Curriculum Vitae
​
· A dedicated and meticulous post-production professional with over 17 years’ experience in the industry
· Skills include Non-Linear and Tape-To-Tape editing and a full understanding of post-production workflows
24/04/2023 - Present
Edit Assistant - Hogarth Worldwide
• Working with Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Complete Ingest/Outgest QC and delivery of assets for content and social platforms (moving and static).
• Monitor Scope, Waveform and Audio levels.
• Encode/Transcode files using Adobe Media Encoder according to delivery specs.
• Complete standards conversions using software converters.
26/08/2022 – Present (Freelance from 06/04/2023)
QC Operative - White Label Productions
• Carrying out full runtime QC of encoded audio and video, against VOD platform or other client specs, with an eye for both technical and content failures.
• Carrying out careful checking and QC of all AV assets, metadata, and artwork against VOD platform specs ahead of delivery.
• Creating QAR (Quality Assessment Reports) for ingested assets and reporting back on findings.
• Updating project status on Trello.
• Creating preview clips and menu loops in Adobe Premiere.
29/11/2021 – 20/08/2022
Media Operations Technician (contractor) -
NBC Universal
-
Identifying technical and general errors with both video and component/sidecar files in Mediator, Switch, Baton & IRIS.
-
Segmenting and passing/referring media in Mediator X.
-
Working with files for both streaming and broadcast.
17/07/2021 - Present
Freelance Compliance Editor -
Skyline IFE
• Spotting and removing objectionable material.
• Processing .SRT files into Premiere.
• Conforming, upscaling, exporting and QCing media using Media Encoder.
• Screening and recommending films based on suitability.
02/08/2021 – 08/10/2021
Media Operator -Prime Focus Technologies
-
Performing technical QC for broadcast and online.
-
Identifying technical errors via manual QC as well as Vidchecker and Baton reports.
-
Logging errors in Excel and Clear.
-
Creating burnt in subtitles for broadcast using Subtitle Edit.
15/01/2020 to 24/01/2020 (Sickness Cover)
Production Freelancer -Viasat World
-
Re-versioning and QCing promo videos in Adobe Premiere.
-
Re-versioning graphics in After Effects.
-
Carting graphics for playout.
-
Updating music licence information using Soundmouse.
16/04/2014 to 18/10/2019
Editor/ Asset Ingest -
Global Eagle
-
Editing with Final Cut Pro 7, Adobe Premiere Pro & After Effects. Responsible for the creation of promos, compiling programme channels and menus for various airlines, including Emirates, Qatar Airways and KLM, according to the guidelines set out by the respective airlines.
-
Conforming and re-versioning of incoming Digital Video using Premiere Pro/Final Cut Pro.
-
Ingesting media into the company MAM with correct file naming structure and metadata.
-
Master file QC and export, including multi-language and foreign titles.
-
Video Editing for content when required.
-
Standards / Frame rate Conversions using Media Encoder.
31/04/2016 to 11/08/2016
Video Editor - Diagonal View
-
Creating Facebook videos mainly for the Financial Times and in-house Need To Know Facebook channel.
-
Creating graphics to an established template using After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
-
Creating original channel prototypes, animations, and templates.
-
Contributing to the script.
25/08/2005 - 15/04/2014
Video Editor/
News Engineer -
Inflight Productions
-
Editing with Final Cut Pro 7, Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer.
-
Responsible for editing the Euronews program for KLM to a daily deadline.
-
Creating pitch videos for airlines.
-
Creating booth videos and marketing materials for industry events and conventions.
-
Managing media with Final Cut Server and Reach Engine.
-
Using CommVault to backup and retrieve media to LTOs.
-
Fixing audio and video dropouts.
-
Spotting and editing objectionable content out of programmes.
-
Meeting daily, weekly, and monthly deadlines.
-
Ensuring that the content is delivered to the airlines in a satisfactory, broadcast quality state, via BetaSP, DigiBeta or digital means, ensuring the satisfaction of over 5 million passengers monthly.
-
Standards conversion.
-
Checking duplicated tapes against our quality control guidelines.
-
Creating a news bulletin overnight from existing footage from the BBC or Sky News using Avid Xpress & linear editing systems.
-
Importing the BBC news, encoding it via Rockwell and Digital Streams. Uploading it via FTP and USB to the Heathrow Express.