James Harrod Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Foster City, California, Us

- Event organiser from conception to completion of ‘VU Presents’ series, featuring Louis Theroux, Jo Malone, Steven Bartlett. - Lead of 'Elevate' - a leadership development programme for high potential Senior Managers & Managers in Visa- Creator of 'Storytelling at Visa' - a programme designed to upskill global colleagues in business storytelling- Strategic thinking, decisive action to drive L&D initiatives that support company goals- Management of Senior Manager learning programmes from end-to-end including vendor & SME management- Ensuring precise alignment with Talent & Function leads to drive goals- Building trusted partnerships and manage relationships with regional leadership team, function leaders, and HRBPs to understand learning goals and needs- Conducting rigorous Training Needs Analysis and consulting on learning initiatives end to end - Gaining buy in to proposed initiatives and driving impact- Serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Visa University’s programs and learning solutions that have already been developed for global implementation and scale into region- Providing Change Management & Consulting support to regional partners in support of specific learning initiatives- Leveraging data to assess overall program impact and ROI- Developing and scaling up regionally developed learning solutions and identifying local strategic external vendors and partners to support these programs- Deploying and implementing new learning strategies and programs that meet business and organisational needs- Supporting with projects related to annual planning, creating program calendars, and building strategic models for delivery- Driving regional marketing and communication campaigns to create awareness towards VU services and offerings to drive open programs enrollments

Foster City, California, Us

- Delivery of Visa's flagship leadership and professional skills courses including People Leadership, Resilience, Effective Feedback, Presentation Skills, Succeeding as a Leader, Remote Collaboration- Creating world class learning modules for Visa's 20,000+ staff- Development of cross functional relationships to ensure L&D best practices- Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders and senior leaders- Project managing the training for Visa's new initiative 'Second Half' to help the world's top professional women footballers prepare for a career after soccer- Strong stakeholder management, relationship management and influencing skills at all levels

Bespoke training for organisations, leaders & media professionals. Help with interviews, presentation, writing, filming and much more.

London, England, Gb

Developing future strategy and fulfilling training requirements for all BBC Television news outlets including network programmes and bulletins, nations and regions output & worldwide language service teams. I manage a significant budget, and commission and source freelancers and BBC staff members in order to facilitate the global training portfolio.Key roles:Collaborate with key stakeholders, top talent and managers at all levels of the BBC, to deliver bespoke television training globally via e-Learning, face to face and blended courses.Identify and prioritise support for journalists and managers across the BBC’s television news outlets.Create and implement first-class digital training materials using various methods and software such as GoMo, Articulate Storyline, Camtasia, PowerPoint, Adobe & Google's suite of products such as Hangouts.Prepare, edit, deliver and evaluate courses, ensuring a 360 approach to feedback.Trailblazer for the BBC Academy's blended project, ensuring digital and face-to-face content is split 50/50, saving costs.I have also produced and edited instructional/educational videos, managing key talent.

London, England, Gb

­Responsible for: creating, implementing and facilitating television, video & social media training for BBC journalists across the world. Courses run face-­to-­face and via online portals such as ‘Skype’, ‘Lync’, ‘Google Hangouts’ and ‘Live Meeting’­Building relationships with BBC management & external staff in order to implement cohesive training programmes, globallyTelevision Training: On-air presentation; scripting; Writing to Pictures, Two Ways, Camera & Editing (FCP7), Sequencing, Piece to Cameras, Show and Tell, Bilingual ReportingSocial Media Training: YouTube, Twitter, SocialFlow, Google+ Hangouts, Stills for SmartphonesManaging projects with costs: TV News Studio Presentation, relaunch of Radio 1 Newsbeat video & creative writing. The Victoria Derbyshire Show, BBC Two & BBC News Channel.Organiser of: #BBCDataDay Jan 2015 - 60+ delegates for day long conference on Data Journalism.Trained in: Kiev, Islamabad, Cairo, Sao Paulo, London, Salford

London, England, Gb

Video journalist for BBC World News, producing, shooting, editing and delivering creative television news packages, montages and interviews across the globe.- Proficient in EX1, Z7, Z5 and Z1 cameras & Final Cut Pro editing. - Regular shoot/edit/producer on foreign assignments, including WorldCup 2010, London Olympics 2012, humanitarian issues such as the Georgia conflict, Ethiopian mortality, numerous national elections, Ghana oil, Sierra Leone mortality, Oslo & Utoya attacks

London, England, Gb

Various jobs for BBC Three News, Radio 1 Newsbeat, BBC World News & BBC World Service- Producer for World Have Your Say on BBC World Service radio- Presenter of Entertainment Extra. Producer/reporter on bulletin output on BBC World News - Presenter of hourly news updates 60 Seconds on BBC Three. - Reporter/Presenter for Radio 1 Newsbeat. - Voicing, producing own packages for BBC World, Liquid News, 7 O’Clock News on BBC Three.- Also produced and written own material for the BBC News website. - Proficient in Dreamweaver, Blogger and Wordpress.

London, Gb

TVVoicing, producing, editing and cutting own packages for ITN's ITV News and Channel 5 News.Writing OOVs, cutting SOTs, gallery training. Producing sports bulletins and wraps. Pieces often used by ITV Lunchtime and Morning News and the ITN News Channel.RadioFiling live two­-ways, reacting to breaking news, writing copy and producing packages, voice pieces and wraps. Output editor including assigning stories to reporters. Worked across IRN, News Direct 97.3FM, LBC and ITN Digital Radio. Sports news involving interviews with top players.

Middlesex, England, Gb

Conveying information and breaking news to the viewer quickly and accurately via text on screen. Producing daily bulletins including setting up reporters and getting graphics for packages. Sports reporting. Also helped to launch flagship ‘Sky News at 9’.

Reporting on breaking news stories, including live coverage for various stations including Essex FM, Breeze, Ten17, Oasis. Newsgathering, research, producing high quality packages of 1’30” to 2’00” for nightly news programme ‘The Update’.