Experience

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  Doghouse Post Production LTD

  • United Kingdom
  • Entertainment
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Facilities Engineer

    • Jun 2023 - Present

  • Facility Support Lead

    • Jun 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Operations and Workflow Supervisor

    • Sep 2019 - Jun 2022

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  BBC Studios

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Senior Digital Technician

    • Apr 2018 - Aug 2019
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

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  BBC

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Digital Technician

    • Nov 2015 - Apr 2018
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

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  Love Productions

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Logger

    • Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

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  Films at 59

  • Data Wrangler

    • Aug 2015 - Sep 2015

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  Roughcut Television Ltd

  • Edit Assistant

    • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

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  Films at 59

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Technical Assistant

    • Sep 2011 - May 2015
    • Bristol, United Kingdom

    Technical support for TV and Film post house based in Bristol. Tasks include building and maintaining offline edit suites on both PC and Mac. Covering Editing systems in Avid, Adobe and Final Cut Pro in a shared storage environment. Dealing with client issues, maintaining technical facilities for ingest and storage. Additional tasks such as maintain the companies social media presence, additional support to online department as well as workflow support.

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  Slinky Productions Ltd

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Camera/Logging Assistant

    • Nov 2014 - Nov 2014
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Part of a 23 man filming team covering three days of The Skills Show at NEC in Birmingham. Responsibility to assist the cameraman as the team the shows five halls. In addition Stuart was responsible for logging interviews making notes for the edits, organising and keeping to the interview schedule. This also involved being the Unit's communication to base and other unit crews via walkie talkies.

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  Step2CollaboTV

  • Ambassador

    • Jun 2011 - Sep 2011

    Step2CollaboTV is a free creative media hub with over 3,000 members. Ambassadors for Step2CollaboTV support and contribute to the ever growing network. Active ambassadors are regularly featured to help contact and network even further with likeminded creatives.It’s important emerging talent understand that by improving your knowledge of the industry, you can improve your chances of getting work and gaining further exposure and recognition. Step2CollaboTV ambassadors can help improve, embrace and share advice with the ever growing community.As a Step2CollaboTV ambassador Stuart helps; Sharing advice and knowledge with new entrants Welcoming new members Recommending and flagging content Make suggestions on future content that Step2TV postsStep2CollaboTV is part of Step2TV Network. Step2TV Network is unfunded and non profit and are proud of the help and support they can offer.

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  Staffordshire University

  • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

  • Broadcast Technical Instructor

    • Oct 2006 - Sep 2011
    • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    After working as a technician at the University, there was a need to expand my role to further tap my abilities. This has led to my promtion to a technical instructor. This allows me to lead technical training sessions for students known as Technical Instruction. I now regularly cover a range of these sessions aimed mainly at Journalism students working towards one or all of their multi-platform outputs.

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  Channel 4

  • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

  • 4Talent Inspiration Day

    • Jun 2011 - Jun 2011
    • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    4Talent in partnership with Staffordshire University ran a full day of workshops for people to find out about what really goes on, to develop key skills that will help get ahead.From the TV and Radio Newsroom to exploring digital media, you'll get the chance to get stuck in and have a go. People who want to be part of the evolving, multi-platform industry.

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  Slinky Productions Ltd

  • Birmingham, United Kingdom

  • Pride 2011

    • May 2011 - May 2011
    • Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Slinky Productions be working with Birmingham Pride to produce a series of official videos that will culminate into a half-hour insightful documentary (broadcast TBC). Birmingham Pride is a weekend long lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender festival held annually in the Gay Village in the heart of Birmingham held over the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend in May.It is uniquely the largest FREE LGBT two day festival in the UK - and features a Carnival Parade through the city centre plus entertainment zones - including dance arena, main stage, cabaret marquee, fun-fair, community village green, central market street, and the friendliest street party.The 2011 theme is ´One World - One Love - One Community´ bringing together all the celebratory elements of the festival for all to enjoy.Preview video can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmgVHvFEx9k

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  Slinky Productions Ltd

  • Walsall, United Kingdom

  • Camera Operator - Walsall's Got Talent

    • Apr 2010 - Apr 2010
    • Walsall, United Kingdom

    Live Camera Operator for Walsall's Got Talent. An entertainment showcase of various perfoming styles from dance to music by people from 7-79 years old from the Walsall area.

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  Slinky Productions Ltd

  • United Kingdom
  • Media Production
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Camera Operator

    • Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

    Camera Operator for Union TV episodes 8 to 11, Broadcast on the Community Channel and produced by Slinky Productions. The studio based show looks at the world of trade unions.Check out the show-reel http://www.slinkyproductions.co.uk/slinky-skills-show-nec/

  • Sound Operator

    • May 2009 - May 2009

    Sound Operator for interviews with people at Love Music Hate Racism Concert in Stoke on Trent. The sound would be used with video shot that day for broadcast on Union TV Episode 5 and For Love Music Hate Racism's use. http://www.lovemusichateracism.com/www.communitychannel.org/uniontv

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  Slinky Productions Ltd

  • Camera Operator

    • Jan 2009 - Jan 2009

    Video shoot of samba band Glamba, endorsing the Roland RMP-12. The shoot took a small performance and a short interview with the band.

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  Slinky Productions Ltd

  • Rotherham

  • Floor Manager

    • Sep 2008 - Sep 2008
    • Rotherham

    Floor manager for a seven camera crew filming Love Music Hate Racism Concert in Rotherham.The Concert was later Broadcast on Red TV & Brit Hits.

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  First Wave Films

  • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

  • Course Leader

    • Mar 2008 - Mar 2008
    • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    Course Leader for university taster session with school children. The aim is to give students experience with camcorders to interview students about University life, which will give information about University life to them.

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  Dan Hopkins/Herzoga

  • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

  • Camera Operator

    • Oct 2007 - Oct 2007
    • Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

    After my work with Dan Hopkins on an earlier project I was asked to operate a camera for his latest directing project. Nice Car was the single from up and coming stoke group Herzoga. This can now be found online since the singles release here: http://vimeo.com/5491768