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CV

Education 

2017 – 2019  University of Worcester 

BA HONS in Film Production and Film Studies (1st Class Honours)  

AWARD: Awarded the Robert Burley film Award at the University of Worcester for the high standard of a film production and dissertation in 2019. 

2013 – 2015  Staffordshire University 

Foundation Degree in Digital Media Production (Merit) 

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2015 – 2017  Burton and South Derbyshire College 

BTEC Extended Diploma in Creative Media Studies Level 3 (Film and TV) (Distinction, Distinction, Merit) 

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2010 – 2013  Burton and South Derbyshire College 

BTEC Extended Diploma in Art and Design Level 3 (Photography Specialist) (Distinction Star, Distinction, Distinction)    

 

Work Experience 

 

Media and Architectual Technician (Hardwick Studio Architects) (2023-2025) 

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Hardwick Studio Architects are a family run Architectual studio who specialise in drawing designs for new build houses and extensions, my role as Media and Architectual Technician is to aid in the design process of house designs through 3D Computer aided design and digital photography and videography. My role duties include 

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  • Site Surveys  

  • Visual drawing 

  • Computer aided design (CAD) 

  • Site location drawings 

  • Proposed design Sketching 

  • Digital photo manipulation 

  • Lightroom editing 

  • Photoshop editing 

  • Premiere pro editing 

  • Floor plan drawing (Revit) 

  • 3D Digital Modelling (Twin Motion) 

  • Graphic design 

  • Motion graphics 

  • Video production 

  • Site Photography 

  • Studio housekeeping and organisation 

  • Paging and print organisation 

  • Assistant to Lead Architect 

 

Media Technician and Social Media Assistant (Medic Mentor) (2022) 

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Medic Mentor are an educational institution comprised of a network of Doctors, Medical students, Secondary students, parents and teachers. Medic Mentors vision is to help guide future medical students towards successful entry into medical school through education courses, work experience and summer schools that focus on Personal Statement building. As a media technician my role was to be within the Media and Marketing team to comprise the production of marketing campaigns through the Medic Mentor Website and other social media channels. My Role included duties such as 

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  • Video editor 

  • Social media marketing (TikTok, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook) 

  • Photographer 

  • Videographer 

  • Camera operator 

  • Sound recordist 

  • Working with students 

  • Working with animals 

  • Working with children 

  • Live recording 

  • IT Technician 

  • Graphic design 

  • Interview set up and techniques 

  • Clinical and medical photography 

  • Co-ordinating Summer Schools 

  • Maintenance of equipment 

  • Reporting to the Head of Media 

  • Daily meetings 

  • Presentation and pitching skills 

  • Scheduling (Socialpilot) 

 

Online Content Creator (2023-2025) 

 (PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE) 

  • Social Media Presence. 

  • Data logging. 

  • Creating weekly Media Content for a wide viewer base 

  • Creating and sticking to weekly schedules 

  • Setting up Audio and Visual Equipment 

  • Troubleshooting 

  • Working Streaming software such as OBS and Streamlabs OBS 

  • Video Editing using Adobe Premiere Pro 

  • Networking 

  • Running linked Social Media Sites (Discord, Instagram, Twitter) 

  • Graphic Design 

  • Script Writing 

  • Marketing 

  • Overlay building 

  • Budgeting 

  • Social media campaign marketing 

  • Profile building 

  • Reading analytics (Twitch, Google and Youtube) 

  • Moderation 

  • Chat and Viewer Interaction 

  • Daily Polls 

  • Responding to comments 

  • Building a community 

  • Scheduling and Time Management 

 

The University of Worcester Media Lab (2018 -2019) 

  • Working with clients 

  • Videography 

  • Photography 

  • Producing 

  • Pre-production 

  • Storyboarding 

  • Health and Safety 

  • Video Editing 

  • Social media content producer 

  • Business meetings 

  • Working in a studio 

  • Location recce 

  • Equipment and prop sourcing 

  • Driving 

  • Working to deadlines 

 

Other Work Experience 

 

G4S/NHS Covid-19 Testing Site Supplying Manager Worcester (2020 - 2021) 

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  • Stock Management.. 

