End-to-End content creator, producing promos, explainers, training films, event coverage, animation and graphics for local authorities, government organisations, charities and private businesses. I’m essentially a multimedia storyteller.

Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tLQAXt7eJrugBeP6C0hbQ

Core Skills

    •    Project development & narrative structuring of short-form & long-form content

    •    Digital cinematography and photography

    •    Interviewing and teleprompter direction

    •    Graphics Animation (Adobe)

    •    Video editing and post-production (Adobe) 

    •    CAA Registered drone operator (with <250g DJI Min4 Pro)

  

Experience

Freelance Content Creator, Human Stories

2011 – Present | London

I’ve delivered end-to-end content creation with a strong focus on people-centred storytelling.

Clients include: Prostate Cancer UK, Royal College of Surgeons, Help Musicians, Influx Magazine, HDR UK, Girl Guiding, RNID, NHS and local government. 

I’ve created video, animation, event and campaign content for a variety of digital platforms.

    •    Worked closely with clients and creative teams to deliver to brief and deadline

    •    Shaped narrative from interviews, B_roll and archive material

    •    End-to-End production and delivery of digital video and animated content 

    •    Work has integrated video, animation and motion graphics

Projects I’ve worked on have won multiple awards, including an Adobe Aspire Award and three Limelight Awards. My film for PCUK (Don’t Fear Your Foe) was nominated for a Charity Film Award in 2017.

 

Film Producer, Save The Children

2016 (maternity cover)

I stepped in as maternity cover, as part of a team of producers.

    •    Delivered video work for social platforms and events

Project Lead, Bold Creative
2007 – 2011 | London

I led delivery of multi-media projects within a multi-award-winning digital agency, based in Shoreditch.

    •    Produced and edited short films, animation, event and corporate content

    •    Collaborated with designers, developers, and clients on integrated campaigns

    •    Focused on personal stories, participatory storytelling and co-created content

Projects I worked on won multiple awards including: BAFTA, UNICEF Film Award, Promax Silver, and the Prix Jeunesse. Youth homeless project Not For Good was shortlisted for the Unicef Short Film Award.

Freelance Corporate Media Production, Various
2000 – 2007

I progressed from runner to freelance editor across a range of projects.

    •    Edited content for clients including Citroën, LEGO, and O2

    •    Gained broad experience across production and post-production workflows

 

Education

The Network fast-track career development programme — Edinburgh Television Festival

MA Film — University of Southampton – Distinction
BA (Hons) Film, Television & Radio — Staffordshire University – First-Class Honours

    

Awards

 

My work has won 18 awards to date:

 

Interact Award – Queen Mary University of London – Stories from Home

Community Engagement Award – QMUL – Bridging the Gap

Freefall Award – Limelight Awards – Chicken

Best Documentary – Limelight Awards – My Health My Say

Freefall Award – Limelight Awards – Wager Steet

Community Prize – We The Peoples Film Festival – Hoodforts

Audience Prize – We The Peoples Film Festival – Hoodforts

Gold Medal for Documentary – Adobe Aspire – Hoodforts

Best Film – Limelight Awards – Hoodforts

Best Schools Screenplay – Limelight Award – Hoodforts

Best Documentary – Adobe Youth Voices – Hoodforts

Award for innovation – GOL Prevent Awards – Digital Disruption

BAFTA – Best Children’s short form  – See Something Say Something

UNICEF Film Award – See Something Say Something

Best Long Form – Promax BDA Awards  – See Something Say Something

Silver medal – Prix De Jeunesse  – See Something Say Something

Safer Communities Award – UTurn 

Best Website – AHC Awards – Barts and the London Children’s Hospital Website

  

Nominations

My work has been shortlisted for the following awards:

Charity Film Award – Prostate Cancer UK – Don’t Fear Your Foe

Best Documentary – Limelight Awards – I Am Britain

Unicef Film Award – Bold Creative – Not For Good

Best Animation – Limelight Awards – Faith in the City

Best Documentary – Limelight Awards – Not for good