risk Assessment, Workflow Optimization, Managing Client Expectations, Management reporting, Cross Functional Collaboration.
Software:
Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, Audacity, Studio One, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Notion, Figma, Zoom Webinar, Riverside, OBS.
Core Competencies
Content Strategy:
Worked with sales and marketing teams across EMEA to align content strategy with business needs delivering a mix of Podcasts, customer testimonials and thought leadership films.
Content Optimization:
Optimized global podcast program cutting active podcasts from 15 to 8. Move all remaining podcasts to a standard platform. Implemented a consistent brand template and grew subscriptions and downloads by 30%.
Infrastructure Management:
Lead a £1million project from RFI to final delivery replacing outdated standard definition studio with state-of-the-art HD facility and done without impacting existing production schedule in any way. Completed project delivered a 45% cut in energy use and 30% reduction in operational costs.
Additional Skills:
Mentoring and Team Development, Project Management, Presenter Coaching, Studio Engineering, Live Studio Directing, Supplier Management, Risk Assessment, Workflow Optimization, Managing Client Expectations, Management reporting, Cross Functional Collaboration.
Software:
Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition, Audacity, Studio One, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Notion, Figma, Zoom Webinar, Riverside, OBS.