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London, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

- Executive Director of the UK and Ireland's biggest podcast content department.- Lead for the market's video content strategy and resources. Devise the market strategy to bring creators to the platform, grow the region's podcasts, and influence industry-wide improvement.- Lead the region's Acquisitions team, focused on growing the UK podcasting audience.

London, United Kingdom

• Development for Digital Platforms and TV, from Short-Form to Long-Form
• Responsible for developing and writing non-scripted ideas with a digital focus, from ambitious formats to single documentaries.
• Key platforms and commissioners include Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, BBC Three and Channel 4 (inc. E4 and All 4)
• Expanded the department's existing slate to new digital platforms, pitching to FAANG commissioners and other emerging players overseas.

London, United Kingdom

• STRATEGY
• Oversaw creative IP development for dozens of UK digital talent, extending influencers into TV, branded content and podcasts
• Built and launched Gleam NewFronts, a global platform for prospective brand partners, to share our slate of sponsorship formats.
• Devised and launched Gleam Podcasts, including three No. 1 shows, overseeing production, business model and day-to-day management.
• Project-managed the first ever YouTube content syndication deal with an airline, partnering with Virgin Atlantic.PODCASTS
• Producer & Editor for Gleam’s podcast network, reaching millions of listens in 12 months across three No. 1 shows.

Developing talent-focussed content and IP for traditional and digital platforms.

London, United Kingdom

Development & Production, BBC History & BusinessProduction:1 x 60 for BBC TwoTBA Christmas-Themed Business ProgrammeTX December 2015

London, United Kingdom

Development, BBC History & Business

- Promoted to Assistant Producer with greater editorial independence in Feb 2014, a year after starting in the Factual team as a Researcher.- Independently research, write-up and cast for my own ideas in addition my everyday tasks and collaborative idea generation.- Established relationships with contributors, and entrusted with travelling across the.

- Invited back to the production after the Olympics to join the small team sourcing and collating American 1980s archive footage.- Responsible for the production’s accounts with a number of content providers; including Getty Images.- Negotiated 5-figure deals on footage and collaborated with dozens of archive libraries to find very specific material..

- US-focussed 6 part history series about the major social, cultural and political moments of the 1980s.- Sourced precise information with multiple sources, interviews with experts and acute researching.- Thorough people finding of notable contributors never before found or approached by TV producers.- Booked A-list celebrities + high-profile public.

- Cast exceptionally challenging contributors to a strict one-week deadline, converting the funded development into a commission. - Tasked to unearth ‘off-the-grid’ men living in the wild required developing contacts quickly, within an isolated community.- Exceeded expectations by finding eight, rather than six, viable contributors for the commissioner to.

London, United Kingdom

• Developed fact-ent, features and specialist factual ideas for a range of terrestrial and digital broadcasters.
• Helped cast contributors for a controversial C4 documentary in funded development. This included recruiting from forums and managing extremely sensitive access.
• Used Skype to record video interviews with overseas contributors + edited into tasters for commissioners
• Sourced stats, trends and case-studies for daily brainstorming sessions to flesh out and inspire new ideas.
• Found on and off-screen experts + contributors for ideas in play and negotiated access with institutions.
• Shot and edited numerous taster tapes, including a character-driven documentary for Channel 4.

London, United Kingdom

• Development of my own cookery series concept. Taster + treatment sent to commissioners worldwide.
• Responsible for shooting + editing numerous taster tapes and casting videos for development projects.
• Project managed castings, involving complex scheduling and liaising with agents to book talent.
• Researched and wrote treatments for original formats for BBC, Channel 4 and UKTV.