email: clive@clivebanks.co.uk
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Current Projects
Maintaining my cult television website, ‘The Science-Fiction and Telefantasy Databanks’ at www.clivebanks.co.uk.
SERVICE ASSURANCE MANAGER
Future Media and Technology, BBC
April 2005 - Present
Responsible for providing an effective service assurance function for the technology services delivered to the BBC by its supplier, Siemens. Duties include: overseeing the Technology Framework Contract agreed between parties; establishing and maintaining technology services that align to business needs, priorities and strategy; ensuring that technology delivery remains in line with agreed timetables; tracking and measuring technology-enabled change; ensuring that technology-related business risks are identified, monitored and appropriately mitigated; managing the definition of services and service levels required to support the business; reviewing services and processes to identify areas of improvement and maximise effectiveness; undertaking service improvement plans with the supplier; managing multiple stakeholders at all levels; carrying out complex negotiations to bring about satisfactory agreement for all parties; Incident Management; ad hoc project management and technical support; management of a team of Technology Service Advisors.
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
Technology Direction Group, BBC
February 2005 - April 2005
Ad hoc project management and technical support role.
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
Technology Direction Group, BBC
August 2004 – February 2005
Carrying out a project to assess the feasibility of a new support role, the ‘Lead I.T. Coordinator’, within the BBC’s Production department; evaluating existing processes and advising on ways of improvement; managing ad hoc projects as requested.
TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT
Drama, Entertainment and CBBC, BBC
March 2004 – August 2004
Undertaking a project to audit and reconcile all the I.T. equipment used throughout the department, which has 1700+ staff; also designing and building a database for I.T. information; recommendations for new working practices and procedures. Completion of project resulted in an annual saving of over £350,000 for department.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO-ORDINATOR
Television Business and Finance, BBC
January 2004 – March 2004
Responsible for the ordering, implementation and general running of the I.T. equipment used throughout the department, which comprises of 200+ staff, including the channel controllers.
BILLINGS CO-ORDINATOR
Technology Finance, BBC Technology Ltd.
May 2001 - January 2004
Asset management for the 65,000+ items of computer equipment used across the entire BBC. This involves general finance duties such as reconciliation and correction of customer accounts, solving customer disputes, use of databases and spreadsheets, office administration, invoice processing and project co-ordination. Applications used include Excel, Access, Word and SAP.
WEB DESIGNER and PRODUCER
March 2003
Designing a new website for a local chiropractic company, ‘The Hamilton Clinic’, at www.purebodyandmind.com
WEB DESIGNER and PRODUCER
December 2001 - January 2002
Designing and creating a new website for Silver Acre comics, at www.silveracre.com
LOCATION DIRECTOR
'Real Food', BDP Media / Taste Channel
January 2001 - February 2001
Location director for various celebrity interviews, shot on location with a Betacam crew, for inclusion in the 'Real Food' programme.
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER
'Guinness World Records', Clark Pictures
November 2000
Development work on a children's game show.
PRODUCER
Guinness World Records', Clark Pictures
June 2000 - October 2000
Responsible for producing over 300 short films for inclusion on the Guinness World Records website. These films were either specially shot by the team at Clark, or obtained from record holders, and then edited into short packages.
SENIOR ASSISTANT PRODUCER
'N.O.W. Television', Pacific Century Cyberworks, Trans World International
January 2000 - June 2000
'Now Television' is an international television and Internet 'convergent' channel that broadcasts streaming-video daily across the World Wide Web. Working on the 'Technology' strand of the channel, I was responsible for the development and writing of programme content; for directing location made films on DVCam; for animating sequences using Flash; and for writing Web pages that are posted alongside each show. I also deputised for the producer whenever necessary and I also edited all the team's programme material using the on-line system Avid Xpress.
PRODUCER and STUDIO DIRECTOR
'Raw TV', Carlton Television
July 1999 - November 1999
'Raw TV' was a two-hour magazine show covering music, fashion, the arts and topical issues, aimed at a teenage audience, which transmitted daily on Carlton World. I was responsible for researching, writing and producing many editions of the show and the items included within them. Also for producing and directing several location-based items on Beta and on DVCam for inclusion in the shows. I have experience in directing several editions of 'Raw TV', in a multi-camera studio environment.
PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
'Voyager', BBC Children's & BBC Knowledge
February 1999 - July 1999
I researched, wrote, produced and directed thirty thirty-minute editions of the education programme 'Voyager'. Voyager is an alien probe, which is receiving signals from CBBC programmes. The series is aimed at 8-10 year olds, and uses a mixture of CGI material, archive sequences from shows such as 'Blue Peter', 'Smart' and 'It'll Never Work', as well as original material with popular presenters. I wrote, produced and directed these short films, which were shot on location using Widescreen DVCam Equipment.
PRODUCER AND STUDIO DIRECTOR
'Hype', BBC Children's
October 1998 - February 1999
'Hype' was a live, three-hour magazine show for the 13-17 year old audience, which came direct from Molinaire studios in the heart of London's Carnaby Street. I wrote and produced many live editions of the show, as well as many pre-recorded insert items on Beta and DVCam, which were shot on location both in the UK and in New York. I then moved on to direct several live studios, using a multi-camera set-up.
