Accomplished long-form broadcast and digital offline and online editor, as well as director and writer, with a proven 20-year track record in the end-to-end production, in varied demanding environments, of engaging multi-channel formats. Proficiencies from conception to production, strategic creative development, post-production processes, as well as expert level experience in Avid Media Composer, Adobe Creative Suite and Final Cut Pro Studio.
Working internationally for a wide variety of clients including Animal Planet, A&E Networks, AMC Networks, the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery, Endemol, ITV, Netflix, Paramount Pictures, Time Warner, VICE and much more. Background includes broadcast work in documentary versioning and editing for the BBC’s award-winning Africa Eye brand, factual series like Animal Planet’s How Do Animals Do That?, ITV’s Welcome to HMP Belmarsh, Piers Morgan’s Life Stories and A&E Network’s My Brave Face, reality series like Netflix’s The Big Flower Fight, as well
Work history
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Editor/WriterFreelance
London, United KingdomFreelance
Post-production work for companies including, but not limited to, the BBC, Netflix, AMC, A&E Networks, Animal Planet, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery, Endemol, ITV, Paramount Pictures, Netflix and VICE.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
● Editing for Multistory Media on the ITV factual series Piers Morgan’s Life Stories – Chris Eubank
● Editing for Barcroft Studios on the A&E Network’s factual series My Brave Face, creating the new format from scratch, whilst maintaining a cool head under extraordinarily trying circumstances.
● Offline and online editing for the BBC’s award-winning Africa Eye brand including the long-form documentaries Sweet Sweet Codeine and Betraying The Game, which both had a significant real-world impact: the Nigerian government placed an immediate ban on codeine and a thorough investigation of the corruption rife in Ghanaian football was launched.
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Senior EditorBespoke Banter
- 25 Old Compton St, Soho, London W1D 5JN, UKFull Time
Key responsibilities:
● Work closely with staff, managers, producers and the creative director to finish video and media projects to the highest levels of quality, including graphic design integration, audio sweetening, colour correction and final delivery requirements.
● Coordinate all aspects of the editing process and personnel as needed, from project setup to online finishing.
● Work independently to weave stories out of given footage but also make creative decisions regarding the editing of projects based on written scripts or external input.
Key responsibilities:
● Successfully managed and finalised the Fashion Week and St. Tropez social media campaigns by efficiently coordinating and editing masses of content, supervising multiple freelancers, and strongly maintaining creative and quality standards through the line.
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Skills
- Content Development
- Digital Content
- Video Directing
- Video Editing
- Abode Premiere
- Final Cut Pro
- Relationship Management
- Branded Content
- Broadcast Media
- Avid
Education
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Bachelor of ArtsRhodes University
- Grahamstown, South Africa
Majors in Psychology and Dramatic Arts.
Minors in Legal Studies, English and Journalism.