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United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Key role in the broadcast operations of TalkTV and TalkRadio. Managing the daily schedule around breaking news and exclusive interviews with in-house teams and third party vendors. • Responsible for live programme changes and instructing production teams and live operators on timings and studio feeds. Notable events include the passing of the Queen and the Tory leadership race• Managing a team of three and accountable for the daily schedules for TalkTV and TalkRadio in BTS and Zetta/GSelector.• Sending regular updates to PA media with regards to EPG data on all platforms• Liaising with third party vendor ensuring that commercials are delivered and booked correctly in both systems• Responsible for the VOD schedules and catch up on our platforms as well as SKY and Virgin Media.• Lead contact with our distribution partner Local TV

London Area, United Kingdom

Specialist role ensuring that efficient and effective support is in place to maximise revenues through theexecution of customer campaigns. Accountable for development of necessary systems, processes, andbusiness relationships associated with this objective, and help to lead system transformation around TVadvertising sales• Manage all deal requests from sales and due diligence in Salesforce.• Responsible for management of editorial compliance for commercial copy broadcast on BBC Global NEWS.• Accountable for all invoice checks, amendments and submission to ensure customers are invoicedcorrectly for BBC and AMC campaigns.• Manage a team of four providing support with day to day and long term objectives.

• Manage Commercial Sales Propositions across all Discovery Networks. Maximisingrevenue for the company whilst remaining competitive to win business. Working alongside bothDiscovery and Eurosport sales teams and external reps in EMEA, APAC, LATAM and US.• Delivering Accurate Financial Data to enable the smooth operational running andcommunication between Discovery, clients and agencies.• Led the transition of the Scripps Network International sales campaigns during theacquisition by Discovery. Took the lead on managing current deals, new business and existingsales reps during the transition.• Developed an in-house file delivery system improving efficiency and consequently savingthe company approximately $100k per annum in post-production and lead time costs.• Managed the training of the Eurosport Operations team on Discovery processes andimplemented production training for Voice Over and Subtitle projects to bring in house to saveoutsourcing costs.• Established the break strategy for the launch of flagship channels in Nordics, France, Italyand UK liaising with numerous external broadcast planning teams across Europe (Canal Plus,SKY, Discovery Italy).• Initiated and developed in house facilities for edit and production which was previouslyoutsourced with long lead times and huge costs. Localisation, transcode and complianceprojects were taken in house, saving time and costs of up to £75k per year to thebusiness.• Managed career development of a team to become a well-respected unit within Discovery’soperations.• Promoted to Senior Manager.

• Responsible for delivering up to 60 campaigns a year across APAC, LATAM, EMEA and US forlarge international clients.• Managing sales deals worth approx. $20million per annum.• Working with external vendors, managing the production, localisation, global delivery, invoicingand transmission of commercial material all within strict and often tight deadlines.

• Led the Broadcast department (Transmission and Traffic Ops) to ensure that it operatedefficiently and effectively, delivering channel launches, live broadcasts and new systemintegrations across multiple platforms and timescales.• Identified project risks and then provided implemented alternative solutions.• Managed multidisciplinary team , including a team of six transmission controllers, four trafficoperators as well as freelancers and external suppliers.

Promoted from assistant to manage the live transmission of all Nickelodeon channels which included live outside broadcast, live studio and implementation of new broadcast systems and channel launches.

Assisted in the management of the transmission of all Nickelodeon channels which included live outside broadcast, live studio and implementation of new broadcast systems and channel launches.

Managed the creation and live implementation of graphics for numerous sports including Champions league Football, NHL Ice Hockey, World Championship Speedway and Polish League football for popular Polish broadcaster.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Business/Marketing And Sociology

Prince2 Practitioner, Project Management