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South Bank, London

• Responsibility for Public Address, distributed TV, music playback, communications and Voice Alarm systems.
• Processing large POs with appropriate preparation, research and submission of proposals.
• Budgetary responsibility for sound and video building and communications systems.
• Maintaining production-based sound, video and communication equipment: working to component level when appropriate and ensuring adequate parts and spares are stocked.
• Understanding software / systems used by the department, particularly those that are performance critical.
• Assisting in running the NT Recording Studios.

South Bank, London

• Budgetary responsibility for sound and video maintenance and individual projects.
• Directing procedures in the department workshop, supervising casual staff undertaking maintenance, repairs and installations and advising theatre staff in effective first-line maintenance.
• Assisting in running department IT networks.
• Supporting operational staff in designing, manufacturing and troubleshooting sound-related props / effects.
• Providing and servicing sound equipment for projects outside the theatres, developing systems to record, locate and maintain sound, video and associated equipment across the organisation.
• Managing the PAT electrical safety programme for the department, training and supervising other staff.

South Bank, London

• In addition to conducting a major project to replace radio microphones building wide (as part of the national digital switchover) and overseeing duties previously carried out as the Senior Audio Engineer, was focussing.
• Liaising with senior sound managers to ensure staffing schedules are accurate, appropriate and issued in a timely fashion, taking particular responsibility for non-theatre areas such as the Duty role, The Deck and.
• Monitoring allocation of resources within the theatres, studios and touring shows.
• Advising and providing practical solutions to colleagues across the organisation, especially in Access and Digital Projects.
• Chairing weekly department and managers’ meetings, ensuring good attendance, accurate minutes and efficient use of staff time. Monitoring progress on key issues, supporting staff and encouraging effective participation.
• Managing sound and video personnel, researching training opportunities for staff on and off site.

London, United Kingdom

• Working alone, familiarising myself with equipment, working closely with venue staff and performers.
• Engineering live and session recordings in venues such as St Paul's Covent Garden, the QE Hall and St John’s, Smith Square.
• Editing for the London Symphony Orchestra, pianist Stephen Hough, Wigmore Hall Live, clarinettist Steven Kanoff, The Nash Ensemble, Classic FM and Floating Earth.
• Editing sessions using SADiE, Pyramix and Pro Tools.

St John's Wood, London

• Filling in the position between two placement students.
• Familiarisation with microphone capabilities and techniques.
• Mixing, editing and post-production in a range of musical genres.
• Supporting experienced engineers, producers and musicians in a demanding professional environment requiring fitness, stamina, organisation, enthusiasm, competence, tolerance and precision.
• Ensuring that equipment is in working order, organising repairs as necessary.
• Setting up and de-rigging recordings, including large-scale orchestral works and film scores.

Perivale, London

• Preparing rigs for location recordings, loading /unloading vehicles and driving.
• Checking and organising equipment, managing storage facilities.
• Copying, labelling and tidying media, and transferring analogue tapes onto digital formats.
• Reliably running tape machines and keeping accurate session logs.
• Familiarisation with different rigs and ability to adapt quickly to new facilities.
• Understanding the characteristics of small listening environments.

Begbroke, Oxford

• Knowledge of electronics to component level.
• Building consoles, testing and repairing / replacing circuitry as required.
• Identifying, tracing and fixing faults, troubleshooting, applying patience and a logical train of thought.
• Producing a clear and comprehensive systems test manual.
• Answering questions and training members of the service department.

L3 Team Leader (Supervisor), Management, Distinction

• Managing and developing team members • Managing projects • Planning and monitoring workloads and resources • Delivering operational.

Tonmeister, Sound Recording, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Big Band, Chamber Choir, UniS Football, Orchestra, Wind Band, USSU Stage Crew,

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