Dawn Hirst Email & Phone Number

The Golf Channel, Orlando FL; Closed Captionist/Court Reporter - Using a steno machine write all upcoming pre-produced shows, take written shows ingest them into Softel System for placement to timecode and set, send shows to predetermined team member to place and set show, myself included. Supervise all team members on progress of shows to ensure timely finish prior to airdate, keep record of each show finished, the date finished and team member responsible. Review weekly domestic air grids determine shows as “LIVE” or “IN-HOUSE”. Keep up with all updates to weekly domestic air grids as Programming makes changes and alerting all parties involved as to determination of “LIVE” or “IN-HOUSE”. Develop Deliveries Record for all shows to be done in-house, track all shows with notes as to the production of each show, converse regularly with all producers to determine availability of shows for captioning procedures. Make a weekly phone call to live closed captioning company to go over Live Closed Captioning List, keep a detailed accounting of all shows captioned “LIVE” for monthly billing, tally end of month bill, alert Director of International Operations to cost, review bill when it is received. Using Discrepancy Report track, verify any problems had by Master Control on any show aired and try to find a possible solution to avert any repetition of problems.Official Reporters, Jacksonville, FL; Official Court Reporter - Attend all court proceedings assigned. Report verbatim court proceeding. Transcribe to English. Deliver Official Transcripts as requested by court. Swear in all witnesses. Mark evidence when necessary. Conduct myself in a manner becoming an Officer of the Court.University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL; Closed Captionist - Closed caption the daily classes for hearing impaired student. Transcribe verbatim each class’ dialog. Deliver transcription with 24 hours. Keep a computer copy. Assist hearing impaired student with understanding verbal English.Specialties: Senior Closed Captionist/The Golf Channel; Court Reporter/Duval County Courts; Closed Captionist at UNF; 5 years’ management; 10 years’ legalese and court procedures; Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.Comcast University; online courses - management techniques.Stenotype Institute of Jacksonville; Court ReporterColorado Travel Agency School; Travel AgentEstes Park High; General/Science HonorsMS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook; RapidWrite; Softel Systems

Listed skills include Outlook and Microsoft Office.