Experience

You Make It

• United Kingdom
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trustee

  • Jan 2022 - Present



BT Group

• United Kingdom
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal, Broadcast Regulation(BT Sport)

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  Head up team of broadcast compliance editors at BT Sport, ensuring broadcast content is compliant with Ofcom regulations and BT Sport Editorial Policy. Assess and manage editorial risk with regards BT Sport content on linear and digital platforms. Drive the compliance culture at BT Sport. Respond to industry consultations on future regualation. Manage relationship with Ofcom and other key industry stakeholders on broadcast compliance issues.

• Broadcast Compliance Manager, Editorial (BT Sport)

  • May 2014 - Feb 2020

  Responsible for implementing BT Sport’s Editorial Policy, executing a compliance culture, training production staff, introducing processes and ensuring that risks are appropriately assessed. Provide compliance advice to production companies on commissioned content throughout the production process ensuring Ofcom and BT Editorial Policy guidelines are adhered to. Project lead on multi-stakeholder human rights and sports production initiative with other UK broadcasters, human rights specialists, sponsors and rights holders Show less



Television On-Demand Industry Forum (TODIF)

• Co-Chair, Television On-Demand Industry Forum (TODIF)

  • Jan 2017 - Oct 2021

  Elected as Co-Chair for an industry forum, managing the relationship between Ofcom, DCMS and notified Television On-Demand content and service providers, lobbying in the best interest of viewers and our businesse to affect change within the industry and influence future regulation of on-demand content. Elected as Co-Chair for an industry forum, managing the relationship between Ofcom, DCMS and notified Television On-Demand content and service providers, lobbying in the best interest of viewers and our businesse to affect change within the industry and influence future regulation of on-demand content.



Sky

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Editorial Compliance Executive

  • Nov 2012 - May 2014

  Provided compliance advice to production companies on commissioned content throughout production process ensuring Ofcom and Sky Editorial Policy guidelines are adhered to. Delivered compliance training across the business and to external production companies. Complied content for use within promos, online and for VOD also providing compliance advice on competitions and product placement.

• Editorial Compliance Executive

  • Jun 2010 - Oct 2012

  Viewed, complied and desktop edited (using EasyCut) acquired content for transmission across Sky Entertainment portfolio of channels including Sky1, Sky Atlantic, Sky Living, Sky Arts, Pick TV and Challenge. Provided compliance advice to production companies on commissioned content throughout production process ensuring Ofcom and Sky Editorial Policy guidelines are adhered to. Provided live compliance advice on-set at studio records, including operating profanity button during live shows.



Various

• Researcher

  • Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Researched potential programme ideas at various independent production companies to pitch to broadcasters. Also worked on productions finding contributors and setting up shoots. Researched potential programme ideas at various independent production companies to pitch to broadcasters. Also worked on productions finding contributors and setting up shoots.



Channel 4

• United Kingdom
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Assistant

  • 2000 - Dec 2008

  Provided editorial and administrative assitance working in the Commissioning department. Worked in News & Current Affairs for 5 years across programmes including 'Dispatches' and 'Unreported World'. prior to that worked in Factual dept on 'Big Brother, series 2' and previously in the Multicultural dept working on 'The Mobo Awards', 'Indian Summer', 'Bollywood Movies' and 'White Tribe'. Provided editorial and administrative assitance working in the Commissioning department. Worked in News & Current Affairs for 5 years across programmes including 'Dispatches' and 'Unreported World'. prior to that worked in Factual dept on 'Big Brother, series 2' and previously in the Multicultural dept working on 'The Mobo Awards', 'Indian Summer', 'Bollywood Movies' and 'White Tribe'.