Lawrence Chiles - Curriculum Vitae
d.o.b: 24/11/72
e: lawrence at chiles dot org
t: 07717 744 172
Summary
Career: I have ten years experience as an editor, producer, project manager and writer for major broadcasters in the arts, entertainment and education sectors for online, interactive and mobile platforms. I have worked as a freelancer producer since 2003 on large and medium-scale projects.
Skills: I have extensive experience at all levels of the production and editorial process for online and interactive content, alongside major public-facing campaigns and real world events.
I am a trained journalist having written about the arts and as a specialist technology writer for print publications and news syndication and I am currently contributing editor for Wonderland magazine.
Work history
Projects 2008
British Council
• Editor as part of the ‘online transformation programme’
• Consultancy position examing the British Council’s online output and delivery processes
Cimex Media
• Top 50 digital agency
• ESkills education content delivery for 14-19 year olds
• Large eLearning project for 13-14 year olds promoting technology/engineering
• Game development exploring technology in sport
• Budgets: 110k - 250k
Cultural Enterprise Office
• Website consultancy - development plan for interactivity
Disney Channel
• Product launch for New series of Famous 5
• Text to screen ‘event’ weekend
Projects 2006/7
BBC Children’s web and TV project, TMi
• Site concept and development
• Daily video content production
• Social network designed for children under 12
• Budget: 50k
• www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
BBC MyBritain
• Consultancy and development
• A research and development project for the BBC exploring ways of using archive footage to create new location-based narratives
BBC Science and Nature, The Truth About Food
• Video content production
• Budget: 50k
• www.bbc.co.uk/truthaboutfood
BBC Arts, The Power of Art
• Site concept, development and management
• Interactive TV, website and mobile content production
• Budget: 200k
• www.bbc.co.uk/arts/powerofart
World Wildlife Fund
• Website consultancy and online guidelines
• www.wwf.org.uk
BBC Arts, The Romantics
• Site concept, development and management
• Audio production
• 50k
• www.bbc.co.uk/arts/romantics
Sept 2003 - Oct 2005
Interactive producer - Discovery Networks Europe
• Two channel website launches from concept to launch
• Development and management of community applications and forums across all European sites
• Development of a single sign on process for all of Discovery’s interactive services
Sept 2002 - Sept 2003
Travel
12 month career break travelling to South America and Australia.
July 2005 to present
Contributing editor, Technology
Wonderland (visual culture magazine)
Dec 2000 to Sept 2002
Senior content producer - BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/arts
www.bbc.co.uk/books
www.bbc.co.uk/shootinglive
Managed the editing, commissioning and development for the BBC’s interactive arts output, working alongside organisations such as the Arts Council and Saatchi & Saatchi on the commissioning and delivery of large-scale live/interactive art events across the UK.
Dec 1999 to Dec 2000
Web producer - BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/webwise
www.bbc.co.uk/becomingwebwise
Content commissioning and site development and lead on restructuring of content into the BBC’s first bespoke XML driven website and oversaw the development of the first BBC certificate course in e-learning, Becoming WebWise.
Mar 1998 to Dec 1999
Deputy technology editor - Press Association
www.pressassociation.net
News and feature writer about technology, the internet and gaming including a weekly syndicated computer games column and internet review column
Oct 1995 to June 1999
Gallery curator/treasurer
Waygood Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
SKILLS
- Comfortable in both team development roles and as a sole producer
- Strong understanding of cross platform interactive tools
- Able to troubleshoot effectively
- Produced content for public and commercial organisations
- Good project management
- Clear, concise, friendly writing style
- Fast, efficient producer of copy
- Excellent understanding of internet culture, history and etiquette
- Excellent communicator, electronically and face-to-face
- Good understanding of Agile Methodologies
PURSUITS
I have a continuing obsession with all forms of art but particularly painting – I have a studio and regularly exhibit work. I have a passion for sport especially football, mountain biking and running having completed my first marathon in 2004.
EDUCATION
01 Zero-One:
Agile Methods
BBC Courses:
Project management
XML
Audio and video editing
Design principles for interactive TV
Spanish basics
July to Sept 1997
PMA Training, postgraduate in magazine journalism
One of 27 places from 1000 applicants
Sept 1992 to July 1995
University of Northumbria
BA hons Contemporary Art Practice class: 2.1
REFEREES
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