Iayisha Khan

I am a Production Coordinator with over 15 years of experience in the broadcast and film industry. I have coordinated and managed productions such as the 2010 Winter Olympic Games Broadcast in Vancouver, Canada . My strengths include being able to work well under pressure, excellent communication skills, and being highly organized and efficient. I am professional and polite. 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

2010 VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES (ROGERS BROADCASTING)

NEWS ROOM RESEARCH COORDINATOR AND FEILD PRODUCER

VANCOUVER, CANADA - AUGUST 2006- AUGUST 2010

The official broadcast network for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

News network offering culturally diverse news programming in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Punjabi languages.

• Field Producer; 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
• Field Producer; 2006 Canadian Federal Election.
• Lead a news team of 24 reporters, camera operators, writers and stringers.
• Delivered seamless, high quality live and pre-packaged telecasts.
• Liaison between the OBS, news desk, field reporters, camera operators and production.
• Coordinated assignments, schedules, scripts, shoot locations, story lines and provided updates to camera operators and reporters in the field.
• Lead daily production meetings, shared leads, pitched stories, shared research, and provided updates on issues and on- going stories.
• Kept team members on schedule and focused on our common goal and objective.
• Updated ENPS with stories and new information.
• Created daily news rundown, naming conventions, schedules, televised teasers and promotions.
• Used news judgment to prioritize shoots and schedules.
• Secured and scheduled interviews for reporters and camera operators.
• Coordinated multiple projects under strict deadlines in a high-pressure environment.
• Streamlined production schedule to create efficiency within the newsroom. 
• On-air breaking news reporter, community segment host.

NERD CORPS ENTERTAINMENT (DHX) 

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 

VANCOUVER, CANADA - AUGUST 2010 - AUGUST 2013

An animation studio specializing in CGI animation, flash and computer animation.

Properties included Monster High, Blaze and Slugterra. 

• Managed and monitored production work schedules.
• Held meetings/check-in with artists to ensure assets were being completed and daily objectives/ deadlines were being met.
• Liaison between artists, departments, production studio and clients.
• Updated SPARX/ Shotlist tracking system with assets and timelines. 
• Communicated with the production manager/producer regarding progress reports, escalated issues and developed solutions. 
• Coordinated client and asset deliveries within specific deadline. 
• Documented and filed all notes during internal and client meetings. Ensured all notes were passed along to artists for revisions.
• Tracked all changes, deadlines and delivery dates.
• Completed script breakdowns, developed a schedule based on client deliveries, communicated with producers and project managers regarding timeline. 
• Ensured that all directors received copies of updated story boards.

DELTA TV & EASTLINK TELEVISION

REPORTING PRODUCER

CANADA (NATIONAL) - AUGUST 2013- AUGUST 2019

A national television network that provides community programming. Specializing in lifestyles, travel, community and culture.

• Lead daily production meetings with technical broadcast staff and show hosts.
• Lead weekly Junior B hockey broadcast production meetings, compiled show scripts and sponsor advertisements.
• Coached on-air hosts and students who joined the television volunteer program.
• Produced sports segments for intermissions and commercial promotions. 
• Conducted meetings with community leaders, stake holders and public.
• Experience in build, set-up and management of broadcast production mobile truck.
• Pitched and researched story ideas, booked interviews, created rundown for the weekly show, conducted interviews, wrote copy and edited the final package.
• Liaison between studio, reporters, producers, internal and external departments.

THE WALT DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE COORDINATOR 

VANCOUVER, CANADA – AUGUST 13 2020- JANUARY 3 2023

Responsibilities include arranging return to work health and safety testing for 1500 cast, crew members and outside vendors. Productions include: Big Sky Season 1 and 2, SHOGUN FX, Under the Bridge, Kung Fu.

• Booking, scheduling and confirming all Pre-Flight, Pre-Employment tests for cast and crew travelling to Canada from Japan, New Zealand, Britain, Italy and the USA. 
• Communicated with production, cast and crew about travel testing processes, procedures and documents in accordance with company protocols, Canadian and American Immigrations laws and regulations. 
• Sourced, maintained relationship with medical vendors locally and internationally.
• Maintained invoicing and budgets.
• Arranged legal documentation for flag poling for all non- Canadian cast and crew members.
• Daily correspondence with the transportation department, production department and laboratory to book concierge tests. 
• Maintained cast and crew database that I developed for the Walt Disney Entertainment Company.
• Efficiently communicated issues to producers and stakeholders, offered solutions.

• Grade 12 Diploma - Guildford Park Secondary( 2002)
• Bachelor of Communications Degree* - Kwantlen University College (2003)
• Television and Radio Broadcasting Diploma - Columbia Academy of Arts(2004)
• Covid-19 Emergency Respiratory viruses - World Health Organization( 2021)
• Script Supervising - In Focus Film School(2022)
• Motion Picture Industry Orientation Certificate - Act Safe( 2023)
• Work Place Health and Safety Certificate – WHMIS(2023)
• Languages: English( Fluent), Hindi (Conversational), Arabic (Proficient)