WorkExperience

Since 2003 UKTV

UKTV is a joint venture between the BBC's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and Virgin Media owned Virgin Media Television, formerly Flextech Television. UKTV is one of the United Kingdom's largest television companies.

UKTV's channels are available via satellite and cable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. In the UK, on digital terrestrial television, UKTV History and UKTV are available on the Freeview platform, and selected parts of UKTV Gold, UKTV Style and UKTV Food are available through Top Up TV.

Most programmes on UKTV's channels are repeat broadcasts of BBC productions (although the entertainment channels also feature programmes made by other companies), and the channels themselves are played out by Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast) from their 'Broadcast Centre' in West London.

Widescreen transmissions are cut down to a 14:9 format leaving the sides of the picture cut off. However, UKTV will broadcast in 16:9 format from January 2008. From 2008 UKTV are considering airing localised versions of their channels in the Republic of Ireland market featuring local advertisements and sponsorship.

Some recent projects include:

• Direct integration of Brightcove Video into UKTV's CMS (Video on demand)
• Local Food Directory
• Britain's Best
• Courses & Gifts
• The People's Cookbook
• Our Fragile World with Sir David Attenborough

Since 2005

Technical Manager at UKTV New Media

• UKTV
• Dave
• UKTV BrightIdeas
• UKTV Documentary
• UKTV Drama
• UKTV G2
• UKTV Gardens
• UKTV Gold
• UKTV History
• UKTV People
• UKTV Style
• Interactive TV (Red Button Service)

2003 - 2005

Web developer at UKTV

Build a bespoke CMS using ColdFusion, SQL, and FuseBox to support the folling:

• UKTV
• UKTV BrightIdeas
• UKTV Documentary
• UKTV Drama
• UKTV G2
• UKTV Gardens
• UKTV Gold
• UKTV History
• UKTV People
• UKTV Style
• Interactive TV (Red Button Service)
• microsites

2000 - 2001

ActionScript and ColdFusion developer at Creative IT (previously HHM - Hubbard Hiwaizi McCann and now Crayon London)

1999 - 2000

Web developer/designer at Property Mall, London

Developing and maintaining sites for:

• Barrie Tankel Partnership
• Greycoat
• Pricoa
• Semple Fraser
• DPP - Development Planning Partnership
• Lister Beare
• sbh
• WIP - Women in Property

1999

Freelance Flash developer for arehaus

I have created a couple of online applications in Flash for them including an Online Advent Calendar and the portal page for CGU.

1997 - 1998

Manager of the software department at Media Markt, Berlin Wedding

1996 -1997

Barman at Heaven, Charing Cross, London

1995 - 1996

Zivildienst at Kinderhaus Fledermaus

1993 - 1995

Apprenticeship at Hyatt Regency Hotel Cologne

• 1 month city ledger
• 5.5 months cost control
• 1 month main cashier
• 5 months account payable
• 0.5 month income audit
• 2 month waiter
• 2 months banquet-operations
• 2 months human resources

1993

Receptionist at Grosvenor House, Park Lane, London

1992 - 1993

Club Butler at St. Ermin's Hotel, St James's Park, London

1984 - 1992

Lederwaren Ernst Klockmann, Hamburg

Working in our family business covering several areas including:

• stock
• sales
• delivery
• rostering

(The businees was sold after almost 100 years in 2002)