About me
As you will see in my CV I have qualified experience as a Producer and previously as a Campaign Executive (Digital Marketing) within the Advertising and Media sectors. By leading and coordinating the internal teams, ensuring that each project designed, built and deployed would satisfy the brief, within optimal time and within budget.
By independently managing and leading multiple and concurrent projects through all the different departments (Marketing/ Production / Accounts team) ensuring quality control and consistency, I aim for the effective financial planning and monitoring digital and TV campaigns, overseeing the life cycle from initial award / job pitch, creative consultation and scripting, budgeting and planning, build and deployment by leading and take responsibility for the internal production process facilitating communications between internal and external partners.
Outline of responsibilities and personal attributes for media project management:
Ensuring client expectations are met appropriately and fed through the account team structure.
Leading pitch projects to ensure smooth process, budgets are met and most importantly we are producing the best creative work possible.
All budget control and financial management: Create, negotiate and manage budgets ensure each production is scoped, has adequate time and resources it requires and is delivered correctly on time, to spec and within the agreed cost.
Producing and sticking to accurate timing plans agreed by all parties and very much protecting the creative time.
Communicating project changes quickly and clearly, guaranteeing he/she is always understood by all project participants.
Typing speed, with accuracy at (64+ words per minute)
Data entry and accurately following administrative protocol, confidently using word processing, spreadsheet programmes and presentation programmes - MS Office (Word, Excel and Power Point) and database software Entry Point, and File Maker Pro and scheduling software Farmer's Wife and Outlook.
Photographic retouching and solid knowledge of file formats for archiving and viewing on multiple platforms.
Attend reviews with production ideas and budget solutions.
Proven digital production, email marketing, TVC post production and live action shoot production knowledge.
Confident and comfortable commanding a room and pulling a team together.
A creative passion, confident expressing a creative opinion.
Excellent communication, organisation and people skills.
Ability to develop strong relationships.
Ability to anticipate and pro actively manage projects.
An enthusiastic team player with energy to take responsibility for the core team.
Skills
Very strong level of verbal and written communication skills, including proof reading, Advanced skills handling digital SLR photographic cameras and HD video cameras., Intermediate to advanced DIT / digital file formatting and photographic retouching with Photoshop., Copy Editing for email marketing / ECRM e newsletters, websites, TVC reversioning on end frames and artwork, time slates and translations., - Spell check, - Punctuation check, - Grammar check, - Paragraph formatting, - Dialogue formatting, - Type face consistency check, - Headings formatting, - Sentence and paragraph construction, - Required rewriting, - Page and chapter number consistency check, - Fact checking, - Fully proficient in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
Sector Experience
Various Job Titles I have held when employed in a variety of Media Production sub-sectors., I have gained confidence and a calm demeanor working with major clients in a variety of digital media and advertising sub-sectors. The exposure has broadened my awareness developing my strong commercial and operational skills working in line with agency and client side protocol., Bringing extensive client-facing experience, I have gained speed and clarity when reading, writing and speaking - my written and verbal communication skills are very strong and have been further refined by my communications degree. I have excellent people management skills, able to cajole, encourage and inspire people in my team., 3D animation Producer, Post production Producer, Production Manager, Reversioning Producer, Production Coordinator, Studio Manager , Assistant Producer, Photography Agent, Model Booker
Awards
2006 to 2009 Degree Bachelor of Communication - RMIT University Melbourne, Australia, 2009 Advanced Diploma of Communication - Oxford Brookes University, UK, 2006 Advanced Certificate of Graphic Arts - Swinburne University Melbourne, Australia, 2005 Advanced Certificate of Web Design - Encore Safe Sydney, Australia, 1998 A-levels Psychology, Art and English Language - SCAT, Taunton Somerset, UK