KEVIN D. DAWSON

***** ******* ******

Sun Valley, CA 91352

818-***-****

EDUCATION: BA Degree in English/Creative Writing, UCLA College of Letters and Science.

SKILLS: Typing 60 wpm. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint. Writing, editing, proofreading, detail-oriented. Author of short-story collection Bedtime Stories for Insomniacs, published by Tenth Street Press.

LANGUAGES: Can read Spanish, Italian, French. (Out of practice for speaking.)

WORK EXPERIENCE

3/23-8/23: SENIOR SUBTITLING SPECIALIST. EIKON Group; Burbank, CA. Reviewing foreign language subtitle files for theatrical features on Lemony software. Communicating with translators to resolve translation issues. Creating English dialogue lists for captions and subtitle translation.

2/21-2/23: TIMED TEXT OPERATOR. BLU Media; Burbank, CA. Creating and conforming caption and subtitle files to current specs with EZTitles and Ooona software. Performing third party QC of subtitle and forced narrative files on proprietary software.

11/20-2/21: ENGLISH EDITOR. Pixelogic Media; Burbank, CA. Creating Dialogue Lists, CCSL, As Broadcast Scripts, Caption, and Subtitle files on Composition Edit and SubEdit software.

7/18-11/20: CAPTION EDITOR. Los Angeles Distribution and Broadcasting; Burbank, CA. Creating and reformatting closed captions (pop-on and roll-up) and subtitles on EZTitles software.

11/17-7/18: CAPTION EDITOR. DVS/Axium Digital; Burbank, CA. Originating and reformatting closed captions and subtitles on Swift software. Creating As Broadcast Scripts.

9/10-11/17: CAPTION EDITOR. Roundabout Entertainment; Burbank, CA. Originating and reformatting closed captions on Swift software. I’ve been known to caption a 90-minute feature within an eight-hour shift!

1/06-1/12: SENIOR CAPTION EDITOR. JR Media Services; Burbank, CA. Originating and timing captions for closed-captioned television. Creating subtitles for English templates and SDH files; spotting subtitles in various languages. Rendering and delivering caption/subtitle files to clients. As Shift Supervisor, reviewing completed files and working with editors one-on-one to maintain style and quality. Digitizing videos, converting to avi (from mpeg, mov, etc.).

10/04-1/06: CAPTION EDITOR. Soundwriters; New York, NY.

Working from transcript, creating, editing, proofreading, and timing captions for closed-captioned television (clients include A&E, DIY, Food Network, Comedy Central, and Court TV). Fact-checking to ensure captions convey accurate information.

Email: ad06nq@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-dawson-3b22291bb

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