I am an accomplished senior-level executive with a proven 20-year track record of production experience, accelerating company growth and strategic and tactical leadership.
Working across both broadcast TV and commercial digital productions, I have developed expertise in process and operations while delivering multiple large scale projects simultaneously.
Key Skills
- Production expertise across multiple disciplines - hands on approach to production with excellence in all areas of production – Producing, Directing, Editing, Photography and Creative
- Up to date knowledge of technical equipment
- Operational leadership roles including setting up and growing companies and departments
- Managing multiple teams and ensuring top quality delivery across multiple assets
- Exceptional budgetary experience project, department and company wide
- Growing and nurturing teams and ensuring talent retention
- Successful track record in managing large scale, high profile, digital campaigns
- Client facing – including pitching, managing clients
- Editorial expertise
Highlights
- Created 80 hours of broadcast television across 8 series as showrunner, presenter, director, producer and executive producer. Oversight of all production from creative to delivery.
- Award winning broadcast journalist. Winner ‘UK Travel Broadcast journalist of the Year’ 2011 – for work on ‘Indian Times’ and Nominee in 2010, 2011 and 2012
- Championed the creation and implementation of video content on Channel 4’s most successful online portal
- Founded ‘Media Ark Ltd’ a London-based video production agency, growing the company from 2 to 20 people and to over £1 million turnover, then brokered a deal to sell the company to ‘Hangar Seven’.
- Established and managed Hangar Seven's video offering enabling successful sale of the wider agency. Held a senior management position responsible for 20+ staff and entire agency's video output of over 1000 productions per year. Instrumental in winning clients such as Diageo, Tesco and Unilever.
Career Path
2017 - 2019 Managing Director– Mr White Ltd
- Founded agency
- Grew to £800k turnover in year one and £1.6M by year two
- Won multiple repeat clients from Diageo, Tesco and National Geographic
- Built the agency into a sellable asset within 18 months
2014 - 2017 Director Of Production – Hangar Seven
- Implemented new video department including processes and guidelines
- Senior Management position overseeing 20+ staff
- Helped to diversify the agency away from retail into consumer brands and leverage existing photography clients into video
- Instrumental in positioning the agency into a position for sale
2007 - 2014 Production Director and Founding Partner – Media Ark Ltd
- Day to day running of a team of 20 across multiple projects including broadcast TV and online video
- Pitched into and won numerous clients
- Brokered a deal to sell the agency to Hangar Seven
2007 – 2007 Video Manager – Natural History Museum
- Responsible for all video content across the Museum and online
- Ran a team of 7 staff and charged with streamlining video output
2005 – 2007 Video Content Manager – Channel 4 / IWC Media / 4CAR
- Implementation of the first online video content on Channel4.com
- Ran the video side of 4CAR Channel 4’s most commercially successful site
2003 – 2005 Producer / Director – Katipo Productions
- Pitched, produced and directed an 11 part TV travel documentary series
- Self funded series sold to Travel Channel International, Canal + (France), TVNZ and under licence to many more