James Smerdon

Experience

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  Strikes Garden Centre

  Mar 2012 - Dec 2016

  Part Time Shop Assistant
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  Cool Blue

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2013

  Internship

  I was lucky enough to be allowed an internship at Cool Blue, an amazing media company based in London, Middlesbrough and Newcastle. Here I got to see what working in a booming media company would be like, and was also trained in using some Adobe products, such as Photoshop and Flash, as well as some web design using Dreamweaver and Fireworks.

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  University of Lincoln

  Dec 2015 - Jul 2016

  ICT Service Desk Assistant

  Working as part of a student support team at the University of Lincoln. Work includes removal of viruses, file recovery, fixing software issues, clean up of laptops on both corporate and student machines and any issues with mobile phones too. I help set up new ICT equipment around the university and help with general ICT issues.

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  Oak Intranet

  Jan 2017 - Oct 2017

  Video Producer

  Producing and editing promotional videos for our newest intranet software: Oak.Work includes camera operation (Currently using Canon 7D + various accessories), sound recording (TASCAM DR-40 paired with RODE NT1-A) and editing using Adobe Audition. Adobe After Effects for animation as well as Adobe Premiere Pro for non linear editing. Examples of my work can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnZgymfwNmFOAMkh2mfeSXw?

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  RNLI

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2021

  Videographer

  Originally working as part of the Film and Image team at the RNLI consisting of one other Videographer, a Photographer and our Film and Image manager. After a reshuffle, we've been put into a bigger team of creatives.I create short films for and about the RNLI which are used both internally and externally. This ranges from short Internal Communications updates that are seen by the all of the employees of the RNLI as well as our volunteers, to much larger productions like our Christmas films - the most recent of which has been adapted to play on TV and before Video on Demand programs.Gained experience using the Sony FX6 and other Cinema Cameras, lighting techniques for both studio and outdoor photography and videography, developed my After Effects skills and Directing skills. Show less

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  James Smerdon

  Jun 2021 - now

  Freelance Filmmaker

  I'm a Freelance Filmmaker specialising in Directing, Videography and Video editing. Currently working with some amazing clients including N Brown Group, Have a Word Podcast, Levi's and Small Screen Studios. Some previous clients include: Missy Empire, JD Sports, size?, Footpatrol, Modern Milkman, Charles Stanley, Pip Hare, Lloren, Nuffield Health and Sheffield Artist, James Thomas.Whilst I've been doing this for years, I truly started my freelance career after leaving the RNLI in June 2021. Show less

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  JD Sports Fashion plc

  Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

  Videographer

  I am a videographer at JD Sports, specifically in the JD People team. The JD People team mostly focuses on internal and business resources and any projects like this come straight to myself. However, being a videographer at JD is much more than just my specific People role. I create videos for all of JD's different Fascia's including Size?, Giulio, Go Outdoors, Scott's etc. Along with this, I also do E-Commerce videography which is a constant stream of videos that need to be created daily and sent out to go straight onto the JD website to help show off items of clothing. Show less

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  Peninsula UK

  Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

  Videographer