Sinéad O’Callaghan
Ballinatrea West, Guileen, Whitegate, Midleton, Co. Cork
Email: obile: +353 87 9388909
PROFILE
I am a motivated and enthusiastic student with almost a years experience in the T.V industry. On completion of my studies, I hope to apply the skills and experience I have gained from working at home and abroad and gain an entry level position with a production company. I enjoy working on my own initiative and in a team. In short, I am hardworking and eager to work in the TV and film industry.
CAREER HISTORY
Production Runner,“Opry an Iiúr 5” Big Mountain ProductionsSeptember 2016
•Live Country Music show for TG4.
•Responsibilities included dealing with live studio audience, liaising between talent and floor manager between makeup and green room.
•Invaluable hands on experience in learning how a live studio audience productions is run.
•Showed initiative and worked under pressure.
Researcher and Office Runner, Big Mountain ProductionsMay 2015 - January 2016
•Learned to research efficiently and quickly.
•Assisted Development Team on gathering research for treatments, pitches and presentations for Irish and U.K broadcasters.
•Contributed in team brain storms, taking notes and sharing with the team afterwards.
•Practised phone étiquette daily.
•Learned the ins and outs of the daily runnings of an independent production company.
•Required to work under time constraints and meet deadlines.
Banquet Server and Activities Coordinator Assistant, Congress Hall May - August 2016
•America’s oldest seaside resort based in the town of Cape May, New Jersey.
•Interacting with hotel guests and children.
•Worked under strict time schedule with a large team.
Production Runner, ”Daniel O’Donnel and Friends” Big Mountain Productions December 2015
•Live entertainment show for RTÉ 1.
•Assisted in crowd control and placing audience members.
•Meet and greeted talent.
Production Runner, “Opry an Iúir 5” Big Mountain Productions June 2015
•Live entertainment country music show for TG4 and BBC NI.
•During Pre-Production assisted in music clearance, logging and transcoding footage.
•During Production assisted talent, floor manager.
•During post production completed paper work for music clearance for TG4 and BBC.
Runner, “All Ireland School’s Talent Search” Another Avenue Productions May 2013
•Live entertainment show for TV3.
•Assisted Director in OB Truck during filming.
Housekeeping Assistant, Campus Live Services May 2013 - August 2013
•Worked in a team under time constraints.
Achievements:
•London College of Music completed all piano grades, 1 -8.
•London College of Music completed theory grades to grade 5.
•Nano Nagle Merit Award 2011.
•Common Purpose “Your Turn” Leadership Programme 2011.
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•Completed the J1 Work and Travel Visa Summer 2016.
•Currently attending Irish classes.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Currently in final year of University with 2.1 honours degree (QCA 3.18).
BA Science and Engineering “Music, Media and Performance Technology”.
University of Limerick.2013 - 2017
Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate
St. Mary’s Highschool2007 - 2013
Leaving Certificate Results: Subject: Level: Grade:
Irish Honours C1
Maths Honours D3
English Honours C2
Music Honours B1
French Honours B3
Geography Honours C3
Biology Honours C3
IT SKILLS & LANGUAGES
•Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel and Powerpoint. Currently improving on Processing, Max MSP, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
•Intermediate level of Irish and French.
INTERESTS
•Creating videos with friends, film, travel, culture, photography, reading, cooking, socialising with friends.
References available on request