MARTIN VELEV

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Summary

Postgraduate in Film Studies, with a focus on screenwriting, driven to coordinate the production process, research talent and thematic concepts and write treatments and screenplays. Leader of the quantitative analysis for Prix Jeunesse’s project – Children’s Television Worldwide 2. For my bachelor’s thesis, I postulated an empirical framework for Hollywood’s diversity requirements. Published film critic (links: here, here & here). Organised and meticulous, with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to work on own initiative and collaborate with team members. Key Skills

• Proficiency in Sony Vegas Pro; experience with Premiere Pro

• Proficiency in SPSS, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

• Guiding colleagues to fulfil tasks

• Fluent in English, German and Bulgarian; intermediate in Russian

• Creative, efficient, objective

• 74 WPM

Employment History

Statistical Analyst (Part-time & Freelance), Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, Germany

(May 2018 – Present)

Achievements and responsibilities:

• Leading the quantitative analysis and writing the dummy report for the global study ‘Children’s Television Worldwide 2’

• Guiding colleagues to fulfil tasks efficiently

• Thorough quantitative and qualitative analyses regarding one’s understanding of television, gender and ethnicities

• Designing diagrams in Word/PowerPoint

• Restructuring and calculating data in Excel

• Preparing and organising the ‘Prix Jeunesse International’ film festival

• Preparing and organising the annual research conference ‘Hate – Racism and Extremism as a topic for Children and Adolescents’

Journalist (Internship), Bulgarian National Television, Sofia, Bulgaria

(August 2018 – September 2018)

Achievements and responsibilities:

• First intern to write an article for the primetime news broadcast on the very first day

• Article writing and video editing, politics and economics as main focus

• Participating in interviews with politicians in the Bulgarian Parliament Customer Support (Full-time), Sutherland Global Services, Sofia, Bulgaria

(June 2016 – September 2016)

Achievements and responsibilities:

• First rookie to write more than 80 emails in a day

• In the monthly top 10 for highest positive/negative customer feedback ratio

• Supporting clients of Amazon.de on e-mail and chat platforms Education

University of Westminster

Master of Arts with Distinction in Film, Television and Moving Image

(September 2019 – September 2020)

• Advanced screenwriting; development of dramatically-structured short scripts

• Elaborate qualitative analyses of European and Asian cinema

• Development of Bordwell’s cinematic theory of ‘intensified continuity’ in the context of music videos

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies (major) and Economics (minor)

(October 2016 – August 2019)

• Inventing an organic, empirical framework for Hollywood’s diversity requirements

• Principles of communication theory, PR, political communication, and statistics

• Research seminars and SPSS courses

• Principles of micro- and macroeconomics and accounting

"Vladislav Gramatik" Secondary School

Bulgarian Diploma

(September 2011 – May 2016)

• Summa cum laude (Gold medal)

• Received Deutsches Sprachdiplom (DSD), grade C1

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