1. 37 Priest Avenue 07941 790331
Wokingham mwest372010@gmail.com
Berkshire
RG40 2LT
Marie West
Personal Profile
I am an experienced Television producer who has worked across News and Entertainment
programmes as a picture editor and a producer. Calm under pressure with the proven
ability to remain reliable in a crisis. Experience of producing presenters and contributors
on location and in a live studio. Good working knowledge of Final Cut Pro, Avid and Q Edit.
Producer - ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ (2014 - Present)
 Source, edit and produce news items, and upbeat feature VT’s.
 Identify stories, and arrange shoots.
 Interviewing guests and contributors for VT’s.
 Writing scripts and making editorial judgements.
Producer - BBC National News (2011 - 2013)
 Producing BBC News Correspondents who are based in the UK and on location
overseas.
 Working under intense pressure and to very tight deadlines to produce stories and VT
for BBC Television News.
 Interviewing contributors for use across all BBC media platforms.
 Researching and setting up stories from scratch.
Senior Desk Editor - BBC Sports news (2004 - 2011)
 Producing sports news stories for BBC national news, radio, and online.
 Responsible for producing an hourly sports news bulletin on the BBC News Channel
and BBC Breakfast News.
 Editorially leading a team of Presenters, Assistant Producers and Researchers to
produce a sports news bulletin and extended feature programmes to a very tight
deadline and budget.
 Writing scripts and making editorial judgements.
 Editing Sports news highlights VT and bespoke packages that could be used across all
BBC TV and online platforms.
 Field producing at major BBC events, including the 2006 World Cup (which resulted in
News 24’s highest-ever viewing figures on the channel), Wimbledon and the British
Grand Prix.
 Interviewing Sports stars and contributors.
 VT Director in a live TV gallery.
 Editing Sports news VT and bespoke music montages using Final Cut Pro and Q edit.
 Filming Interviews with a Z1 camera.

2. VT Editor - BBC News (Attachment, January 2010 - August 2010)
 Editing VT for Network news, World news and the BBC News channel, often to
extremely tight deadlines.
Assistant Producer - BBC ‘A Question of Sport’ (Attachment, 2009-2010)
 Editing, filming and directing bespoke music items, including the 40th Anniversary
VT.
 Filming and setting up 'Mystery guests', from the initial phone call to finding suitable
Sports stars and locations for filming; and editing the polished VT for broadcast.
 Writing questions, booking artists and contributors.
 Devising story ideas and features.
 Liaising with high profile guests during the studio based live recordings.
 Directing camera shoots.
Assistant Producer BBC Sport (Including Grandstand, Match of the Day and
Football Focus) (1998-2004)
 Devised bespoke feature VT for BBC Sport’s coverage of the Grand National.
 Directing film crew on location.
 Log and monitor live sport.
 Researching stories and sourcing and booking celebrity guests.
 Produced, edited and wrote the annual sports review of the year (half hour
programme) for BBC news channel. This was delivered on time and on budget.
 Editing and writing scripts for BBC Sport Interactive sports news portal.
Education
 English BA Hons Degree (2:2) - Middlesex University.
 A Level - English, History, General Studies.
 9 G.C.S.E’s - including Maths, English and Sciences.
 BTEC - Television and Video Production (Distinction).
 TEFL diploma (Teaching English as a Foreign Language).