Eleanor Birdsall-Smith

Eleanor Birdsall-Smith

Production AssistantLondon, United Kingdom
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Eleanor Birdsall-Smith

Eleanor Birdsall-Smith

Production AssistantLondon, United Kingdom
About me
2019 Oxford university graduate with a high 2:1 in English Literature and Language coming straight from a fast-paced creative role as development assistant to Bafta-winning producers. Eloquent, hardworking and organised with strong writing abilities and both on-set and office production experience.
Projects
  • Elizabeth & Jameson live performance
    Elizabeth & Jameson live performanceA live recording of Cambridge based folk band Elizabeth & Jameson playing one of their most recent singles 'I will wait' to be broadcast as a feature on Cambridge local TV (Freeview 7, Virgin 159)
  • Inside a violin making workshop - Cambridge Violin Makers
    Inside a violin making workshop - Cambridge Violin MakersA charming and soulful look inside the largest independent violin workshop in the UK to be broadcast as a feature on Cambridge local TV (Freeview 7, Virgin 159)
Work history
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    Front of houseRealife Trust
    Cambridge, United KingdomPart Time
    - Run front desk, organise room bookings, answer phone enquiries and sort post. - Currently setting up initiation of wellness centre for disability aid in Cambridgeshire
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    Development AssistantFAB Productions
     - London, United KingdomFull Time
    - Sole assistant to all team members across all aspects of the business - In charge of researching up to five topics per week, in depth for pitches to major channels alongside developing my own ideas for potential programmes - Organised a pilot episode for a pitch to ITV, personally handling casting and logistics - Wrote up show treatments for channel executives and designed graphics and copy for slide deck pitches
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Skills
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Microsoft Office
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Camera Assisting
Education
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    Bachelor of Arts (BA) Oxford University
     - Oxford, United Kingdom
    ST ANNE’S COLLEGE, OXFORD • BA ENGLISH LITERATURE • 2:1 - First class honours achieved for my 2 dissertations on 1) female social dyspraxia, and 2) female protagonists in Diana Wynne Jones’s children’s fiction
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    A LevelsHills Road Sixth Form College
     - Cambridge, United Kingdom
    English A* History of Art A* History A