Bernard O' Farrell Email & Phone Number

Ireland

• Manage, direct, and supervise assigned direct reports, including general leadership, planning, organizing, and performance reviews
• Establish content guidelines, creative style guides, and associated templates for all Longboat products
• Establish associated workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product quality
• Review all Longboat content during analysis, design, and development stages for sound pedagogical and instructional design practices; recommend improvements and revisions to patient, site, and sponsor facing materials
• Work closely with product development and software teams during the creation of new products to ensure that they are user centered and fit for purpose
• Engage with product development and software teams to ensure new product releases are operationalized

Ireland

Ireland

Ireland

Boblingen, Germany

• Presenting instructional design theories to teams on site and at HP sites in India and America; instructing colleagues in video production methodologies including storyboarding and onscreen review (OSR)
• Providing training seminars on Camtasia Studio 8, audio script development, and audio production
• Reviewing audio scripts, storyboards, and videos produced by colleagues; providing detailed feedback to support their learning
• Creating templates in Camtasia Studio 8 and PowerPoint and sharing these with global teams to expedite the video production process
• Working extensively with product ambassadors to ensure that e-learning videos adhere to HP style guidelines and branding requirements
• Receiving recognition from management for contribution to the company’s e-learning video initiative

National Technology Park, Co. Limerick, Ireland

• Designing and developing engaging and interactive learning solutions for a global audience of investigators, site coordinators, and clinical research associates
• Scripting content using both word and HTML editors in collaboration with subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Reviewing scripts to ensure they are consistent with instructional theories and company templates and style standards
• Preparing audio for voice over artist and storyboarding graphics with graphic designer (GD)
• Performing onscreen review (OSR) of material developed by GD and providing edits and suggestions
• Participating in team OSR and providing critical and constructive feedback to improve final product

• Scripted CVs for international clients, liaised extensively with these customers to ensure that the final product met their specifications; made appropriate adjustments based on their feedback
• Edited complicated technical and industry-specific language to make it clear and concise for each client's potential employers

Dublin, Ireland

• Chief political researcher for a two part documentary series commissioned by the state broadcaster RTE
• Identified the key events surrounding the rise and fall of the Fianna Fáil political party through extensive desk and field research
• Interviewed leading party members to uncover the facts behind the financial crisis and the resignation of prime minister Brian Cowen
• Relayed all information to the executive producer within set daily and weekly deadlines
• Completed my obligations in less than two months and the programme commanded an average audience of 612,000
• An extract from the series can be seen by following this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wnzrqWehCI

Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland

• Anchored the station’s main evening news bulletin three months after being employed as an intern
• Sourced, researched and wrote news copy for both local and national media, uploaded content to the station’s web page
• Proofread and ensured that all content met the company style guide while operating in extremely pressurised and time conscious situations
• Arranged and conducted up to 20 interviews per week with leading political and business figures
• Read live hourly bulletins from studio to 125,000 adults every week and increased listenership to the main evening news by an estimated 2,000
• Uploaded and downloaded content from the Burli Newsroom System, edited audio within tight deadlines using both Burli and Adobe Audition

Master'S Degree In Technical Communication And E-Learning, Information Technology, Award: First Class Honours

• Using skills in Adobe FrameMaker to develop instructional material, generate tables of content, create custom tags, define paragraph and.

Media Studies And English, Communication And Media Studies

• Learning essential journalism, research, presentation, and audio and video production skills