Jay Taylor
Brisbane, QLD
**********@*****.***
SUMMARY
I have built my eye working on the highest rating TV shows in Australia including MKR, The Block, The Bachelor & The Voice. Able to work autonomously and as part of a team. Strong problem solving skills, always finds a way to make things work and meet deadlines.
EDUCATION
● Diploma Audio TV & Film
Production (JMC)
● IT (Tech support)
EXPERIENCE
Freelance
QLD, 2017 to present
● Shooting, editing & audio design freelancing in Brisbane, working on corporate video, music video & video games. Assembly Editor, The Mosque
Brisbane, QLD, 2016 - April 2017
For Southern Picture
● Assembly Editing
● Transcoding, project creation & organization. Daily project upkeep.
Supervising Assistant Editor, Shark Tank Season 2
Sydney, NSW 2015
For Shine Australia
● Avid workflow, schedule & operations design
● Supervising a team of assistant editors
● Training junior staff
● Providing support to offline & online editors, producers and audio designers
Editor
Brisbane, QLD, 2016
For Win News
● Editing updates & main program news
● Transcoding, project creation & organization. Daily project upkeep.
Senior Assistant Editor/Assembly Editor (Avid), The Bachelor s3 / The Bachelorette s1
Sydney, NSW - 2015
For Shine Australia
● Assembly editing, editing rose ceremonies for The Bachelorette including music selection & pass.
● Ingest, transcoding, syncing, grouping & shot finding. Editor, MKR
Sydney, NSW - 2015
For Seven Network
● Assembly editing / pod editing
● Edited complete shopping, judging & final scoring sequences for My Kitchen Rules including music selection
& editing.
Swords - Chipped Shoulder (Music Video)
Sydney, NSW - 2015
For self (freelance)
● Cinematography
● Producer
Supervising Assistant Editor (Avid), The Block
Sydney, NSW - 2015
For Channel Nine
● Supervising a team of 5 assistant editors
● Training staff, two of which had never worked in an assistant editor capacity.
● Ensuring post production schedule is kept to
● Compile video editing
Supervising Assistant Editor (Avid), Location Location Location Season
3
Sydney, NSW - 2014
For Shine Australia
● Avid workflow, schedule & operations design
● Ingest, backup & transcode daily rushes
● Assembly editing
Senior Assistant Editor (Avid), The Voice Season 3 Sydney, NSW - 2014
For Shine Australia
● Ingest, backup & transcode daily rushes
● Sync multicam audio & video
● Assembly editing with Avid
Assistant Editor (Avid), So You Think You Can Dance? Season 3
Sydney, NSW - 2013
For Shine Australia
● Ingest, backup & transcode daily rushes
● Log/mark footage
● Sync multicam audio & video
● Compile video editing with Avid
Assistant Editor (Avid), Home And Away
Sydney, NSW - 2013
For Seven Network Limited
● Ingest, backup & transcode studio & location daily rushes
● Log footage
● Audio sync
● Organize Avid projects
Video Editor, Technicolor
Sydney, NSW - 2013
Technicolor is the technology leader of digital innovation in the media and entertainment sectors.
● Media wrangling/transcode
● Conforming material for broadcast compliancy.
● Content encode and decode.
● QC/Ingest
● Video editing with FCP
● Distribution process management.
Digital Media Coordinator, The Movie Network
Channels
Sydney, NSW - 2012
Movie Network Channels was an Australian premium television movie service that consisted of five original channels (Movie One, Movie Extra, Movie Greats, Family Movie Channel, Starpics 1), two SD timeshifts (Movie Two, Starpics 2) and three HD simulcasts (Movie One HD, Starpics 1 HD, Starpics 2 HD).
● Media ingest/wrangling/transcode
● Ensure timely delivery of content to our digital platforms & partners, which include but are not limited to Fetch TV, Telstra T-Box, X-box, Foxtel Download, YouTube, as well as our website mnc.tv & iPad app.
● Video editing with FCP
● Manage all meta-data requirements, both externally
(digital
● platforms) and internally (internal video servers)
● DVD Studio Pro authoring & duplication
● FTP & website admin
Operations Consultant, Sage Business Solutions
Sydney, NSW - 2007-2011
Sage is a global vendor providing end-to- end financial accounting software, Enterprise Resource Planning - ERP software, Customer Relationship Management and Business
Intelligence software solutions to large, mid-size and small businesses.
● General day to day point of contact to solution providers
● Daily CRM maintenance
● Order Entry (Using Sage Accpac ERP)
● Business reporting (Sales targets, KPIs etc)
Key Achievements
Nominated for employee of the month several times over tenure.
Awarded employee of the month for October 2009 for outstanding client services and sales support.
Streamlined special pricing process for new sales; implemented new process which resulted in smoother sales workflow with fewer delays.
Formed strong relationships with resellers and receive constant praise for helpfulness and reliability.
REFERENCES
On Request