Kevin Mears Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

United Kingdom

I'm an award-winning writer and producer, specialising in comedy, drama and horror. I'm repped by Screen Talent.My debut short film, Eva’s Legacy, premiered at the London Short Film Festival in January 2015. The supernatural drama went on to screen at 15 festivals around the world, picking up a Platinum Remi for Original Dramatic Short at Houston’s Worldfest, Best Film and Best Cinematography at the Rob Knox Film Festival, and Best Visual at Limelight Film Festival in London.This was followed by Roundheads and Cavaliers in 2019, a comedy short film directed by Chloe Thomas (Victoria, Harlots, Horrible Histories). It starred Cariad Lloyd, Alex Carter, David Schaal and Perry Fitzpatrick and premiered at the BAFTA-qualifying Cambridge Film Festival in October 2019, followed by the Oscar-qualifying Austin Film Festival a few days later. My latest short film, The Announcement, was filmed in January 2020, directed by James Kibbey for Black Shark Media. It stars Hugo Chegwin (People Just Do Nothing), Felicity Montagu (I'm Alan Partridge) and David Schaal (The Inbetweeners). It won Best Comedy at the Montreal Independent Film Festival in September 2020 and Best Comedy Film at the Soho London Independent Film Festival in November 2020.I was shortlisted for the BBC Writer’s Prize in 2013 and have also written additional material for the BBC Radio 4 Extra topical sketch show, Newsjack.

I'm a freelance social media consultant and content creator. Here are some of the ways I've helped companies and individuals.Running audits of existing channels and creating new social media strategiesFilming and editing content for talent such as David Walliams, Emma Willis, Matt Willis, Alan Carr, Tim Peake and Hal Cruttenden, which is then posted on their channelsEditing TV productions into social video for shows such as Alan Carr’s Picture Slam, Lingo with RuPaul, Amazing Railway Adventures with Nick Knowles and Gino D’ACampo’s Secrets of the SouthSocial media management, content creation, ongoing support and reporting and insights for clients such as Five Mile Films, Icon Film Distribution, Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment and Uncertainty Experts

London, England, United Kingdom

Producer and director of all live action video content for BingCreative lead for all live action projects, from conception, to production, to delivery Schedule management Budget setting and ownership

Delivered global social media content strategy for Bing TV showLaunched Instagram channel for Bing and increased engagements year onyear by 200%Bing became fastest growing preschool show on FacebookFilmed and produced first ever behind the scenes content strand andlive-action pilots, as well as corporate fundraising videos, generating over£1m of funds by new shareholdersCommissioned creators for eye-catching makes, generating millions ofvideo views (previous videos had around 3k views)Management of three Digital Community ManagersEditorial calendar management and content manager for Bing andcorporate channelsBudget ownership for paid advertisingBriefing and approving in-house designers and content creatorsManagement of customer service function of the businessReporting, analysing and recommending on insights and metrics

London, United Kingdom

Dartford, United Kingdom

Upkeep of digital platforms, both internal and external, corporate website and SharePoint hosted intranet;Management of social media channels, including YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram; Project management of new applications and platforms, including apps and brand sites.Business Partner for the Group's Logistics function.

Westminster, London

Developing, delivering and maintaining an internal communications strategy to engage a workforce of 300 people,Overseeing SharePoint hosted intranet, ensuring appropriate structure, style and wording is used,Working closely with colleagues to ensure external activity is effectively communicated through internal channels,Drafting online updates and employee bulletins/news items,Exploring innovative approaches to internal communications,Leading on evaluation and measurement of the impact of internal communications,Advising senior managers of the appropriate messaging and channels to use, Maintaining a forward schedule of digital communications channels,Managing corporate communications projects, Being the first port of call for internal communications queries.

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Writing and editing weekly online employee magazineOverseeing and providing copy for intranet news stories and feature articlesProducing copy for the Chief Executive’s weekly blogProducing contact plan for Chief Executive to increase visibility to employees, including face to face events and the introduction of video blogs Transforming video output from single shot vox pops, to engaging, professionally edited featuresUsing metrics to analyse readership for all online digital content, allowing stakeholders to monitor campaign success

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Writing and editing weekly online employee magazineOverseeing and providing copy for intranet news stories and feature articlesProducing copy for the Chief Executive’s weekly blogProducing contact plan for Chief Executive to increase visibility to employees, including face to face events and the introduction of video blogs Transforming video output from single shot vox pops, to engaging, professionally edited featuresUsing metrics to analyse readership for all online digital content, allowing stakeholders to monitor campaign success Introducing plans to promote the work of Cabinet Members through internal channels, enhancing their visibility to employees Producing successful business case for internal YouTube channel in order to host and share video content securely and in high definition.Shortlisted for VMA Group’s Rising Star Awards in Digital Communications

Education record

English Language and Literature (B) and Media Studies (C)

Education record

English Literature (A*), English Language (B), History (C), Mathematics (C), Double Science (C), Religious Education (C), German (D).