Clair Robinson Email & Phone Number

• Working on the production development slate, refining existing concepts and building the production portfolio. • Representing Ivy House Productions at industry events to communicate ideas, identify international broadcasters’ programme requirements, create concepts and devise pitches to fulfil their remits.

Bedfordshire

• Securing locations, cast and crew.• Managing the production: budget; schedule; recording schedule; call sheets; risk assessments.• Overseeing post production and delivery.

London, United Kingdom

• Overall responsibility for producing live and pre-recorded in vision continuity for a daily, 3-hour (approx.) children’s programming block.• Creating ideas for themed weeks, implementing them and ensuring promotional priorities are pushed on air, online, in The Milkshake! Magazine and via social media.• Managing the production team to ensure the smooth running of the continuity strand, as well as the production of The Milkshake! Magazine and other ancillary products, including DVDs. • Editorial Executive for Milkshake! on The Milkshake Magazine.• Multi camera studio directing.• Representing Channel 5 at BAFTA and industry events, presenting at Licensee Days and sales events and speaking at Cartoon Forum.• Negotiating contracts with presenters, talent and/or their agents.• Writing press releases, marketing copy, website and magazine copy, social media communications and award submissions.

London, United Kingdom

Producer, Milkshake! Live events 2011 - 2018• Producing live events including: a nationwide theatre tour, a residency at Chessington World of Adventures and Drayton Manor; live shows at UK Baby and Toddler, Belfast and Woking Christmas Lights, Countryside Live, Glastonbury, On Blackheath and Isle of Wight Festivals.• Creating budgets for potential Milkshake! Live events and successfully negotiating contracts with venues and event organisers.

London, United Kingdom

• Commissioning and acquiring primarily UK originated content, working within the Programming budget and managing that budget.• Negotiating deals with producers and suppliers, developing and commissioning new programming to ensure Milkshake’s requirements are met.• Working closely with Nickelodeon UK and Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) sourcing and sharing content, establishing and developing relationships with producers and distributors to ensure successful partnerships and competitive edge, while successfully communicating Milkshake’s brand values. Also working closely with Nick UK and VIMN on content co-development - giving feedback and notes in the creative process.• Overseeing scriptwriting and script-editing across all output for Channel 5's children's audience. • Managing the local content acquisition process, working closely with the C5 Commercial Director on all necessary deal terms and CP backends.• Continuing to deliver on ratings by working with Research to ensure audience viewing is reflected in channel plans and schedules.• Ensuring all programmes work within the brand, meet PSB requirements and Ofcom quotas.• Managing the Milkshake! website to provide the best VOD and games offering possible.• Approving short form content, promos, competitions, the magazine and other brand extensions.• Being the face of Milkshake! in the UK market.

London, United Kingdom

• Producing in house series including:(i) A Milkshake! Summer (10 x 25’ episodes)(ii) The Milkshake! Show Series 1 and 2 (20 x 25’ episodes) and Series 3 (10 x 15’ episodes)(iii) The Christmas Milkshake! Show (1 x 25’ episode)(iv) Milkshake! Music Box Series 1 and 2 (30 x 5’episodes)(v) Milkshake! Bop Box Series 1 and 2 (51 x 3’ episodes)(vi) Milkshake! Monkey Series 2 (20 x 3’ episodes)

London, United Kingdom

• Rostering presenters and crew.• Managing the day to day running of the block by overseeing and co-ordinating the production of live and pre-recorded continuity, short form content, promos and clips.• Managing facilities: audio; GFX; edit facilities; crews; studios etc.• Attending weekly Broadcast Operations meetings and being the first point of contact for all technical matters.• Fulfilled the above responsibilities for Milkshake! when the strand also ran on Five Life from 2006 – 2011 and for Channel 5’s older children’s block, Shake! between 2005-09.• Assistant Producing 2 x series of Tickle, Patch and Friends.

London, United Kingdom

• Script writer on Say It With Noddy, Little Lodgers, Wanda and the Alien, Toby’s Travelling Circus and TV promos and commercials.• Script Editor on Milkshake! Bop Box Series 2, The Milkshake! Show Series 1 and 2, Milkshake! Music Box Series 1 and 2, Milkshake! Monkey Series 2 and live events.

London, United Kingdom

• Assisting studio presenters: supplying e-mails; birthday cards and material for on air use.• Operating cameras and using simple graphics and vision mixing techniques, supplying technical support during live broadcasts and assisting with pre-recorded continuity links.• Producing clips and promos.• Overseeing edits and audio sessions with an Audio Engineer and Voice Artist.• Working with a Graphic Designer to produce on air GFX.

London, United Kingdom

• Generating and evaluating programme ideas.• Sourcing and gaining clearance on programme material.• Assisting filming on mini DVCAM.• Editing and proof-reading scripts.

Postgraduate Diploma, Broadcast Journalism, Merit

Ba (Joint Hons), English And American Literature, 2.1

A Level, English Literature, Biology, French, General Studies