I’m a successful Project and Production Management specialist with experience of working on high profile multi-platform assignments and a passion for managing stakeholders and developing talent.

During my extensive and diverse Broadcast Career I’ve successfully managed multi-skilled teams. I’ve delivered and produced a ... Read More

I’m a successful Project and Production Management specialist with experience of working on high profile multi-platform assignments and a passion for managing stakeholders and developing talent.

During my extensive and diverse Broadcast Career I’ve successfully managed multi-skilled teams. I’ve delivered and produced a wide range of events and projects to the highest standard, and to budget. Each project and production required a high level of stakeholder, creative, financial, analytical and team management skills, aligned with a flexible approach to achieve the strategic and delivery targets.

Over the past three years I have worked with Fresh Start Media as the Line Producer achieving several recommissions plus successful grants from the BFI. I set up their Production Management processes, and a range of company policies plus worked with a range of stakeholders at Sky and Discovery on resource contracts. As Line Producer for Factual and Branded content I delivered award winning content within budget.

As Planning Manager / Production Executive for BBC Three I provided financial and schedule data for the commissioning process for Current Affairs, Factual, Entertainment and Comedy. I worked closely with a wide range of senior Business and Contract Managers from all genres to ensure delivery of commissions within financial and volume targets.

I set up the new Short Form Indie commissioning process for BBC Three, ensuring best practice and financial targets were met while ensuring quality output is delivered across a range of platforms. I led the team Production Management team delivering award winning content for BBC Three.

I've managed the Production and Technical Training Cohorts of Apprentices and Trainees for the BBC Academy, working closely with a range on internal and external trainers to provide the highest quality training across the BBC. I've overseen operational transformation of scheduling and training delivery, embracing the role and impact of digital training as well as traditional face-to-face offerings.

As Head of Projects and Line Producer for ‘Pompeii and Herculaneum’ a live cinema production produced by The British Museum across the UK and Europe, I ensured the creative delivery of content was commissioned, developed, and delivered. I authored the Business Case, PID, project reporting, risk management and post implementation review to the highest standards and within the British Museum governance structure.

I brought together multiple internal departments with a range of external partners; including Goldman Sachs, The Times, Odeon group and Picturehouse. I ensured all key creative, business and financial decisions were aligned to the strategic aims of the project. I produced a series of short films for The British Museum website and staff engagement events. I worked with the Social Media team to maximise the awareness and impact of the live cinema production. All the content produced was aligned to the production brief and met the editorial guidelines of The British Museum.

For the London 2012 Olympics I was the event project lead and pre event producer; working with BBC Sport, BBC R&D, NHK (Japan), LOCOG, NBC and Olympic Broadcast Services (OBS) to deliver the first Olympic Games covered with Super Hi-Vision pictures. I faced challenges with cultural differences, new delivery formats, unknown equipment installation times, new post production rendering as well as working within the world’s biggest sporting event. To ensure success I always kept the BBC ethos of supporting the skilled teams to undertake their roles, but also ensuring they all understood their editorial, financial and resource parameters. I brought together technical, production, commercial partners with resource teams ensuring they understood each other’s and the projects dependencies. I managed the key stakeholder using my full range of negotiation and persuasion skills to resolve conflicts. I developed and commissioned content for web, event screenings and film inserts. This ranged from translating complex technical data into bite-size films to a 20min introduction to the Olympic Park.

While working as a project and business lead at IMG, I developed and managed a range of commercial partners to develop end-to-end digital workflows. This included location capture through to complex interfaces with databases, IP Director, EVS and play-out servers. I used my financial and stakeholder management skills to ensure the project was scoped, reported, and delivered within tight time constraints. I worked with a number of high-profile clients including; Barclay’s, YAHOO and the LTA to develop multi-platform content.

I've worked in Production Management roles on: News, Factual, Children’s Entertainment and Sport; all delivering multi-platform content for live OB / Studio and pre-recorded programmes. Credited programmes include Newsround, BBC Sports Personality 2008-2010, Ski Sunday, Six Nations Rugby, Premier League Review, Inside Sport Documentaries and Wimbledon.

I lead the production and event management team for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008-10. All delivered in live event venues to audiences in excess of 14,000. I was responsible for the event management, budget, safety and resource contracting. I was responsible for managing the event from finding suitable locations to set installation. I worked closely with the set and stage designers, host venue managers and other key resource supplier to ensure a smooth rig and de-rig. Other stakeholders included local council, marketing and security services.

I spent 7 years in BBC Sport as a Production Executive managing the Production Management team. During this time I played a key role in Outside Broadcast contract agreement and management. I led the agreements for Key Performance Indicators and benchmarking activities across all production resources. I also played a key role in issuing and awarding tenders for major production contracts; including the multi-million Outside Broadcast contract with SIS.

I'm an experienced Line Producer and Project Manager of creative content and learning events. I recognise the need to develop people from all backgrounds and abilities to enhance the skill base within departments and reflect an increasing diverse audience. I understand the challenges people face working in an ever changing internal and external environment. I have an extensive range of professional media contacts which I can use to build on the success of all future projects. Read Less