Spiros Emmanouilidis Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

First point of contact and acting client liaison for ATP tennis at IMG studios accommodating any customer operational requests and requirements during the preparation and the production of major ATP tournaments.Responsible for a group of MCR operators providing them with leadership and operational guidance throughout the duration of the production of the ATP tournaments. Acting as incident manager, investigating the root cause of any issues risen and communicating results to customers and internal stakeholders as needed.Ownership of all ATP events from preparation through to delivery and post event evaluation and presenting with possible solutions and improvement plans during the debrief meetings.Work closely with resource scheduling team to ensure that all required resources are available and booked Responsible for setting up contribution and distribution feeds and the live galleries needed for the production of the ATP events.Key Highlights:Evolved my customer relationship skills with internal and external stakeholders acting as a client liaison.Developed a better understanding of production processes and requirements, especially remote productions.Acquired knowledge of OB production workflows

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for a group of 25 people, providing them with all the live transmission events operational information, support and training for the steady operation of the department. Assist in technical diagnostics and communication of major incidents, manage internal and external resource coordination under pressure, stakeholder management and communications (internal and external up to CEO level), crisis management, lessons learned reviews and timely communication of service improvement initiatives. Take the on-site operational management lead for all contractually defined Top Tier Events (Olympics etc.) and other significant live events where the customer requires enhanced management support. Plan and prepare tactical and strategic activities in advance of peak periods each week. Produce and circulate daily and weekly updates and reports to internal stakeholders and customers. Engineering project team liaison to assist with coordination and communication of project based activities. Liaise and coordinate with the Engineering Support team during incident response, investigation and post incident reviews to ensure that incident resolution and reports are achieved in a timely manner. In association with the Engineering Manager, manage the new service launch process within Multi-Platform department to ensure that all new services are correctly scoped, provisioned and delivered in line with quality and SLA expectations. Responsible for the training of new live operators and reporting their performance to Senior Live Transmission Manager. Liable for hiring and rostering staff, booking live broadcast events.Key Highlights:Responsible for the planning, preparation and the service delivery of the Pyeong Chang Winter Olympics 2018, acting as the host broadcaster in Sweden and Norway, with absolute success.Evolved managerial skills through decision making and delegation of tasks and responsibilities.Obtained advanced training skills.

London, England, United Kingdom

Project manager for successful migration of two British and seven Nordic Eurosport channels to the new London Technology Hub (LTH) facility in Discovery Networks Europe, London. Responsible for the testing, implementation and training on the new systems. Established the new workflows and processes required for the new facility.Assist in technical diagnostics and communication of major incidents, manage internal and external resource coordination under pressure, stakeholder management and communications (internal and external up to CEO level), crisis management, lessons learned reviews and timely communication of service improvement initiatives. Take the on-site operational management lead for all contractually defined Top Tier Events (Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Olympics etc.) and other significant live events where the customer requires enhanced management support. Plan and prepare tactical and strategic activities in advance of peak periods each week. Produce and circulate daily, weekly and monthly updates and reports to internal and external stakeholders. Liaise and coordinate with the Engineering Support team during incident response, investigation and post incident reviews to ensure that incident resolution and reports are achieved in a timely manner. In collaboration with the Engineering Manager, manage the new service launch process within Multi-Platform department to ensure that all new services are correctly scoped, provisioned and delivered in line with quality and SLA expectations.Managing a group of 25 operators and 4 supervisors, responsible for their development and appraisal by coaching and training.Key Highlights:Responsible for the migration of the British and Nordic Eurosport channels to the new LTH facility in LondonAcquired project management experience while leading the Maximus project for Broadcast operations. Developed my customer relationship skills with internal and external stakeholders.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for monitoring 16 Scandinavian TV networks of both SD and HD services and performing quality control for video, audio, graphics and subtitles. Appending, handling and managing the playlists within ITC rules and regulations. Providing first line technical faults diagnosis and solution when possible and if not escalate problem to Engineering/IT department. Carrying out Emergency Transmission Recovery procedures and composing TX reports. Working as a live transmission operator for live sport events, such as Premier League, Spanish League, Serie A football, ATP tennis, Snooker, Cycling and Ice Hockey. Responsible for handling the playlist and the graphics, and for routing and performing quality control of the incoming signals. Helping with the implementation and documentation of daily workflow and live operating procedures, as well with the training of junior staff. Key Highlights:Developed the ability to liaise with different cultures.Improved report writing,training and live operator skills.

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Responsible for a group of 10 people, providing them with all the operational information, support and training for the steady operation of the department. Identified and solved problems, dealt with system troubleshooting, carried out Emergency Transmission Recovery procedures and escalated problems to the Engineering/IT department when necessary. Liaised with clients and different departments responding to their requests. Reviewed and amended all the technical reports, including the end of day reports and the handover reports between shifts, and composed the monthly and daily transmission services reports. Attended meetings and assisted the management in developing and maintaining the department's high standards by helping in the design and planning of the operational procedures. In charge to check and monitor the audio and video for the on air signal of the top private TV network in Greece. Operated automation systems such as ETERE and Aveco Astra Suite. Imported and edited the daily playlist for continuity and content within ITC rules and regulations on multiple TV channels . Broadcasted live sports, including the Super League Greece football matches, news and current affairs shows. Communicated with MCR and live studio gallery cueing events on/off air. Video and audio quality control for the live sport events. Responsible for ingesting and editing material from tape to digital content into a broadcast video server and performed quality control. Used Miranda Image store to put logos, bugs and crawls to air. Also worked as a Vision Mixer -freelancer- in entertainment shows and quiz games for Plus Productions and in live sports events for Antenna TV Greece.Key Highlights:Evolved leadership and organisational skills through managing staff of media professionals.Gained understanding of how to cooperate with different departments.Involved in the implementation and documentation of operational procedures.

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Functioned as a key member of the production team for one of the most popular TV stations in Greece. Worked jointly with the director on live shows and news programs. Produced flawless excellent quality TV programs and performed digital video effects such as chroma keys, split screens, picture in picture, moving screens etc. Key Highlights:Developed television directional skills.Learned how to operate the Grass Valley Calypso digital Vision Mixer.Granted ability to work in extremely busy and noisy environments, under pressure.

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Teamed with a very inspiring production team to produce quality programs for a local TV station in Athens, Greece. Required to work both as a television director and vision mixer most of the time on live shows and news programs. Performed digital video effects such as chroma keys, split screens etc. Key Highlights:Earned directional skills and ability to guide the production team.Gained better understanding of how to operate the analog vision mixer and Digital Video Effects console.Developed ability to work as a member of the production team.