Chris Mcdonnell
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Chris Mcdonnell

Video ProducerDubai, United Arab Emirates
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Chris Mcdonnell
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Chris Mcdonnell

Video ProducerDubai, United Arab Emirates
About me
I am an experienced and motivated individual with a variety of production, events and project management skills. Having worked within the live broadcasting industry I have learned to be self sufficient and independent. I am able to work with professionalism and tact while engaging with clients of different backgrounds and from different industries. Excellent problem solver, highly experienced and effective team player. Being flexible and working under pressure in a busy and demanding environment are key traits of mine, with a keen eye at identifying areas of improvement. I have a strong personal network with the ability to generate a buzz around the message that I am trying to communicate whilst keeping the clients vision the main focus and ensuring the end product reaches the clients audience. •Live Webcast: ​Production of a live events from various locations, including team management and transport logistics of equipment. • Broadcast technology:​ Utilisation and configuration of Flash Live Media Encoder, Wirecast, Octoshape, OBS, Live-U backpacks and servers over different internet protocols – RTP family, HLS, HDS, Microsoft, Shoutcast and Wowza. • Director:​ Director of visuals for live streaming, vision mixing with graphics and multiple cameras for both corporate and Music events. • Production: ​Camera work, boom operator, vision mixer and management of video and audio feeds. • Event Management: ​Floor management, bringing all elements of production to execute as per client spec whilst working
Work history
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    Broadcast Technical SupervisorBoiler Room
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Assist the Head of Live Broadcast with global Broadcast associated logistics and backhaul, as an internal and external contact Pursue the highest standards of innovative creative output, within the defined budget, working to the guidelines set out by the Broadcast Production Formats. Craft Leader on site, and for backhaul off site, for the London Broadcast Production team, demonstrating expert ability in all areas of Audio and Video equipment, and ensuring stable broadcast solutions. Ability to provide leadership and train new staff. Maintain sufficient stocks of production consumables. Kit Room Management, ensuring a well organised environment at all times. Inventory Management, ensuring that the status of equipment is noted for review. Leading production team to each location to set up full production and broadcasting remotely using Live U.
    Groovy Gecko logo
    Groovy Gecko logo
    Webcast EngineerGroovy Gecko
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    Elements of a Webcast Producer include audio visual production, coordination of content delivery, recording and broadcasting, reporting and QA. All live events would be in various locations, a lot of which were international, they would often require me to travel with equipment independently and work with local production crews. The type of events range from corporate to fun/ energetic gigs. Recent jobs include the fast growing product Facebook Live, I worked with clients such as Grazia UK magazine at Facebook HQ, the Humanitarian Conference in Istanbul Congress, ITV News studios for an overnight Brexit poll discussion which lasted to the early hours of the morning. Within these jobs I would be project managing from start to finish, this includes floor managing a team, ensuring processes are in place to make sure an event is carried out to the client’s specification. The job also required use of video editing skills for post production On-demand content delivery.
Skills
  • Broadcast Production
  • Production Management
  • Vision Mixing
  • Camera Operating
  • Audio Engineering
  • Live Streaming
  • Event Management
  • Marketing
  • Video Director
  • Photography