1. Paul Douglas
513 Great West Road,
Hounslow
TW5 0BS
Tel: +44 (0)7510 31 5167
paulwbdouglas@outlook.com
http://www.pauldouglasonline.net
uk.linkedin.com/in/tvpauld
Professional Summary
Enthusiastic and hard-working First Class Graduate of BSc (Hons) Television & Broadcasting at the University of
Portsmouth seeking to further career in Television, Media & Video Industry.
Core Skills
• Television and Video Production including acting as Producer on live & taped studio TV productions as well as camera
operation, directing, acting as a runner, sound recording, audio & video mixing, editing, research and planning
• Expertise in intersection of social media & broadcast television including dissertation analysis on subject
• Experience writing for both live & taped television, as well as published article in national magazine
• Experience researching for live and taped television programming
• Experience presenting & producing live Radio programming, both for Community Radio & Student Radio stations
Experience
Schedule & Operations Executive, Sky UK Limited; London, UK - August 2013-Present
Ensure the editorial & technical integrity of data in the Sky EPG across a wide variety of channels through liaising with
internal and external schedulers, including to comply with regulatory (Ofcom) & editorial rules.
• Perform timely updates in accordance with changes to live programming including sports and news, including active
monitoring of high profile live events, requiring the ability to work quickly & accurately under time pressure.
• Oversight of internal first line support for VPN and FTP connections used in Schedule Delivery.
• Leadership of groups responsible for schedules delivered by major broadcasters like Disney & Channel 4 including
organising relationships both remotely and in person by arranging & co-ordinating meetings.
Faculty Student Events Assistant, University of Portsmouth; Portsmouth, UK - March 2012-May 2013
FSEA for The Faculty of Creative & Cultural Industries. Promotion of the Faculty & University on Open Days, answering
prospective Students' questions, providing tours, administrative tasks and other organisational and procedural
responsibilities as required
Customer Assistant (Checkouts), Tesco Stores Ltd; Peterborough, UK - November 2007-September 2010, December 2010-
January 2011, June 2011-August 2011
As a customer assistant working on checkouts I was required to work as part of a team, deal directly with the public,
handle money, arrive punctually and manage my own time throughout the day.
Education
University of Portsmouth, UK - First Class BSc (Hons) Television & Broadcasting, 2010-2013
This course provides in-depth experience of producing and managing multimedia productions, with a particular focus on
Television and Live Studio Television. A core output of the course is a University-wide TV Channel managed by students of
the course, showcasing work produced as part of it.
• Worked as producer or director on a live magazine show, taped magazine shows, News programming and
entertainment variety programming, plus taped content ranging from Documentary to comedy.
• Experience in multiple roles in a live studio environment; e.g. acting as producer, director, running, floor management,
camera operation, sound mixing/use & deployment of microphones, AutoCue operation, vision mixing etc.
• Extensive individual work as well as core experience of working together in an industry style production team.
Sawtry Community College, Cambridgeshire, UK 2003-2010
AAB A-Levels in Business Studies, Sociology & Media Studies; 3 A* GCSEs; 5 A GCSEs; C GCSE; 1 A &1 B GCSE Short
Course; OCR Level 2 Diploma for IT Users (CLAiT Plus) including Microsoft Office Specialist Certification
Referrals
Charlie Watts, Senior Lecturer/Course Leader BSc (Hons) Television & Broadcasting:
Email: charlie.watts@port.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)23 92 84 5485
Tony Buckmaster, Sky UK Limited, Manger of EPG Services:
Email: tony.buckmaster@sky.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 70 32 1312
Curriculum Vitae
Television & Video Production, Writing, Editing & Presenting
Paul Douglas