Manager Director

Jonathan Weaver

abqhqe@r.postjobfree.com 903-***-**** jonathankweaver.com

Address Education

** **** ********** **. ***. 31 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Bristol, CT 06010 B.A. Broadcast Journalism, May 2011

Broadcast TV Experience

June 2011-Present ESPN, Inc.

Operations Technician I

I maintain the high quality of ESPN productions in various roles within the Media Technologies

department. I am cleared on the job functions of PING, Ingest 1 and Ingest 2 and have a large

understanding of the current workflows between all of the departments that we interact with.

August 2010-May 2011 ArkansasRazorbacks.com

Producer/Director/Technical Director

I produced, directed, and technical directed live productions for ArkansasRazorbacks.com. I was

in charge of a pre-game show for home football games, as well as volleyball, softball and soccer

games. I had to maintain a staff and ensure the broadcasts were seamless. I also worked with

ESPNU Campus Connections and many other production companies as AD and camera.

June 2010-August 2010 ESPN, Inc.

Media Operations Intern

It was my responsibility to quality check incoming feeds to ESPN for audio and video problems.

I communicated to transmission to make sure those problems were addressed. Attention to

detail was important; as I made sure the video feeds were being ingested to the servers. I also

observed, multiple times, the Associate Director position during broadcasts of SportsCenter.

May 2010-May 2011 UATV

Station Manager

I oversaw all parts of UATV. I was in charge of selecting a staff and assigning goals. I dealt with

station decisions and I handled complaints from staff. I made sure that UATV continually grew

and advanced by overseeing studio upgrades and new digital channel acquisition.

August 2009-May 2010 UATV

Assistant Station Manager

I was the second in command behind the Station Manager. I made sure that we continued to put

on quality broadcasts and oversaw staff.

May 2009-November 2009 KHOG 40/29 (Rogers, AR)

Sports Intern

I worked with the 40/29 Sports Department. I shot and edited for the nightly newscast and the

30-minute sports show on Sunday nights. I interviewed many college and professional athletes

and shot everything from a rodeo to minor league baseball games.

August 2008-May 2009 UATV

Programming Director

I was responsible for updating and creating the 24-hour replay schedule for UATV. I would make

sure the files were in the system and input new files to air on UATV. I created the standard

schedule we use today.

August 2007-May 2011 UATV

Technical Director/Volunteer/Anchor/Reporter

I was responsible for the technical aspects of many live and pre-produced shows. I also worked

cameras, prompter, video playback, audio and graphics for UATV. I also provided content for

newscast on UATV. I wrote stories, conducted interviews, shot, edited and produced packages. I

anchored live for the nightly news and hosted a live sports call-in show. I also shot and edited

video from numerous NCAA sporting events.

Skills

Experience with ESPN specific applications (E-Record, E-Schedule, NCS, Quantel, Morpheus)

Experience with news producing programs (E-Z-News, ENPS)

Experience with automated scheduling programs (Leightronix Nexis)

Experience with technical directing production switcher/system (Tricaster, Echolab)

Linear and non-linear editing experience (Avid, Final Cut Pro, Quantel, Sony Vegas)

Excellent broadcast writing skills and Proficient with Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop

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