Tim Vanderspek

I'm a graduate of a Broadcasting course in Radio and Television, and have over 8 years in both freelance and employed video production. I have my own recording/editing equipment and currently operate my own YouTube channel. I'm very passionate about video and audio production, and would like to help you take all that raw footage and condense it down into a finished project!

Harvesters Media Group – Radio Personality and Administrative Assistant to the President                 January 2012 – December 2012
Download news, weather, traffic, and business audio files and make sure they play on air at the scheduled time
Assist clients wanted to advertise with negotiating prices, writings scripts and scheduling ads
Download new songs in digital copy from Play MPE website
Categorize songs by genre – make sure each song is in proper folder and there are no duplicates, update and organize frequently
Daily download contracted radio programs and devotionals, rename each file and cut/paste them into proper folders
Create and/or edit music playlist for morning and afternoon drive programs
Insert recorded breaks into playlist at appropriate intervals and save playlist
Ensure all contracted programs go to air at scheduled times
Ensure drive program and general playlists contain 20% Cancon, as per station mandate

Rogers TV – Master Control Operator               December 2008 – February 2009
Contract position
Record live shows
Count producers to and from commercial breaks
Cue up VTR machines and make sure taped shows air at proper time
Daily record and edit 570 Newsbreak and First Local promotional spot
Record live OHL games
 

C to C Productions – Editor/Cameraman                                       May 2006 – June 2006
Contract position
Assisting in setting up equipment and operating camera on mobile shoots for clients
Shooting, producing, and editing instructional videos for manufacturing company, a charitable organization and a government agency

Diploma in Broadcasting - Radio and Television
Conestoga College, September 2003 – April 2006
 

94.3 Faith FM - Production Assistant                                           January 2006 – April 2006
College internship
Importing and exporting songs to and from database
Updating and creating programming in logs
Writing scripts for on-air production
Voicing and producing programming liners and commercials
Editing pre-produced liners
Filming and editing a ‘video tour’ of Faith FM studios

Advanced Video Techniques – Editor    February 2006 – April 2006
College internship        
Working with Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects, creating masks for keying out background while maintaining a foreground subject
Importing and editing Adobe After Effect files into Adobe Premiere to create a finished product

Rogers Television – Volunteer  many programs/functions      August 2001 – February 2009
Farwell Live, Tracey Hemphil Live, McLean, First Local, Daytime, Provincial and Municipal Elections. Responsibilities included: 
directing, instruction on camera angles, audio levels, and switching graphics in/out, operating a multi-channel audio board, adjusting levels between different speakers, operating cameras, preparing graphics and switching them in and out throughout the show, non-linear editing for news stories, condensing raw footage into concise packages of information for airing on the station, electronic news gathering for Provincial Elections, collecting camera
footage, writing scripts, and counting results from polls