PERSONAL DETAILS

/ ·  Nicholas Thompson
·  22 Anle Street
Anshan City
Liaoning Province 114004
·  Mobile: 15040794282 Home: 04128730097
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·  D.O.B. 18/08/1979

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

/ Inflight Productions / February '00 - July '03
·  15 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LT, UK: +442074000700
·  http://www.inflightproductions.com/
·  News Editor: February '00 – August '01
·  Editing a daily news program for broadcast on aircraft. Involved removal of potentially alarming stories and adding adverts/stings specific to each client. Clients included Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Virgin, Thai and Singapore Airlines
·  Digital Media Technician: August '01 – July '03
·  Encoding, digitizing and editing of movies and TV shows for broadcast on aircraft. Involved digital conversion of all video standards, adding multiple language streams and subtitles to content, quality control, audio treatment/clean-up, DVD authoring and internal database management
Diamond Time Productions / July '03 – July '06
·  67 Maygrove Road, London NW6 2EG, UK: +442076448888
·  http://www.dtproductions.co.uk/
·  Assistant Studio Manager: July '03 – July '06
·  Responsible for all video output (primarily music videos) of busy studio for delivery to entertainment venues across Europe. Involved digitizing, editing, DVD authoring, VT operation, CD/DVD duplication, ordering stock, tape logging, regularly updating the largest (35,000 plus) independent archive of music videos in Europe and asset management using internal databases. Clients, mainly from the entertainment industry, included Soundnet, MixMash, MTV, The Rank Organization and Carlton Television
·  Assisted in the development of video jukebox interface software and internal SQL based asset-management software, beta-testing of Vidimixer and Music in a Box content delivery systems
Apollo International Language School / September '07 - Present
·  22 Anle Street, Anshan City, Liaoning Province 114004, China:
·  http://www.apollo-edu.com/
·  Foreign Language Expert: September '07 - Present
·  English Language Teacher working with middle school students ranging from 13 to 18 years old. Involved improving the students spoken English and exam preparation

EDUCATION & AWARDS

/ ·  1990 – 1997: The Latymer Grammar School, Edmonton, London N9
·  http://www.latymer.co.uk/
·  9 GSCE passes:
·  French, German, English Literature, Mathematics, History, Science and Art
·  3 'A' Level passes:
·  English Literature, French and Politics
·  1997 – 2000: The University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA
·  http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/
·  BSc Politics with International Relations:
·  Awarded Certificate of Higher Education

SKILLS & INTERESTS

/ ·  Working knowledge of German language, good level of French
·  Proficient working with Windows XP/NT/Vista, Word, Excel, Access, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Sonic, Soundforge, Wavelab, Canopus, Matrox, AVID and Open Office
·  Keen musician. I play the piano and guitar
·  Keen sportsman. I enjoy football, golf, snooker and diving
·  Keen writer and a big interest in film. I have written several unpublished short stories/screenplays and have contributed movie reviews to well-known websites

REFERENCES

/ ·  Tony Taverner
Studio Manager
Inflight Productions
15 Stukeley Street
London WC2B 5LT

·  Greg Seller
Studio Manager
Diamond Time Productions
67 Maygrove Road
London NW6 2EG

·  Fairy Chen
Foreign Teaching Coordinator
Apollo International Language School
22 Anle Street
Anshan City
Liaoning Province 114004