I have developed many skills through my previous employment and volunteer experience. These examples have been grouped below. Full details of each position are also found under CV on the drop down menu.
Production Management
- Updating offline and final post schedules in a busy edit facility using Farmers Wife and Cirkus software
- I worked with Farmers Wife to set up the Cirkus software for our company and organised the roll out of training
- Working closely with client production companies to complete projects for a variety of budgets and tight deadlines
- Prioritising tasks, and maintaining workflows when different projects have competing requests
- Organising quality checks and deliveries to UK broadcasters
- Coordinating reversion and delivery to a variety of international distributors
- Booking freelancers and coordinating the timely supply of music, graphics and other media assets
- Handling VO and ADR bookings, for a variety of projects from commercials to ADR for HETV and films
- Scheduling and overseeing runners and edit assistants
- Creating quotes and closely tracking projects to ensure accurate invoicing
- Coordinating on location, problem solving and adapting schedules to any last minute changes
- Handling large crew, fixed rig and multi-camera filming
- Working with contributors and talent
- For example, at The Edit, welcoming VO and ADR talent
- For example, on Help! My House is Haunted, working with celebrities and contributors in there own homes
- Managing archive from ingest to declaration
- For example, on Killers: Caught on Camera, collating and logging archive from police forces and stock websites, checking what had been used in the EDL and reporting the final costs.
- Dealing with petty cash, per diems, purchase orders and credit card reports
- Creating post production paperwork, including experience in Soundmouse and Albert
- Maintaining back2back production's several busy in-house and remote edit suites as well as an audio facility
- Assisting with ad hoc production tasks, such as EDLs and VO scripts
- Dealing with kit bookings, repairs and purchasing
- Covering the reception and answering new enquiries
- Transcribing rushes
Customer Service
- Dealing with a range of customers, in person and over the phone
- For example, during the Newnham Telephone Campaign and in the phone room at the Fringe
- This includes dealing with difficult customers or implementing unpopular policies, such as the bag size policy at the Cambridge Arts Theatre and latecomer policies at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- Selling a wide range of products, from high-end gin to the variety of shows on offer at the Edinburgh Fringe
- Serving food and drink to customers
- Hosting masterclasses, tours and Q&As
- For example, as leading Access tours and Q&As as an Access Ambassador for Newnham College
- For example, as hosting gin tastings and masterclasses at the Cambridge Gin Laboratory
- Keeping calm under pressure
- For example, during busy times in the Gin Lab or at the Fringe
- For example, whilst dealing with difficult customers
- Strong communication in team settings to achieve the smooth running of events and best customer service
- Using a variety of CRM software
- For example, Red 61 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- For example, Zendesk at Cambridge Assessment International Education
- For example, Skype for Business at Cambridge Assessment International Education
IT Skills
- Experience using Google Workspace
- Experience on Microsoft packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- I have taken several courses through Linkedin Learning
- Experience using scheduling software, Farmers Wife & Cirkus
- This included teaching others to use this software
- Experience using Canva
- Use of SPSS and ATLAS.ti software packages during my degree
- Building websites through WordPress and Shopify
- For example, I created the Help! My House is Haunted merch website
- Publicising Boat Club events and engaging Boat Club alumnae through social media
- These examples also highlight that I can swiftly learn a variety of IT skills
Administrative Skills
- Managing a busy shared Outlook inbox
- Helping examiners over email and on the phone
- Coordinating between different teams in a large company
- Handling personal and sensitive data
- Updating website content and users
- Tracking packages and ordering couriers
- Training new and temporary members of staff
- High attention to detail
- For example, marking a range of examinations
- Organising the payment of bar staff and overseeing the finances of the Iris Bar
- Taking minutes and organising meetings as Secretary of Newnham JCR
- Communicating between different departments
- For example, communicating between the senior leadership team and the wider student body as Secretary of Newnham JCR
- Managing a squad of over 60 rowers, coxes and coaches
- Chairing meetings of the NCBC Committee and the Gryphens (Newnham Alumnae) Committee
- Sitting on various college committees including the 150th Anniversary Committee, College Council and Governing Body
Events
- Events Coordinator for the LGBTQIA+ Staff Network at Cambridge Assessment
- This involves organising online events for the global staff that are part of Cambridge Assessment
- The most successful event was the 'Bring Your Line Manager' event that we hosted with the BAME, Women in Leadership and Disability and Neurodiversity networks. The aim of this event was to provide information to line manager so they could better support their staff who are part of these networks
- Organising the Cambridge 99s Squad Training Camp
- Booking accommodation and travel for a squad of 50-60 rowers, coxes and coaches
- Planning travel, food and accommodation for the Cambridge 99s Women's squad to race at Fours Head in Hammersmith
- Overseeing Newnham College Boat Club's annual race, Newnham Head, to fundraise for the boat club
- Planning an international trip to race against top university boat clubs in Nanjing, China
- Organising an Access and rowing overnight event for state school students in London, to raise educational aspirations
- Volunteering with the Cambridge Film Festival, welcoming attendees and answering any queries
- Volunteering as a marshal at a variety of rowing events, helping attendees to to park and boat as well as umpiring and being a cycling safety marshal
- Cambridge 99's Autumn Regatta (September 2021)
- Cambridge University Eight's Regatta (June 2021)
- Lent Bumps (February 2020)
- Newnham Head (February 2020)
- May Bumps (June 2019)
- Lent Bumps (March 2019)
- Newnham Shortcourse (February 2019)
- Newnham Shortcourse (February 2018)
- Organising the first Film Festival at the Duke's at Komedia Picturehouse cinema as part of the Brighton B.Fest Youth Arts Festival
Research
- Writing research reports, literature reviews and funding applications for various charities using Rockit Funding's consultant services
- Conducting an independent research project as part of my final year dissertation into the experiences of Stay-At-Home Fathers
- This involved transcribing and conduct content and thematic analyses
- This has been published in the Journal of Men's Studies (Jones, Wells, Imrie & Golombok, 2021)
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