Job Hunt In Media

1. Job Hunt In Media By Oriana Hunt

2. Job Title • Photographic Studio Manager • Extendee - Production Management Assistant, CBBC Drama, BBC Children’s • C#.Net Developer - iInnovative Software House

3. What does doing the job involve? • You will be providing line management for the Photo Studio's Production Manager, Styling Manager, Photographer and Post Production Manager and collaborating with the team from a resourcing perspective.My client is looking for someone super organised who , is a self-starter who has strong communication skills, confident and experienced in line management • You’ll provide administrative support to the CBBC Drama, Production Management & Acquisitions & Animation Teams. Therefore, you’ll organise and assist with internal meetings, manage diaries and travel for senior staff and request tapes from Information and Archives. On this theme, you’ll also enter tape and other programme related materials into BBC systems and spreadsheets. In addition, you’ll utilise BBC purchasing systems and practices i.e. Quick Order, Buy/Book/Order and Gateway and may also carry out general running duties. • As a C#.Net Developer you will be responsible for designs, modification and development of software programming applications and components. You will support/install software applications and components. You will be responsible for various phases of the software development lifecycle including technical research, requirements analysis, high level and technical design, implementation of enhancements to the product, unit testing, debugging and maintenance

4. What type of job is it? • Project Management in a photography studio (manger) • Production Management Assistant in CBBC Drama and BBC Children’s • Net Developer (working with computers)

5. What Qualifications are required for the role? • Working closely with the different teams and ensuring deliverables are achieved to quality standards and within the specified timelines and in budgetResourcing for both freelance and perm staffLead the Photo Studio operationWork closely with the heads of within the creative team • You’ll bring experience in working in a busy and demanding office environment, showing an ability to work successfully across different tasks and projects simultaneously. Through this, you’ll have gained a thorough knowledge of office systems, procedures and excellent computer skills. As such, you’ll have an ability to work with databases, particularly Excel. You’ll show a good knowledge of the BBC organisation and structure and bring a flexible, creative and good humoured approach to problem solving. An interest in, and enthusiasm for BBC Children’s output is obviously very important • Experience of Top shelf, Ninject, Octopus Deploy, Reshape, Oauth 2.0, Dependency injections, IoC containers, Repository pattern, Factory Pattern, Rally or Templating (including Ember or Handlebars) would be beneficial but is by no means essential.

6. What experience do they ask for? • A good solid background of working within photo studiosA good solid background of hiring for a photo studio Organised, great communication skills and a fantastic multitaskerBeing able to appreciate a good image from a bad oneFashion experience is preferred or experience of working on a big name brand • You’ll bring experience in working in a busy and demanding office environment, showing an ability to work successfully across different tasks and projects simultaneously. Through this, you’ll have gained a thorough knowledge of office systems, procedures and excellent computer skills. As such, you’ll have an ability to work with databases, particularly Excel. You’ll show a good knowledge of the BBC organisation and structure and bring a flexible, creative and good humoured approach to problem solving. An interest in, and enthusiasm for BBC Children’s output is obviously very important. • Good knowledge of the Microsoft Framework, including, LINQ and TFS 2010. Strong knowledge of SQL Server Experience in a combination of some of the following: Restful architecture, JSON, XML, SQL server, Entity Framework, Windows Services, HTML, JavaScript (including JQuery and other libraries), CSS, Social Media API's and/or MVC 3.0+ An ability to problem solve, provide solutions and play an interactive role within a team environment

7. What transferable skills (personal qualities) do they ask for? • Organised, people skills, manger skills, Project Management, communication skills • Organised, computer skills, have some experience with children • High Computer skills

8. What type of contract is it? • Full Time, Permanent • Part Time leading into a Full Time job • Permanent

9. 5 Year Plan • College, uni – www.ucas.com • Trowbrige, Wiltshire, Bristol, Somerset (location) • Portfolio building Oriana Hunt

10. College/Uni • BTEC Level 3 90 Credit/Extended Diploma in TV and Film • Wiltshire College (Chippenham) Foundation Degree in Creative Digital Media HE Level 2 (HND's DipHEs and Foundation Degrees) Qualification FdA Duration 2 Years Study mode Full-time • Norton Radstock College (Main Site) Photography HE Level 1 (HNCs and CertHEs) Qualification NC Duration1 Years Study mode Full-time • Bournemouth University (photography) Salisbury 3 year (full-time) BA (Hons) • BTEC Level 2 Diploma in Media, Trowbridge  (currently doing)

11. Job after/maybe darning uni or college • A part time job in a shop maybe in a printing shop or try and get a job with David Wiltshire and start saving (for my own photography studio) • Semi-Permanent job either in or around the media • Get a full time job in or around the media • Then get a job as an Assent Manager • Then a Manger • Then Hopefully I get my studio 