Mark Mckinstry Email & Phone Number

Wallasey, Gb

Uk

Public Affairs Officer on recent RAF Red Arrows Display Team Western Hawk 2019 Tour of Canada and the United States of America. Represented the RAF Red Arrows in conjunction with United Kingdom Department for International Trade (DLT) and the GREAT campaign. Involved in writing press releases, organising media events and briefing senior officers and personnel for interview, point of contact for media outlets and helped run a media team generating iconic images and social media posts.Cultivate positive relationships with media organisations to support RAF PR objectives.Research, plan, develop and deliver intent from superior officers using OASIS plans and social media metrics. Report on outcomes and track social media and traditional media performance, which helps to inform future operations.Media minding and briefing of senior officers. In addition facilitating the needs of media organisations with the unique ability to see from their perspective while maintaining the objectives, reputation and operational requirements of the Royal Air Force at all times.

North West Uk

All aspects of tv camerawork all around the world. Very experienced and creative. Experience with many camera formats mainly P2 HD, Sony FS5and FS7, XDHD, and with FCP and Adobe Creative Suite. I have worked in conflict zones, at sporting events, docos, features, lit interviews, news coverage, press conferences, live standup positions, studio interviews and lives, pop videos, O.B. camera, etc across news and sport broadcasting across Europe and sometimes further. I have full UK passport and Irish Passport available and I am prepared to travel anywhere. My clients include Sky Sports, Premier League Productions, BBC, Football Focus, ESPN, Sunset + Vine and BBC Investigations working on documentary films. I have covered the Scottish Referendum and General Election for BBC Scotland and BBC News with lives and eng footage in addition to interviews. Currently producing content for Betsafe.com

North West England

I have worked on every programme Sky broadcast during this time, from simple press conferences (live and recorded), training gvs, match coverage, match isos, features, lit interviews, news coverage, documentaries and basically every shooting style and situation you can think of both home and abroad. I shot the Sky Sports Rugby Club School of Hard Knocks doco features for the first two series and worked on some of series three. Much of my work was for programmes such as Live Premiership football and Rugby Club where production values are extremely high but also there was Sky Sports News and travelled extensively with North West teams Man utd and Liverpool in European competition and covered the England National team and then my home country Northern Ireland in International competition. I continue to work for Sky Sports on a freelance basis. I also edit and send material via FTP to Sky Sports News and have recently acquired my own Mobileviewpoint backpack allowing me to do lives or send material for Sky Sports News via sim, wifi or Lan without the need for an SNG Truck. I also cover shifts on the Sky Ranger Satellite Truck with uplink capabilities doing lives with reporters or guests and also feeding material back to Sky Sports for transmission.

United Kingdom

Providing online content for Betsafe previewing upcoming fixtures, covering events and featuring Betsafe Ambassadors. Football, MMA and boxing were key markets.

Doha Qatar

I worked as a studio camera operator in Doha for Al Jazeera Sport on their English Language coverage of the English Premier League, Champions League, Europa League and International football.

Belfast Covering Ireland Bureau Then Manchester Covering North England Bureau

After completion of my degree I was offered a job with Reuters TV in the Belfast Bureau as Cameraman/ Editor. I was based in the Belfast Bureau covering the whole of Ireland during the civil unrest in Northern Ireland through the Peace Process and resumption of violence. I covered events such as Drumcree and the IRA ceasefire for Sky News and Reuters World feed and international clients in sometimes very challenging situations. I was sent to Denver G8 Summit for Reuters to cover the event and provide live links for international clients.I then moved to the Manchester Bureau in 1997 where I mainly worked for the Sky News contract. I shot and edited material covering news and features and operated the lives and studio lives in Manchester and Belfast for Reuters television mostly as a one man band covering audio too. I worked mainly covering the Sky News contract and also for the Reuters World Feed and for Reuters International Clients.

As part of my Degree I completed a 6-week work placement with Reuters TV in Belfast helping out shooting gvs and interviews and rough edits. I also was sent on occasion to carry out interviews with a cameraman and sound, which were then put into the correspondent's news package for broadcast or sent on the Reuters World Feed. Upon completion of my placement I was asked to stay on over the summer, which I was paid for so I ended up being there for 6 months mainly shooting and editing.May 1989 Newtownabbey Times During my A Levels I spent two weeks working as a junior reporter on my local newspaper. During this time I researched and wrote articles for the paper and carried out interviews over the phone and on location. I had several stories and a couple of comment pieces published.

Ba Joint Hons Degree, Media Studies, Business Management And It

3 A Levels, Geography English Literature History

Activities and Societies: Hockey Football Rugby Basketball