William Rogers
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Copyrights, Corporate, Design, Editing, English, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Fiction, Graphic design, Guerrilla marketing, Human-Computer Interaction, Incorporating, Intellectual Property, Investment, Languages, Law, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Negotiation, Product design, Public Relations, Public speaking, Recruitment, Sales, Viral marketing, Writing |
| Groups: | Networking for Peter Drucker |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of Birmingham |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | True Story |
| Position: | Media support for 3rd sector |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2007 |
| Description: | Established social enterprise for creative message delivery. Addressing corporate social responsibility & empowering communities. Managed networking events.
Volunteered extensively gaining sector understanding. Conducted & assisted edit of interviews at modelling show (Mahogany models) illustrating opportunity for black youths - (UK poverty summit), (Fairtrade Fair). (Crisis – Skylight Project) – Formulated workshops at homeless engagement facility & developed photography ad campaign. (Focus on Blindness) Initiated magazine edit translated for visual impaired. Freelance (During research period) - (Sound Radio) Developing shows & relevant documentary around social enterprise & plight of youth offenders with (Dead Air). (Birmingham Student Radio) Presented, produced & scripted regular story show. (BBC – Runner) 4 day shoot. (Carib Pictures) Short film (16mm) script Supervisor & Continuity - Produced post production document. |
| Employer: | Freelance |
| Position: | Arts consultant/Performer/Writer |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Community arts work - Revived youth centre into a youth night club.
Journalistic/creative writing - Various magazines & short story publications. (Blowback/Beat/What’s On/Emma magazine) Journalistic contributor & assisted with editorial ideas for new projects. Work experience (The Observer). Live performance of short stories, stand up comedy, folk story telling & compared. Produced audio story, directed small team of musicians. Initial research for True Story. |
| Employer: | The Scripthouse |
| Position: | Head of Writing |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2004 |
| Description: | - Wrote 2d/3d animation. Live action feature/short films, sitcom & sci-fi product. Edited footage. Assisted direction of international studios. Conceived worlds from conception to final pitch with sample. |
| Employer: | Arcadia Marketing |
| Position: | Trainee Manager |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2002 |
| Description: | Conducted interviews & trained teams of sales employees. |
| Employer: | Legal TV |
| Position: | Assistant Producer – Full programme production |
| Time period: | December 2006 |
| Description: | Developed & researched programmes. Booked & managed guests/crew/presenter. Scripted autocue & questions. Built running orders. Co-ordinated edit, tech, graphics & web departments. Broad ranging studio & external shoot experience - Directed presenters, sound & tech desk plus operated autocue. Vox-pops, interviews, conferences & investigative pieces.
Installed marketing initiatives. Held meetings with PR companies & legal representatives. Developed channel & guided affiliate independent productions with creative director & other writers. Performed voice-overs & off-screen presenting. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Birmingham |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2002 |
| Degree: | Psychology (Incomplete) |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | T’ai-Chi-Ch’uan
Qualified masseuse Hypnotherapy/NLP |
