Valentin Vaklinov

Experience

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  Balkan Entertainment Company; Sonisphere Sofia Rocks Festival

  Jun 2008 - Jun 2008

  Staff and audience coordinator, ticket checker

  Helping audience orientation, Answering audience questions, Checking audience tickets

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  PRO.BG TV

  Mar 2009 - May 2009

  EVS operator & Vision mixer intern

  - Two-months internship where I was trained and practiced vision mixing and live TV replays action on Sports broadcasts within the Bulgarian football league. - My tasks included – operating on Grass Valley Kayak video mixer; operating live on EVS MulticamLSM; assisting the setup and de-rigging the equipment on the Portable TV station.

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  Canterbury Christ Church University

  Sept 2011 - Sept 2016

  - Specialization in video and TV production with pathways in editing and cinematography. - Three years of study at the university allowed me to develop my media related skills and expand my knowledge of the subject through various different practical and theoretical, live and post-production projects. Allowed me to practice and work on film (ARRI SR2 & SR16) and digital (Canon 60d, Panasonic HD HVX200 & HPX250) cameras. Also allowed me to expand my editing skills on AVID and Adobe Software. - Working in team was one of the main aspects of my university study. Show less

  • Digital Marketing Consultant

    Feb 2014 - Sept 2016

  • Film & Television Student (2:1)

    Sept 2011 - Jul 2014
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  BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

  Operator, Vision Mixer and Assistant Director intern

  - One-month internship where I shadowed and assisted on different live TV productions and live Sports events including the ‘European Qualification for the 2012 men’s Olympic volleyball tournament’ in Sofia. - My tasks included – camera operating; vision mixing; running and logging.

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  Freelance, self-employed

  Aug 2012 - now

  Video Content Creator and Motion Graphics Designer

  As a freelancer, I have produced and been involved in marketing campaigns for various companies through years. My work includes traveling and location filming; in-person interviewing and scriptwriting; montage and video production; 2D and 3D motion graphics creation.I also work on film productions with my most notable credit - Syd Heather's award-winning short 'Textual Relationship' (2015).

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  BULGARIAN NATIONAL TELEVISION

  Apr 2013 - May 2013

  Intern/Trainee

  - One-month internship where I shadowed and assisted the Bulgarian TV director Damian Serkedjiev through the process of producing the morning magazine live TV show ‘Денят започва’ (‘The day starts’ - http://bnt.bg/bg/productions/about/71/denjat_zapochva ) and the political live TV show ‘Референдум’ (‘Referendum’ - http://referendum.bnt.bg/bg). - I also shadowed and assisted the Bulgarian editor Iliya Stoyanov at the BNT AVID studios through the process of producing video montages for various shows on BNT including the ‘NEWS’. - My tasks included – operating on Grass Valley Kayak video mixer; editing on AVID Media Composer 6.2 and ADOBE After Effects CS5.5; lighting setup for the live shows; working on tight schedules. Show less

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  IBM

  Oct 2013 - Dec 2013

  Researcher at CCCU Cloud One Team

  - The Universities Business Challenge Worldwide is the world’s longest established and leading undergraduate event designed to develop employability and enterprise skills. It lasts for around 6 months. - Currently co-leader and researcher of the CCCU Cloud One Team. - Made market analysis and developed new business strategies.

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  Egg Marketing

  Nov 2013 - Sept 2019

  Video Production Specialist

  - Incubating business ideas, creating marketing solutions for your products through video and internet campaigns. - Creating inovative video content for advertising purposes. - My tasks include – videography and filming on Canon DSLR cameras; editing and creating graphics content on Adobe CS/CC software; meeting and consulting with clients; developing strategy for each product.

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  Pantechnik International

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  Digital Marketing Consultant

  Successfully implemented online marketing strategy for 2013/14 and delivered multiple digital products for the logistics company. My role included the production of video testimonials, graphics and print banners. Additionally acted as support to the marketing manager to ensure all online and print materials were consistently branded.

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  CHRIST CHURCH STUDENTS' UNION

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  Digital Marketing Consultant

  Delivered two full-service campaigns for digital and print promoting the annual ‘Fill Us In’ survey and ‘Student Leadership’ elections. This included development of social media comms plan, strategic planning and production for film, graphics and promotional videos production.

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  INTO University Partnerships

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2020

  Video Producer and Editor

  As part of the in-house video production team within the global content marketing unit at INTO, I was responsible for filming and producing more than 350 commercial, corporate and social media video pieces, promoting the company and international education globally. I advertised and collaborated with more than 20 universities within the UK and US, including The University of Manchester, University of Exeter, Oregon State University and University of South Florida during many marketing campaigns and projects. The largest and most exciting project I managed from start to completion was part of the INTO US Marketing recruitment campaign 2017-2019, where the video team and I travelled for 11 weeks to 11 US universities, filmed and told the stories of more than 60 student and staff members, while delivering 150 commercial videos for digital use. The campaign was deemed to be very successful and marketing materials we produced, were being favourably used by recruitment managers, agents and the marketing team internationally and within the targeted regions.Some of the additional responsibilities I had within the company, were the production of many infographic type motion graphics explainer videos where I enhanced my Adobe Creative Suit knowledge, especially of Adobe After Effects and Adobe Illustrator. The latest project I delivered, consisted of series of animation videos (up to 3 minutes long) which explained important budgeting steps and tips to international or local students globally with the use of AE and Adobe Character Animator. The series marketing intention is to drive pure traffic to the INTOstudy.com website and boost its SEO.During my last few years in the company, I was accountable for the improving communication between the UK and the US marketing units within the video production and oversaw the technical video creation training of many US Marketing Coordinators, part of the company’s US university partners. Show less

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  Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd

  Feb 2021 - now

  • Advanced Systems Lead (VAR Football)

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Technical Lead (VAR Bulgaria)

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Football VAR Systems Lead

    Feb 2021 - Dec 2022