Owen Hesford, Broadcast Engineer

Owen Hesford

Broadcast Engineer

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Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Broadcast And communications Engineering
Experience
5 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :5 years, 4 Months

Broadcast Engineer at OOOOO
  • United Kingdom - Manchester
  • October 2021 to March 2022

Manage all technical operations for the company, and
continuously improving our production technology and
operation to keep up with market demands.
Planned and designed the studio facilities to improve the
quality and increase the scale of content production
Implemented new production workows to improve the efciency
and standard of the companies video production.
Responsible for the hiring and training of new staff in the
technical department.
Created and manage the new asset management system to
track all the technical equipment across our company on a
national scale.
Manage a team of videographers to ensure we have the live
production staff needed to keep up with production demand.

Technology Support Engineer at Manchester United
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • June 2020 to October 2021

Maintained the service delivery of Manchester United's
television channels and technology platforms.
Established connections across Europe to access game feeds
and setup satalite downlinks to capture and con gure video
recordings.
Performed duties in the gallery which included, Camera setup
and racking, Vision Mixer programming, lighting, satellite
down-links, Audio mixing, signal routing and distribution,
communication links and transmission engineering. Provided
technical support for Web, App, Mobile and Social platforms.
Controlled the video routing and distribution to all of MUTV's
platforms and physical destinations.

Broadcast Technician at NEP Live events - Mediatec Asia pacific
  • Australia - Melbourne
  • October 2019 to June 2020

Responsible for onsite installation and support for live
broadcast events. Performed advanced testing and
troubleshooting for both copper and optical ber installations.
Ful lled new equipment installations and maintenance of the
broadcast trucks to ensure the eet is fully operational.
Collaborated within a team of engineers to ensure the
successful live production on large scale events such as the
Australian Open and the Cricket World Cup.
Setup and tested the interconectivity of ber and copper
installations on large scale broadcast events.
Con gured and setup network devices prior to arriving at the
events. Including setting up and logging network addresses,
Setting up and creating vlans and enabling network protocols.
Provided onsite technical assistance to clients and technical
operaters to ensure a succesfull broadcast
Operated broadcast equipment, such as video switchers, sound
desks and cameras for live show events.

Broadcast Engineer at The British Broadcasting Corporation
  • September 2016 to June 2019

Completed a 3 year Broadcast Engineering apprenticeship with
The BBC. The Apprenticeship combined academic modules and
industrial experience together, providing theoretical and practical
understanding of systems and equipment.

Working with The BBC project, product and technical teams in the
planning, design, development, integration, commission and
testing of broadcast systems. I gained a fundamental
understanding of the processes involved in the production and
broadcast of The BBC output.
Throughout the 3 years I also had work placements with some of
the largest broadcasting companies in the United Kingdom while
studying part time at Birmingham City University to accomplish a
2:1 in Broadcast and communications Engineering.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Broadcast And communications Engineering
  • at Birmingham City University
  • June 2019

I have graduated with an Upper Second class honours degree in Broadcast and Communications Engineering awarded by the Birmingham city university. Throughout my first year of university I studied: -Computer Networks (CCNA) -Engineering mathematics -Broadcast technology -Computer operation - AV acquisition -Electronics. Throughout my second year of university I studied: - Computer Networks and IP Distribution (CCNA) - Computer Programming for Engineers - Database Technology - Digital Signal Processing - Communications Engineering Throughout my third year of university I studied: - Quality of Service - Audio and Video Signal Compression and Coding - Contribution and Distribution Solutions - Digital Transmission Systems My final year project involved designing and implementing a new graphical user interface for the BBC news studio in Media City. The project management techniques I used allowed me to complete the project on time and to a high standard.

Specialties & Skills

IT Technical Support
Broadcast Engineering
Broadcast Television
ACADEMIC
BROADCAST
DELIVERY
LIGHTING
MICROSOFT ACCESS
PHOTOGRAPHY
PROCESS ENGINEERING
PROGRAMMING
ROUTERS
video production
IT Support
Broadcast Technology