Paul Higgitt Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

London

I am currently a freelance tutor at the Wandsworth City Learning Centre.

London 2012 Olympic And Paralympic Games

As the Event Control Room Coordinator at the North Greenwich Arena I represented the Venue Management team within the central communications hub of the venue. Acting as the key liaison between the general manager, the safety and security teams and all other functional areas, it was a pivotal role in helping to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all public and staff onsite and the general organisation of the event. Key tasks included:• Incident response management and coordination with the… Show more As the Event Control Room Coordinator at the North Greenwich Arena I represented the Venue Management team within the central communications hub of the venue. Acting as the key liaison between the general manager, the safety and security teams and all other functional areas, it was a pivotal role in helping to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all public and staff onsite and the general organisation of the event. Key tasks included:• Incident response management and coordination with the emergency services• Training and dissemination of the incident management plan to a core venue team of over 80 colleagues• Managing the Event Control Room space and coordinating the set-up of the room• Managing games maker volunteers and supporting them with their logging of key ECR activities & venue statistics• Working with the Venue Operations Managers and General Manager prior to, and throughout the games time to ensure the smooth and successful completion of the event Show less

London, United Kingdom

As a participatory video facilitator I worked as a consultant with InsightShare on projects with local grass-root communities in Ethiopia, Uganda and Sierra Leone.Primarily focussing on the effects of climate change and land succession, community groups are trained in video making techniques in order to produce their own instructional videos for local dissemination. By raising awareness and reflecting on their relationship with the environment the training and subsequent films play an… Show more As a participatory video facilitator I worked as a consultant with InsightShare on projects with local grass-root communities in Ethiopia, Uganda and Sierra Leone.Primarily focussing on the effects of climate change and land succession, community groups are trained in video making techniques in order to produce their own instructional videos for local dissemination. By raising awareness and reflecting on their relationship with the environment the training and subsequent films play an important part in helping to bring about positive change in the community. Show less

London, United Kingdom

As the audio-visual producer at CAFOD I managed the annual film production plan across the organization, including:• Leading on creative briefs, scriptwriting, productions plans and budgets• Directing and self-shooting often in challenging environments• Editing on FCP• Commissioning and project managing independent production companies and freelancers• Initiating, managing and facilitating Participatory Video projects

London, United Kingdom

During the final year of my degree course I was commissioned by VSO to produce a short film to support a new youth exchange programme. This involved filming the participants in the UK and during their exchange visit in South Africa.• Production, scripting, filming and editing (Avid) of a 15 minute training film• Further editing work using Avid Media Composer

Ba (Hons), Electronic Media With Media And Communications Studies, Ba (Hons) 2:1

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