Personal Profile
From a Musical Theatre background I have achieved, by broadening my horizons, a greater understanding of television programming. I am flexible in my approach to tasks but I have the ability to adapt to many media formats. Using my extensive administration skills I can be very organised and methodical in my work. Being capable, humorous, determined and caring I am dedicated to working in the media. I also play a diversifying role in the community to devise fund-raising ideas for local charities.
Key Skills and Attributes
- Very organised with lots of energy and stamina
- Flexible but work well with deadlines and schedules
- Wide knowledge of television production and programming
- Particularly work well in team work and communicate well with people of all backgrounds
- Determined and dedicated to excel in the Media Industry
Employment History
ITV Granada 19/12/06 – 19/01/07
Media Training North West, Enabling Media Training Scheme with the Music Department in Granada Studios. Researching song titles from music books. Initial music set up, digitising music onto the computer and setting LPs ready for digitalisation.
Better Choices Ltd 30/7/06 – 31/10/06
Part of a clerical team providing clerical assistance. Data inputting client’s details on ‘Core plus’. Sorting out the mail, photocopying, faxing, using own flexi sheet, franking and answering phone calls. Reception duties, being the first point of call for our clients to see and handling queries.
Women’s Enterprise Initiative 05/05 – 05/06
Providing supervisor with administrative assistance. Daily duties including email, intranet, filing, faxing, mail, photocopying and answering phone calls.
Responsible for providing information into the databases and spreadsheets. Typing correspondence and attending Network Events/Trade Fairs.
Hobbies and Interest
Working as part of a team or individually with a local charity group to organise and plan fundraising events. Utilising my organisational and communication skills under pressure at times. Part of the team organising and producing musical theatrical productions in my local amateur dramatics society. Going to the cinema, listening to music and reading. Editing film/music clips on Adobe Première and putting together video shorts for educational and personal purposes. Attending studio audiences, watching television productions and crew at their work. Doing television extra work and applying for reality television shows.
Rydings School 1990/94:
GCSE Science E
Hopwood Hall College 1990/1998:
GCSE English D
GNVQ Maths level 1 & 2
GNVQ English level 3 & 4
R.S.A Clait
Pitman Diploma Office
Office Applications
Btec 1st and National
Dip in Performing Arts
Hopwood Hall College 2007:
Btec National Award Y1 Media
Development Courses
BTCV Institute
May 2004
Emergency First Aid
Women’s Enterprise
2005/2006
Interview skills, assertiveness,
impact and etiquette in the workplace,
confidence building and time management.
Discovery Day
Nov/Dec 2006
ITV 2 day production taster course
Radio Regen
June/July 2007
10 week radio production placement
Discovery Day
Aug 2007
ITV 2 day production taster course
North West Vision & Media
2007/2009
Media workshops (BBC & ITV)
Primary Creations
Scriptwriting for screen
Sep/Oct 2010
Nov/Dec 2010
Please contact me for full CV.