Broadcast Producer Resume
Contact information
Merian S. Dawson
19 Street
Houston
Texas
Career objective
Looking for a challenging position of the Broadcast Producer Resume the reputed University with a view to use my wide experience for the benefit of the organization.
A Producer/Series Producer with more than ten years experience, whose career has focused on live and as-live entertainment, game shows, quizzes, lifestyle, factual debate, news and music shows.
Creatively developed programmes from concept to transmission.
Controlled productions teams and trained staff to the level of Producer.
Produced and overseen live, and as-live terrestrial programmes
Effectively liaised with senior management and broadcasters
Authored good practice, compliance and Ofcom/PhonepayPlus documents. Created format ‘bibles’
Produced multi-cam and single cam location shoots
July 2010 to Aug 2010
PRODUCER Journeyman Productions
Full editorial control of brand-new game show pilot and format development.
August 2009 to present
CONSULTANT USUK Productions
Developing game shows for pitching process
CONSULTANT Aegis Trust (anti-holocaust charity)
Advising on several documentaries about the Sudan
January 2009 to June 2009
SERIES PRODUCER Channel five Lucky Day Productions/Diverse
Word Play and Word Play Plus
50min live daily shows TX 12.50pm and 15min live daily ‘extra’ shows TX 2.45pm weekdays
Complete control of production, working directly with the Managing Director and Commissioning Editor for a brand-new daily, live, quiz show (hosts Jenny Powell and Jenni Falconer). Refining pilot format, controlling pre-production and production budgets, selecting third party suppliers such as graphics, music, computer systems, set design, stylist, service providers etc. Establishing a production team. Writing compliance and Ofcom/PhonepayPlus documents. Auditioning, training and gallery producing talent. Overseeing content, liaising with all technical, legal, online and telephony departments. Successfully bringing the live show to air, on time and on budget. The show has been re-commissioned for another 30 eps.
November 2008 to December 2008
SERIES PRODUCER BBC2 Shine North
Battle of the Brains
20 x 30min shows to TX 6pm weekdays
Full editorial control of 20 pre-recorded quiz shows with a studio audience, working with the Executive Producer, and Commissioning Editor. Adjusting format, gallery producing (the host is Nicky Campbell). Overseeing content, liaising with all technical, legal, audience and online departments. Controlling budget.
August 2008 to November 2008
SERIES PRODUCER ITV1 Granada
Bingo Night Live
60min live nightly shows
A complex live nightly entertainment show hosted by Underwood and Melinda Messenger. Comprising of four live bingo games which are free to play, quizzes, film reviews, comedy, celebrity guests and live celebrity phonos. Full editorial control of second series, liaising with Commissioning Editor, Executive Producer and all other technical, music, graphics, legal, web and financial departments. Responsible for all aspects of programmes. Controlling budget.
July 2008 to August 2008
PRODUCER ITV1 Granada
Bingo Night Live
60min live nightly shows
A complex nightly entertainment show. Controlling production, writing scripts, controlling talent. Liaising with all technical departments.
August 2007 to April 2008
PRODUCER BBC1 Mentorn
The Big Questions
60min weekly live debate show TX 10am Sundays
A lively topical faith and ethics debate show, broadcast on location across the UK. Hosted by Nicky Campbell and Sonia Deol, with a panel of respected guests plus a celebrity guest slot, with a live studio audience and 360 degree interactivity. Full editorial control of shows, working with Series Editor. Celebrity interviewees included Mia Farrow, Annie Lennox and Humphrys. Panellists included Lord Steel, Lord Carey along with notable MPs, clergy and journalists. Liaising with Commissioning Editors and Executives. Deciding content, celebrity guests and panellists, gallery producing Sonia Deol, writing and editing briefs, supervising research, and scheduling. Liaising with technical, interactive and production departments.
March 2007 – June 2007
QUIZ PRODUCER ITV Factual
Don’t Call Me Stupid
8 x 25min shows TX nightly at 10pm
Creating the editorial quiz content of a brand-new, comedy, celebrity game show, hosted by Armstrong. Overseeing editorial team, liaising with Executive Producer, Production Executive, comedy scriptwriters, etc. Helping to shape the format, look and feel of the new shows. Editing briefs, checking research and supervising VT and graphic inserts. Celebrities included Germaine Greer, Shane Lynch, Sleep, Howard MP, Vanessa Feltz, Bez, Galloway MP, Chantelle, Lady Harvey, Bobby
December 2006 - February 2007
SERIES PRODUCER Journeyman Productions for Antenna 1
Love Match
Development of a series format, and production of a pilot programme, for a dating game show targeted at an international Greek audience. Formatting games, and overseeing all aspects of pre-production and production for the pilot. Controlling talent, staffing and budget.
