Kelsey Simon

Assistant Producer at Rare TV
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Contact Information
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, PT
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Afrikaans Elementary proficiency

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Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Producer
      • Apr 2023 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Development Assistant
      • Dec 2021 - Present

    • Portugal
    • Primary and Secondary Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Humanities Teacher
      • 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

    • South Africa
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Development Assistant Producer
      • 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

    • South Africa
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Research and Development Assistant Producer
      • 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

    • South Africa
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Development Coordinator
      • 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

    • Researcher
      • 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

Education

  • University of the Witwatersrand
    Post Graduate Certificate in Education, Education
    2018 - 2019
  • University of the Witwatersrand
    Honors, History
    2017 - 2017
  • Leiden University
    Bachelor’s Degree, History
    2016 - 2017
  • University of the Witwatersrand
    Bachelor’s Degree, History
    2014 - 2016

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