Dave Kent Email & Phone Number

34 Fouberts Place, London, W1F 7Px

Managing and training a team of 6 to ensure the following• all physical and digital materials passing into, through and out of the company are correctly processed. a) Physical to include barcoding, data entry, and trackingb) Digital to include delivery and receipt of files via Aspera Fastpex, FTP Filezilla, Wetransfer, Vimeo and signiant mediashuttle.• Working from edls preparing and pulling media for conform editing / DI • Archival storage onto LTO tape for delivery,using scripting on Linux• Making backups and deliverables to drives using fast copy and shotput pro• DCP copies with MD5 Checksums to CRU drives for feature film final delivery

34 Fouberts Place, London, W1

• Procurement of tape stock• Procurement of taxi, bike, & International delivery services• Price Review and Negotiation of the above goods & services• Ceta Library System management & development• Vault planning and maintenance including re-evaluation & consolidation of all media assets• Individual project assessment, understanding client’s requirements and how the library department can deliver on those needs, to include workflows and proceduresManaging and training a staff of 4 in all of the following duties• Receiving, data entry, logging and monitoring of all media material for current and future work.• Receiving all incoming goods, general post and the internal distribution of.• Dealing with internal and external Client enquiries via phone, email or in person• Dealing with all internal email requests• Planning, preparing & providing film and media requirements for current work, including technical area clearance• Library and Vault maintenance including library data standardisation and storage re-evaluation.• Despatching of all finished materials using local, UK overnight and International Couriers as per our client requirements.• Costing all Molinare arranged deliveries• Managing in-house blank tape stock, ordering, issuing and accounting

64 Dean St, London, W1

Managing a staff of 5 in the library and despatch of this busy post production company.Main roles are• Supervision of staff of 5, creating shift patterns. Responsible for interviewing new recruits, staff appraisal, direction and motivation• Managing Traffic department. Responsible for all material entering and leaving the company. Ordering deliveries with various local, national and international couriers, chasing delivery times and signatures. Reviewing courier pricing.• Managing the Film & Videotape library. Logging all new material onto the library system. Vaults maintenance / housekeeping including creating new storage space and the constant review of stored material.

58 Old Compton St, Soho, W1

Assisting in the set-up of a chargeable Library for the VTR group of companies. Setting up a group blank tape stock store using the groups buying power and distributing to all companies. The creation of a customised library computer system. Testing, trouble shooting and analysis of new group computer system. Data entry of all new client libraries, creating an internet library and library tours / demonstrations for prospective clients. Re-evaluation of company off-site storage.

76 Old Compton St, Soho, W1

Setting up of a Videotape library and traffic department in a newly formed Post Production Company. Using a staff of 3, responsible for the logging in of all media material and movement to relevant technical areas. Liasing with clients with regards to progress of projects and ensuring correct distribution to the desired locations.

142 Wardour St, Soho, W1

Working in the Videotape Library of this Post House and responsible for the preparation of all media materials for transmission of 3 Satellite Channels. The Discovery Channel, The Bravo Channel and The Childrens Channel. Picking on-air tapes for the relevant transmission schedule lists and chasing copy from other Post Houses