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A highly experienced VT Operator/ Edit Assistant within a post production environment. Familiar with all the latest HD, PAL and NTSC Sony and Panasonic VTRs. Comfortable using High Definition and Standard Definition technology including standards conversions. Also experienced using analogue formats including composite and component features of VTRs. QC trained to a high standard to ensure tapes pass broadcast and distribution specifications. Excellent encoding and transcoding skills within various software programmes including Adobe Premiere, QT Pro and Windows Media Encoder. Basic HTML skills including Dreamweaver and also compotent using Photoshop.

May 2008- Senior VT Operator/ Edit Assistant, Brighton TV, Brighton, Sussex

Present

A varied and hands-on role based within one of the top 10 post houses in the UK. Edit assistant duties included Avid troubleshooting, basic editing and ensuring digitizing and conforms were completed                           efficiently. 

Daily duties include:

 Setting up AVID online/off-line suites using Facilis technology

 Editing footage to remove part breaks, add end cards 

 Communicating with Bookings and Project Managers to ensure clients needs including deliverables are met efficiently 

 Encoding/ transcoding within AVID, Sorensen Squeeze and Adobe Premier

 Standards and cross conversions using HD Alchemist and UKON

 Duplication of all formats of tape including down-conversions and Aspect ratio conversions.

 Digitizing rushes into AVID and Final Cut Pro at various resolutions

 Conforming offline sequences ready for online editing

 FTP uploads

 Watching play-outs to ensure broadcast quality

 Media management

 QC trained and experience using Tekronix to ensure broadcast specifications are met

Jan 2007- C.A.R/ VT Operator, The Sanctuary, Soho, London

May 2008

Originally a runner, I was promoted into the position of VT Operator. A busy and varied role requiring in-depth technical knowledge, the ability to copeunder pressure and maintaining a machine room which        serviced 5 DS Nitris suites, 13 Avid Adrenaline (Offine and Online) Editing Suites, Audio Suites, GFX and DVD Authoring. Understanding HD technology was an essential part of this role in addition to                                understanding encoding/ transcoding and standards conversion. In addition to this the Avid Unity ISIS system was used to ensure media management.

EXPERIENCE: 
Software: Avid (Media Composer Adrenaline, Symphony and DS Nitris)
Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier, Sorensen Squeeze, Content Agent Encoding, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
VTRs : Sony SR: SRW-5500,
HDCAM: HDW-M2000 and JH-3. 
Digibeta: DVW-A500, M2000, J-30, A500N 
BetaSP: BVW-70
DVCAM: DSR-1800,
IMAX: MSW-M2000P/1, 
HDV: HVR-1500A
Panasonic DVPRO HD
Misc: UKON HD Standards Converter, Alchemist HD Motion Compensating
Standards Converter, MACH Aspect Ratio Converter,Transcoding software,
Evertz HD Router, Reference/ Timecode Patching, Avid Unity and
Facilis Workspaces, Avid Mojo interface
 

REFERENCES: Available on request along with recommendations