Personal Profile
Intelligent, practical and creative, with excellent communication skills.
Team-minded, laid-back, with an active sense of humour.
A hard worker and able to cope with pressure.

Career

January 2004 to present
In House Runner/Production Runner/Junior Researcher - Objective Productions - Hammersmith, London
In-house Runner for Hammersmith TV production company. Promoted to Production Runner on "Derren Brown : Trick Of The Mind" and "Derren Brown : Seance". Promoted to Junior Researcher on "Britain's Favourite Comedians".

January 2004
Data Input - - Bank, London

October 2003
Website Administrator - Video Performance Limited / Music Mall - Soho, London

October 2003
Administrator - Jazzy Media - Great Portland Street, London

October 2003
Staff Development Assistant - Volunteer Services Overseas - Putney, London

September 2003
Website Administration - Mission Advertising - Farringdon, London
Website updating and data input for an advertising company

September 2003
Data Input - Synovate - Barbican, London
Data input for a market research company.

June 2003
Administrative Assistant - Hays IMS - Peckham, London
Packaging of crate orders. Basic office filing.

May to June 2003
Runner - BBC Light Entertainment - Various Locations, London
Work on Radio 4 sitcom "Robin & Wendy's Wet Weekends", produced by Mario Stylianides

April to May 2003
Corporate Pensions Assistant - Prudential - Paddington, London
Data input and manipulation.

February to April 2003
Messenger - The Insolvency Service - West End, London
Post sorting and delivery. Office maintenance.

February 2003
Data Input/Office Support - Hays IMS - Stockwell, London
Data input and administrative work.

November to December 2002
Customer Service Assistant - Virgin Megastores - Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
Customer Service and stock-taking. Ability to deal with a wide range of people, customer service skills and team-building.

November 2002
Transcriber - Talkback Productions - London, W1
Transcription of video tapes for new comedy pilot. Short-term involvement in development stages of the project.

August 2002
Runner / Researcher - At It Productions - London, W1
A wide range of research and runner duties covered, including location work, for ‘Popworld’ (Channel 4). Teamwork and production experience gained.

November 2001 to January 2002
Customer Service Assistant - Virgin Megastores - Exeter, Devon
Customer Service and stock-taking. Team-building and people skills developed.

September 2001
Post-production Assistant - Films Of Record - Maida Hill, London
Video and audio logging for the documentary "Police 2001" (BBC2). Post-production experience gained; knowledge of different areas of TV production process.

November 1998 to September 2001
Various Temporary Positions - Hays Accountancy Personnel - Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
A variety of temporary financial and office jobs. Much computer and data input work and other varied office duties.

July 1996
Work Experience - Virgin Radio - Soho, London
Office work and general administration. Experience of media/radio environment.

July 1996
Work Experience - Ealing & Hammersmith Gazette - Ealing, Middlesex
Basic journalism, some sub-editing. Experience of newsroom environment and assignments.

Education

University of Exeter
Exeter, Devon
September 1999 to June 2002
BA Drama Grade 2:1

Tiffin School for Boys
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
September 1991 to July 1998
A Level passes in Theatre Studies (A), English (B) and French (C). GCSE passes in Maths, English, English Literature, French, Drama, Biology, Physics (all A), History, Information Systems and Chemistry (all B).

Interests and Activities

MEDIA
· Media Work experience in radio (BBC Light Entertainment, Virgin Radio, Thames FM), television/film (Talkback Productions, At It Productions, Films of Record) and print media companies (Ealing & Hammersmith Gazette).
· 200+ hours of production for Xpression FM / University Radio Exeter as a presenter of a music and talk show. For more information on Xpression, visit www.xpressionfm.com. Committee member and DJ for Xpression 87.7 High Power FM broadcasts in February 2001, broadcasting to a potential 10,000 listeners in the Exeter and South Devon area. Pre-production work with Cool Edit Pro and Sound Forge sound editing software, combining technical work with creativity.
· For a cross-media experience, I created a website for my radio show. Visit it at www.thenoshow.co.uk
· Wide range of musical knowledge across all genres.

ACTING & THEATRE
· BA (Hons) in Drama and Theatre Studies. 2:1 grade.
· Member of a small team of writers and performers who created a fortnightly theatrical revue in the basement of a pub. Titled A Meeting About Laughter, the show has been extremely popular with audiences, and sold out a 200-seat venue, the Exeter Phoenix, with a collection of our best sketches. The team recently won a place at the National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough for the new show "The Freudian Slip". Further information at www.oocities.org/thiswebsiteis/
· Member of the National Youth Theatre. Having fought off competition from two thousand other applicants, I was one of 200 who completed a three-week acting and devising course in London with professional actors, directors and stage practitioners.
· Founded Inexplicable Productions, which created theatre directed, produced and acted by under 21s. I played lead roles in well-received productions of Gogol’s The Government Inspector, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and Ariel Dorfman’s Death and the Maiden. Maintained the company as a Committee member from 1997 to 1999.
· Trained in Databox Box Office system.
· A full theatrical CV available on request.

OTHER
· Extensive computer skills. Fluent in Microsoft Office, many DTP and design packages, Frontpage, HTML and Macromedia Flash. For examples of my internet work, visit www.oocities.org/tomdaviesone or www.hipsterrug.co.uk.
· 58 wpm typing speed, 98% accuracy.

References available on request