I have decided to re-fuel my passion for creative arts within the film and media industry through a change of career.My interest in the industry stems from my childhood where I grew up working on film and TV sets as an extra. I was fortunate to work on HETV and box office films such as The Golden Compass; The Inbetweeners; Silent Witness; and playing a body double in Son of Rambo.I went to The Brit School to study Technical Theatre Arts. Here I honed many key skills within various departments, from production, costume and set design, lighting, sound and construction. I learnt how to coordinate a production including sourcing of materials, hiring of equipment and budgeting the projects in their entirety, leading to the successful showing of several theatre productions. I then worked in the financial sector for 8 years where I have been promoted from admin roles through to Financial Advisor roles. I believe my background in financial advice and client services has built the foundations for a career change into production. I have gained many transferable skills such as being a team player, working under pressure, and organisation through efficient time management. I have proactively improved business critical systems and process through innovative problem solving to ensure admin tasks are processed correctly, efficiently and on time. I have proven my communicational skills through winning and maintaining business through well prepared client meetings. I can work under pressure often thinking on my feet in client meetings in response to ad-hoc questions. I have a meticulous attention to detail, ensuring advice that I have given is compliant with FCA regulations, Provider guidelines and suitable for my clients. All great projects rely on the cohesive hard work of the team behind them, I regularly demonstrated great teamwork by working with the Financial Planning Department to collate documentation to prepare the Advisors for their client meetings.
Production Runner / Learning about each area of the industry / Assistant Director
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Film, Sport, Studio, Theatre, Thriller
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