Kelsey Simon
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Afrikaans Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Experience
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Rare TV
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United Kingdom
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Producer
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Apr 2023 - Present
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Relsah Films
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United Kingdom
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Development Assistant
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Dec 2021 - Present
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Santo António International School of Estoril
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Portugal
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Humanities Teacher
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Sep 2020 - Mar 2023
- Foster an engaging and creative classroom environment, where the ideas of students are valued and respected - Design and implement a carefully thought out curriculum for grades 6-9 - Assess the needs of students and modify teaching style and lesson plans to accommodate different learning needs - Serve as a form tutor for grade 6, offering academic, social, and emotional support - Collaborate with other faculty members to connect curriculum and deepen the level of learning taking place - Maintain meticulous documentation for each student Show less
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Rapid Blue
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South Africa
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Development Assistant Producer
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Jul 2021 - Oct 2021
- Actively brainstormed, researched, conceptualised, developed, wrote- up and presented treatments in response to client briefs and proactively developed new creative properties for Rapid Blue - Worked successfully as part of a team via correspondence by sustaining open channels of communication with the company directors, reaching out to co-workers and managers regularly for feedback and initiating brief meetings with colleagues to exchange ideas - Actively brainstormed, researched, conceptualised, developed, wrote- up and presented treatments in response to client briefs and proactively developed new creative properties for Rapid Blue - Worked successfully as part of a team via correspondence by sustaining open channels of communication with the company directors, reaching out to co-workers and managers regularly for feedback and initiating brief meetings with colleagues to exchange ideas
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Rapid Blue
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South Africa
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Research and Development Assistant Producer
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2020
- Show development - Write treatments - Research for shows and briefs - Proactively develop new properties - Assist on productions with creative, research and production - Work closely with production - Participate in creative, skills and ideas sharing sessions - Show development - Write treatments - Research for shows and briefs - Proactively develop new properties - Assist on productions with creative, research and production - Work closely with production - Participate in creative, skills and ideas sharing sessions
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Oxyg3n Media
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South Africa
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Development Coordinator
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Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
- Work across Animation, Drama, and Factual- Provide creative input, research, and coverage for ideas in various stages of development- Generate and research new show ideas- Track projects from inception through to commission - Provide support to Development Producers and creative team- Schedule interviews, meetings and events related to development and pre-production- Interface directly with talent, agents and network executives- Assist with scripting - Identify potential new ideas- Read scripts- Liaise with researchers and production - Set visitations Show less
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Researcher
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Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
-Source research material and fresh stories- Create user friendly research systems- Arrange interviews with candidates and guests- Research images and videos clips to be used in treatments, sizzles and promos- Attend location shoots- Identify stories, candidates and guests
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Education
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University of the Witwatersrand
Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Education -
University of the Witwatersrand
Honors, History -
Leiden University
Bachelor’s Degree, History -
University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor’s Degree, History