  • Distributing the necessary PPE and cleaning materials across the site to ensure health and safety procedures are in line with government guidelines. 

  • Building test kits to ensure the sites daily requirements are met. 

  • Working with Mobile Testing Unit Managers (MTU) to make sure they are fully equipped for their offsite set up. 

  • Receiving and confirming stock of incoming deliveries. 

  • Dealing with external couriers to ensure the safe handling and dispatching of used test kits to the labs for testing. 

  • Experience of communicating the testing procedure to subjects, offering help and guidance when required. 

  • Working safely with busy traffic to guide them through the site. 

  • Personally adhering to government guidelines, specifically social distancing, handwashing and the wearing of P.P.E. ​

 

Cinema Experience Manager and Projectionist (Odeon) (2017 - 2022) 

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  • Managing and working with a team of staff to operate the running of a cinema. 

  • The commitment of being organised with the behind-the-scenes operations of the cinema such as maintaining the cinemas projectors, film schedule organisation and cinema maintenance. 

  • Utilizing marketing skills to attract new customers such as building posters, wearing costumes, advertising new products and sales online. 

  • Answering phone and online queries from customers. 

  • Being a key holder. 

  • Ordering stock and keeping up with stock take. 

Holding monthly team meetings. 

  • Health and Safety training and reports. 

  • Cashing up and paying in. 

  • Answering emails. 

  • Working on the concessions stall providing excellent customer service whilst serving customers in a busy environment 

  • Hosting guests within the cinema environment. 

 

University of Worcester Student Ambassador for Media Production (2018- 2019) 

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  • Helping with preparation and co-ordination of University Open Days. 

  • Guiding informative campus tours to individual and grouped parties around the university. 

  • Running presentations to applicants about university lifestyle. 

  • Travelling to colleges and schools to speak to and in front of large groups of students. 

  • Hosting game and activity days. 

  • Helping with the running of Graduation Week which included signing in graduates, the gowning process, ushering and hosting the celebration ceremony. 

  • Being an ambassador for the Film Production and Studies Course degrees. 

  • Social Media Marketing 

  • Event Photography and Videography 

  • Taster event co-ordination 

  • Mail send out 

  • speaking at university fairs 

 

Costa Coffee Barista (2018-2019) 

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  • Multitasking. 

  • Maintaining health and safety in a role which can be hazardous without care. 

  • Meeting Costa Coffee food and drink regulations and standards. 

  • Pot washing and general housekeeping whilst working with cleaning schedules. 

 

Weekend Retail Floor Supervisor and Colleague (Primark) (2010 – 2016) 

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  • Leading a small team of retail assistants towards accomplishing a set target.  

  • Working closely with other management team members whilst developing my own ideas and learning new skills that will help develop work efficiency and sales. 

  • Making sure the team knows what their role is for that day with work such as, re-stocking, recovering departments and organisation of lunch breaks.  

  • Control of busy areas of a shop floor including the efficient control of busy queues at till points .  

  • Customer Service desk training and knowing the trading standards laws and returns policies. 

  • Merchandising 

 

Voluntary Work Experience    

                                                                                                    

Hotbox Events Steward - Information and Assistance (Download Music Festival 2017) 

Photographing conference days at England National Football Team - Saint Georges Park Training Ground for The FA Grassroots programme. (2014) 

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Personal project experience 

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  • Documentary Filmmaker with two Feature Documentary Credits 

  • Behind the Scenes Stills photographer and Videographer for a Netflix and Whatifi movie production. 

  • Photographed the 2014 CYQ Fitness trainer Competition.  

  • Video Editor with years of experience, Confident with programmes such as Adobe Photoshop CC, Premiere Pro CC, DaVinci Resolve 2020. 

  • Experience in Wedding. Videography and Photography.  

  • Photographed a Dance Studio Photography Project.  

  • Experimental photographer in spare time. 

  • Produced and Directed the production of the Yearly Burton Mail Business Award Ceremony film which was played during the awards ceremony.  

  • Experience working within crews on multiple short films and music videos. 

  • Writing Directing and editing my own personal passion project feature film documentary Known as The Jolly Good Fellow.  

  • Taken place in The Format Photography Festival in 2013 and 2015 

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