Keoni D'Souza

Experience

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  Austech Computers Ltd

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2013

  Computer Engineer & Technical Assistant

  Duties included: shadowing a key member of staff, observing their day-to-day work; assisting customers with their queries and requirements; installing and testing essential computer software; stripping and assembling computer systems; cleaning and maintaining computer hardware.

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  Royal Television Society

  Sept 2016 - Aug 2020

  Technology Bursary Recipient

  One of seven in the 2016 cohort of Technology Bursary recipients from the Royal Television Society

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  Xtreme Radio

  Nov 2016 - Mar 2020

  Radio Presenter

  Presented 'A Voice for Radio', a weekly two-hour programme with general and specialist music (including music not in the English language and songs from the Eurovision Song Contest), games and some listener interaction.

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  Swansea University

  Apr 2017 - Apr 2017

  Swansea Telephone Campaign Caller

  Duties included: contacting alumni, creating affinity and maintaining conversations; supporting prospective students by obtaining funding from alumni for bursaries; allaying concerns and communicating calmly and effectively.

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  Swansea University

  Aug 2017 - Sept 2017

  Duties included: directing a video on hate crime, planning and producing all necessary components with assistance from South Wales Police; researching and development around a specific subject and its associated sub-contexts; organising, managing and co-ordinating a small group of people. Duties included: receiving calls and conversing clearly and with composure, to put possible prospective students’ minds at ease; conducting calls to convince students to choose Swansea University as their place of study.

  • Video Director

    Sept 2017 - Sept 2017

  • Swansea Clearing Helpline Caller

    Aug 2017 - Aug 2017
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  ITV

  Jul 2018 - Jul 2019

  Trainee Software Engineer
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  Sip by Sip with Keoni D'Souza

  Mar 2020 - now

  Podcaster

  Started a podcast in lockdown where I chat to a friend and play a game over a beverage of some sort.

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  SUTV

  Mar 2020 - May 2020

  Television Presenter

  Co-presented two live shows for Swansea University Television: coverage of the Student Union election results and the inaugural Virtual Varsity, the yearly sporting event between Swansea and Cardiff University.

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  University Radio York

  Sept 2020 - Aug 2021

  Radio Presenter

  Co-presenting and producing special interest programme 'A Classical Bedtime'; presenting narrative-driven variety programme 'Keoni's Cave'; and partipating in other programmes across the schedule.

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  York Student Television

  May 2021 - Sept 2021

  - Attend Computing Meetings.- Provide apologies/notice to the Computing Director or Deputy Computing Director if they are unable to attend.- Attend Production Meetings.- Provide apologies/notice to the Computing Director or Production Director if they are unable to attend.- Liaise with the Production Director and team on upcoming productions and their computing requirements.- Ensure a competent member of the computing team is available for any production that requires it, with the assistance of the Computing Director/Deputy.- Work with the Computing Director/Deputy on training and use of our vision mixing and livestream tech. Show less

  • Production Coordinator (Computing Team)

    May 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Television Presenter

    May 2021 - May 2021
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  Tesco

  Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

  Customer Assistant

  Worked as a 'Festive Colleague' at the checkouts to cope with the influx of customers during the Christmas season.

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  Collnod

  Dec 2021 - now

  Director
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  IMG

  Jan 2022 - now

  Multi-Skilled Operator Engineer

  Broadcast engineering for the EFL (football) and (formerly) ATP (tennis)Duties include:- Audiovisual feed routing (MCR operations and Dante routing)- Setting up production spaces (Simplylive ViBoxes, audio mixers and commentary booths)- Post-production support (editing produced content and QCing highlights)- Equipment maintenance (testing on-site infrastructure at single-camera football grounds)- Client-facing support to producers (IT, engineering, and general)- Administration (keeping records of resources and detailing service critical operations into comprehensible documentation)- Front-line support and guaranteeing live tennis matches and supporting QCs during football games Show less