ASSISTANT PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR
'Pick of the Week', BBC Choice
June 1998 - September 1998
Pick of the Week was one of BBC Choice's flagship programmes, collecting together the 'best bits' of the BBC's output, repackaged with original linking material. I researched, written, directed and produced many insert films, all of a docusoap format, featuring members of the public. These were shot on location using on DVCam equipment. The live shows also enabled me to gain experience of floor managing in studio.
LOCATION DIRECTOR
'Teletubbies', Ragdoll Productions / BBC Children's
April 1998
Writing, directing and producing a short film insert for the popular pre-school series, featuring children aged under-five making bread! This was achieved using a location Beta crew and equipment.
LOCATION DIRECTOR
'Get Your Own Back', BBC Children's
March 1998
Writing, directing and producing a short film insert for the game-show series, using a location Beta crew and equipment.
PROGRAMME ACQUISITIONS CO-ORDINATOR
BBC Children's
June 1996 - June 1998
Working for Head of Children's Acquisitions, BBC Children's
Editorial responsibility for content on purchased Children's Programmes, including 'Teletubbies', 'Playdays', 'Goosebumps', 'Sweet Valley High', 'Noddy' and 'Pingu'. Preparation and reversioning of material for transmission, and for all production paperwork. Liaising with external production companies and distributors. Assisting Head of Children's Commissioning with preparation of transmission schedules. Producer approval of first edits on many co-produced series, such as 'William's Wish Wellingtons', 'The Busy World of Richard Scarry', and 'Dennis the Menace'.
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
'Ants in Your Pants' Series 1, BBC Children's & BBC Worldwide
September 1995
Production Assistant duties and gallery work on thirteen studio-based episodes, working with Otis the Aardvark.
ASSISTANT ACQUISITIONS EXECUTIVE
BBC Children's
November 1993 - June 1996
Assistant to Acquisitions Executive, with editorial responsibility for content on purchased Children's Programmes. Preparation of material for transmission, and all relevant production paperwork.
SENIOR ALLOCATIONS ASSISTANT
BBC Post Production
January 1989 - November 1993
Responsible for the co-ordination of post-production resources, including staffing, editing, dubbing and transferring of materials.
ACCOUNTS CLERK
BBC Engineering Accounts
1988-1989
Responsible for the processing and payment of Engineering Finance invoices and accounts. I used spreadsheets and databases to process these transactions. Other duties included drawing cheques, liaising with clients and departments and general office duties.
QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & TRAINING:
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Managing Successful Projects (BBC – May 2011)
I.T. Relationship Management: Aligning I.T. with the Business (Learning Tree - April 2010)
H.R. For Non-H.R. Managers (BBC – January 2009)
I.T.I.L. Foundation v2 (BBC – January 2009)
Consultancy Course (IBM - September & October 2008)
Chairing and Facilitation (BBC - September 2008)
Project Management Core Skills (BBC - June 2008)
Advanced Reporting (BBC - June 2008)
Managing Group Dynamics (BBC - April 2008)
Creative Facilitation (BBC - September 2007)
Delivering Successful Projects (BBC / Proteus Project Management - September 2007)
Powerful Presentation Skills (BBC - October 2006)
Influencing Skills (BBC - September 2006)
BBC Leadership Programme (Ashridge - September 2006)
Fair Selection (BBC - March 2006)
Negotiation Skills (Scotworks - January 2006)
Advanced Excel (BBC - January 2003)
Avid Xpress Editing (BBC - March 2000)
Flash Animation (PPC/TWI - March 2000)
Optima Editing and Phoenix Logger (BBC - May 1999)
Digital Video Camera – Extended Skills (Sound & Vision) (BBC - October 1998)
Lighting, and Lighting Health and Safety (BBC - July 1998)
Programme Budgeting (BBC - October 1997)
Executive Health and Safety (BBC - September 1997) & (TWI - April 2000)
Digital Video Camera Skills (BBC - August 1997)
Excel for Windows (BBC - November 1996)
Director's Camera Command (BBC - October 1996)
Trainee Technical Recording Operator (BBC Post Production - September 1993)
O Levels: English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Computer Studies, Art, and Geometric Drawing (September 1979 - October 1985)
OFFICE AND COMPUTER SKILLS:
I have a comprehensive knowledge of Excel, which I use to maintain spreadsheets, databases and many other applications, and am also able to use advanced features such as macros, pivot tables, conditional statements, lookups, etc. I am experienced in using Access to create databases, queries, forms and reports. I have used Visio to create diagrams, organisational charts and flowcharts. I have used SAP to create orders, carry out GRN-ing, run reports and carry out reconciliation. I am fully versed in the use of Word as a writing and word processing tool. I can programme in HTML code in order to create and maintain websites. I can use Power Point to create presentations and packages. I have experience of using Flash for animation work. I have a practical understanding of Photoshop, which I use for photographic and web-based projects. I am familiar with the everyday applications and machinery found in a modern office environment.
PUBLISHED WORK:
Author:
'The Star Trek Fact Files' - Various Articles (2000-Present)
Researcher:
'The Making of Terry Nation's Blake's 7' - Boxtree (1997)
'Carry On Laughing' - Virgin (1996)
'Classic Who-The Harper Classics' - Boxtree (1996)
'Classic Who-The Hinchcliffe Years' - Boxtree (1995)
'The Doctors' - Boxtree (1994)
'The Radio Times' - 'Star Trek' Article (1992)
'The Monsters' - Boxtree (1992)
WORK AWAITING PUBLICATION:
AUTHOR:'Dog Detectives'
(A children's adventure novel)
NATIONALITY:
British
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