CV

Overview

A highly experienced event producer with video and new media direction experience who has staged and produced:

• Product launches
• Corporate events
• Major touring concerts
• Major sponsorship events
• Corporate Videos and CG presentation
• I also have the added practical experience from the client side having run operations spanning consulting, project management, business development and sponsorship for a number of major corporate companies.

Profile

• A positive-thinking person with particular experience in pulling commercial and operational requirements together
• Contract management
• Team motivation and Building
• Successful in overseas operations.

Key Skills

• Successful at adapting to new environments and situations.
• Effective assimilation of commercial, technical and operational information - Incisive thinking in getting to the core of a situation or problem.
• Able to effectively communicate with CEOs and non-management staff.

I am very computer literate with a knowledge of 3D Design (AutoCAD); Audio Visual Presentations (MS PowerPoint, Flash etc); Video Editing (Panicle Edition) and Spreadsheets (MS Excel). By preference a PC user, I am also Mac-capable. I have a very good grasp of high technology issues and products across a wide spectrum of areas.

Career History

1998 – Present: Freelance Producer

Over the past nine years I have worked for the following agencies, on events ranging from the very small and confidential such as the EDS/Microsoft Business Leaders Forum hosted by Sir David Frost (held at Clifton House), to 2000 plus delegates for Microsoft, Burger King and Oracle

• Legend Events
• RS Live
• Compass Event Management
• Eventability
• Parallel Blue
• Olive 360
• THA
• Cadbury



Most up-to-date Projects

• PwC Global Practice Heads conference in Holland over 4 days for 800 delegates and their partners. (production budget £150k)
• O2 Sales Conference in Cannes, one day event 550 delegates (production budget £175k)
• Gucci - The 2 day event consisted of a conference with 7 breakout rooms, a cocktail reception and dinner. The cocktail reception was held in the stunning grounds of the hotel with a performance by Cirque d Soleil (production budget £225k
• Burger King - Franchise and Managers conference. A 4 day event with over 1,200 delegates. (production budget £350k)
• 5 UK location road show for Home Office - 25 to 150 delegates (production budget £35K)
• Filmed and edited a number of short video pieces including location work in Rumania and Thailand for a leading UK Charity
• Produced visitor experience centre for one of Japan’s oldest engineering companies. Project included creating a number of videos, exhibitions and building a Surround Sound theatre at the European HQ. (production budget £135K
• Produced a Live 8 performance concert with 40 piece orchestra and 70 member Choir (1200 to 1500 people per concert and a production budget of £25k).
• Created and staged numerous events for clients as diverse as: PriceWaterhouseCooper; Home Office; European Minister of Justice; DTI; PeopleSoft; Nestle; Oracle; Microsoft; Burger King; MFI; Autoglass; EDS; Novartis and Bemrose Booth.

Overview of Responsibilities

• Pitch preparation and presentation
• Taking the Brief
• Driving content and creative input
• Building and Managing the Production Team
• Budget allocation and control
• Post event reconciliation and auditing

1990 – 1998: Manager of Event Production and Sponsorship, Mitsubishi Electric

• Headed-up the Event Production and New Media Production departments
• Created and staged numerous events for Mitsubishi worldwide
• Managed and directed a team of 8
• Ran the Mitsubishi team for the BT Global Challenge Sponsorship
• Headed up the sponsorship of the UK pavilion at Expo 92 for the DIT and Mitsubishi
• Produced conferences/events ranging from 30 to 5,000 delegates in Düsseldorf, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, London, Singapore, Prague, Zurich, Seville, Malaga, Sydney to name a few
• Produced audio visual openers, video presentations & full colour brochures for these events
• Managed multiple contracts in: Belgium, Germany, Holland, Spain




1982 - 1990: Operation Manager, Smedleys Advertising UK

• Single point of contact for all client liaison, account management and project development
• Day to day production operation of “Jag Contact” the Jaguar Dealer Marketing network
• Responsible for sourcing all events - spanning concerts, sports events, conferences, launches and family shows
• Responsible for the specification of high technology needs, infrastructure and operations
• Created and controlled RFPs for sub-contracts, suppliers and strategic partners
• Managed skilled workforce (controlling performance and ensuring target delivery)
• Managed new corporate identity program
• Managed new management, operational and marketing plans, procedures and operations

1975 - 1982: Promotion Manager Conran Stores Limited (Habitat)

Education

1972 - 1976: Matthew Boulton Collage

Obtained a Degree in Three Dimensional Design and Art History

Other Relevant Information

In my ideal world, I would never provide samples of my work as I believe that each project should be treated as brand new, fresh and original - so I try to discourage a culture of seeing something in existence and replicating it. However, I also recognise that clients want to make sure that I can deliver. So, for this reason, I’m happy to provide a selection of projects and Clients. But the best way to experience my
work is to talk to me.

I have been producing events since 1980 when, whilst working for Terrance Conran, I was asked to produce my first commercial fashion show.

I generally see my role as bringing a 'comfort factor' to the clients, giving them surety in the knowledge that I know what I am doing and that what I am doing is singly designed towards making them look and perform
at their best.

I am very corporate-friendly (having occupied several key positions within major corporations) and am also somewhat of a 'vision freak' spending as much time as I can to find new and forward-looking methods of delivering the messages - pushing both client and crew to deliver the best possible result. For example, I was the first producer to narrow cast a concert (use the internet to deliver live music and pictures) from a major London venue. I was also the first producer (that I am aware of) to use 'Virtual Sets' on stage - a system whereby you don't build a 'set', but instead use high definition large screen projection to create a different set and stage for each speaker.