August 2006 – September 2006
DEPUTY SERIES EDITOR - ITV1 Brighter Pictures (an Endemol UK company)
Vanessa’s Real Lives
25 x 60min shows to TX daily
Along with the Series Editor, full editorial control of shows, Managing production team for a brand-new daytime chat show, fronted by Vanessa Feltz. Liaising with the Executive Producers and the Controller of ITV Daytime. Creating the look and feel of a brand-new show. Overseeing all aspects of the programmes, including contributors, scripts, research, scheduling, briefs, and liaising with all technical and production departments. Controlling budgets, staffing and talent.
January 2006 – May 2006
PRODUCER - ITV1 - Ludus/Etv productions
The Mint
Nightly live entertainment and interactive game show.
Set up the show from inception to launch, with the Executive Producer, Leahy, and the Series Producer, to create innovative game show programming. This included devising and writing new games, developing content, and liaising with various technical departments. Interviewing, organising and scheduling talent and crew, instructing the shooting AP, supervising research and graphic departments, overseeing vt packages. Liaising with commissioning editors, celebrity guests and their agents, and contributors. Full editorial control of live shows.
Aug 2005 – October 2005
PRODUCER - Channel five - Princess Productions
Doctor Doctor
Daily live health discussion show.
Responsible for editorial control of live shows. Scripting programmes, briefing celebrity presenters such as Dr Porter and Dr Hammond plus guests, such as Dr Miriam Stoppard. Supervising research and VT packages, audience, phonos, and liaising with all technical departments.
May 2005 – July 2005
PRODUCER – Channel five - Princess Productions
The Wright Stuff
Daily live news discussion show with a team of 10
Editorial control of live shows. Supervising research, VT packages, full scripting for the programme output, and liaising with celebrity guests, audience, phono and technical departments. Hosts included Wright and Piers Morgan.
February 2005 – April 2005
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER – Journeyman Productions
Development of a new film quiz show format in preparation for a pilot and pitching process
May 2002 – January 2005.
SENIOR PRODUCER – Channel five - Endemol UK
Brainteaser and Memory Bank - 60 min daily live quiz shows
Original Producer of Brainteaser at its development stage. Co-created the show, its ‘look’ and style, established the research and production team, and took it to air on time and on budget. Gallery produced the programme regularly, as well as training up and overseeing new Producers. Responsible for all editorial content. Gained many recommissions.
Later, co-developed the format of Memory Bank and, again, put the team together and took the show to air on time and on budget. Overall control of the daily production of both programmes, devised and tested new games and promos, and was responsible for all editorial content, team management and development.
March 2000 – March 2002. TWI - The NOW Channel (TransWorld International/PCC)
PRODUCER. (The Network of the World [NOW] was the first global broadband service. It delivered live and as-live TV programming, 100% synchronised with multi-media content on the internet. It broadcast 24/7 to a potential TV audience of 135 million in the Middle East, Asia and Australasia.)
Overall responsibility for seven live, half-hour, music news shows each week, with simultaneous web content. PD-ed on-location music festivals and award programmes.
November 1999 – February 2000 Scottish Television
(S2 was Scottish Television’s first digital platform, and broadcast six nights a week)
FREELANCE PRODUCER. S2 LIVE
S2 LIVE, a daily lifestyle and entertainment show pitched at 16-24 year-olds, covering music, comedy and the arts. Producing entertainment packages from across Scotland and edited compilation shows.
1996 – November 1999. Edinburgh L!VE TV
PRODUCER.
(Edinburgh L!VE opted out of some of its notorious parent’s programming to broadcast as a local news channel serving the Greater Edinburgh area.)
Joined the pre-launch team as a Production Journalist and was promoted to Producer. Responsible for daily local news bulletins, a nightly half-hour entertainment magazine show, a two-hour live breakfast show with live OBs, and regular location discussion programmes with local politicians responding to questions from a live audience. Also produced Edinburgh Festival specials, and a seven-hour 1997 General Election broadcast covering the Edinburgh count.
1997 – 1999. Edinburgh Festival Revue
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER.
(A multi-media event in which, each year, more than 600 acts performed highlights from their shows in the various festivals on a stage in central Edinburgh. These were filmed, shown on giant screens on site, broadcast through local cable television and transmitted live on the web.)
I was seconded to work on the Revue, to co-ordinate the output of the daily, 9-hour show, with the Director, and occasionally to deputise for him in the gallery.
1995 – 1996. Various
Researcher at Scottish Television for the news department and on two entertainment shows – Don’t Look Now and NB. I was 2nd AD on a feature-length drama The Priest and the Pirate, shown on BBC1, and a Production Assistant on various corporate programmes whose clients included Edinburgh City Council, Scottish Fishery Protection Agency and the Scottish Health and Safety Council.
References
Merian S. Dawson
Manager
Wap Company.
Merian_Dawson@gmail.com
