Project Manager Account Executive
Resume:
David H. Gillon
Hartford, CT *6105
860-***-**** v11wir@r.postjobfree.com
CAREER SUMMARY
PRODUCER of news, advertising, education, and training programs for radio, television and film. Expertise in planning, budgeting, development and production. Team builder and leader of new initiatives. Sample reel available for viewing at http://gallery.me.com/davidgillon/
EXPERIENCE
TRIBUNE COMPANY 2010 – 2012
Caption Center, Hartford, CT
Closed Caption Producer
• Produce closed captions for TV stations nationwide, specializing in live captioning.
• Captioned President Barack Obama’s announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden for the New York metro television market.
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 1998 – 2008
Education for Working Professionals, Hartford, CT
Course Developer, Multimedia Producer
• Served as project manager and production expert, planning and collaborating with academic deans and faculty to determine effective ways to create learning content.
• Won university-wide recognition with the award for Best Distance Education Course.
• Produced more than 3,000 live productions in support of more than 120 courses reaching students throughout the United States, including corporate clients IBM, Morgan Stanley, General Motors, Mass Mutual, United Healthcare, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky, Hamilton Sundstrand, and Carrier.
• Resolved 2,000 instructor or student problems, identifying improvement opportunities in the delivery system and leading the distance learning team to implement solutions.
• Embraced new technology while developing ways to extend the return on investment in existing technology, increasing learning effectiveness and raising the bar of student expectations.
• Employed video streaming, video conferencing, desktop conferencing, podcasts, and websites, along with traditional video production using robotic 4-camera production studio classrooms.
• Created course textbooks, WebCT/Blackboard learning management sites, and a freestanding library of video reference works on engineering and computer science subjects.
• Trained and experienced in the use of desktop conferencing software Elluminate, Adobe Connect, and Mediasite, and experienced in general purpose software such as Microsoft Office and others.
• Participated as key member of the committee that reviewed, selected and implemented desktop broadcast software technology for the next generation delivery platform.
• Experienced in the integration of synchronous, asynchronous and interactive media.
FILM, VIDEO, BROADCAST
OUTLOOK FILM & VIDEO, Hartford, CT 1992 – 1998
Producer of corporate video productions for business and training.
STUDIO 16 Communications, Springfield, MA 1988 – 1992
Producer of corporate video productions for business and training.
CHERRY FILMS, Springfield, MA and Hartford, CT 1988 – 1992
Account Executive serving advertising agencies. 16 and 35mm film production, primarily commercials. Winner of numerous regional advertising awards.
CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING 1986 – 1988
Local host of NPR’s Morning Edition and Early Edition; On-camera fundraising for Connecticut Public Television; Substitute host for The Faith Middleton Show.
ANGELSEA PRODUCTIONS, Hartford, CT 1982 – 1986
Writer / Producer / Director for corporate, legal, advertising clients.
CABLE NEWS NETWORK, New York, NY 1982 – 1982
Researcher for prime time daily news show, Freeman Reports.
WFCR, Amherst, MA, National Public Radio for Western Massachusetts 1980 – 1982
Producer and Anchor of Outlook, a daily 60-minute news program.
WSPR, Springfield, MA 1980 – 1980
Drive-Time News Anchor and News Reporter.
CBS Radio, Boston, MA 1980 – 1979
Intern / Writer / Researcher at all-news WEEI Newsradio 59.
WOCB AM/FM, West Yarmouth, MA 1979 – 1979
News Announcer.
WMUA, Amherst, MA 1978 – 1978
General Manager of University of Massachusetts student-run radio station.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Word Is Out, Stories of Some of Our Lives, the first feature documentary on being gay in America. Interviewed for All Things Considered, NY Times, Village Voice, Hartford Courant, et al, for the film’s restoration and re-release in 2009. Turner Classic Movies. DuPont-Columbia Award for Journalism.
• Guest Lecturer on television production at Tunxis Community College and Jacob Burns Film Institute.
• Producer/Director of programs for Connecticut electoral races and associated fundraising activities.
• State of Connecticut clients include the Department of Health Services (cancer prevention, teen pregnancy, Lyme disease), Department of Transportation (RideShare), Judicial Department (Judges Institute), and the Department of Revenue Services (Connecticut Lottery commercials).
• Corporate clients include General Electric, United Technologies, Uniroyal Chemical, Brown University, Casual Corner, Ensign Bickford, Dexter Nonwovens, Gerber Scientific, Konica, ABB, Advo, and Lego.
EDUCATION
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA - Journalism and Philosophy Dual Major
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