Ashleigh Henderson

- Managing moving image projects for localisation from brief to final delivery for clients such as Amazon. - Managing workflows, budgets up to 500k and above as well as tight timing plans. - Maintaining client relationships. - Coordinating internal teams, such as editors and sound engineers to ensure that the clients expectations are met to a high standard within the deadline. - Working with external teams such as media agents and linguists. - Using internal platforms for costing, billing and scheduling. - Knowledge of clearance bodies and specific market rules. This is a client facing role, working on accounts such as Amazon, Brown Forman and P&G localising master English videos for multiple markets across EMEA and other global regions. Working closely with my senior producer to deliver large multi market campaigns, using makelists to produce up to 800 assets per campaign. Ensuring that all legal clearance is in place, and all specs are met. QCing all assets for errors such as font details, spelling errors, and editing glitches. Attending VO sessions to bridge the gap between clients and recording studios. Regularly attending calls with external partners such as clients, media agents and linguists. Delivering assets to stations via Peach and Adstream, as well as directly to vendors. Communicating client info to internal team members clearly to coordinate a streamlined production process which produces fast and efficient results for clients.

- Ad hoc and specialist projects. - Attending team meetings with different internal departments to set up strategies on complex costing and pitching for potential new clients. - Negotiations with in-market VO artists and agents to meet client’s expectations. - Working with the head of the Audio Team to pitch contents for potential new clients, delivering the case study material and edits. - Providing training and mentoring to new members of the team. Working on ad hoc projects and accounts, including multi market campaigns for clients such as Estee Lauder and Accenture. Working closely with head of Audio Department to discuss team growth and processes for new accounts as well as working on RFPs for potential new clients. Being the sole Audio Producer on new accounts, working closely with moving image Producers and Transcreation Managers to ensure a strong relationship is established with new clients.

- Managing and coordinating all aspects of audio from brief to final mix. - Receiving briefs on new campaigns, assessing working materials and instructions received. - In charge of recording sessions collaborating with VO directors, recording studio and sound engineers, coordinating sound mix sessions with engineers. - Negotiation and purchase of usage across all formats. - Creative casting - Providing support to Producers and Account Managers where needed. - Operating video editing tools to cut visual frames and audio tracks following client’s instructions for rough Mpeg creation. - Quality assessment of Voice Over files and rough videos from local studios to ensure that audio quality standards are met. - Develop and maintain trusting relationship with local studios and talent agencies. Working with global clients such as Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, Groupe SEB and Levis. I received briefs from account managers and worked closely with them to achieve the client’s audio goals as well and their budgets and timelines. I have worked on projects across Europe, North America, Middle East and Africa; both single and multi-language.

- Providing Refreshments to staff and clients - Training runners on beverage services - Ordering stock Providing excellent service to the Smoke and Mirrors staff and clients. It was here that my interest in post production began. My organisation and people skills were noticed by the head of the Audio Team who invited me to interview for a Junior Audio Producer role.