Christopher Smith

Engineering Manager @Game Creek Video

Chicago, IL, US
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WORK HISTORY

Mar 2015 — Present

Engineering Manager @Game Creek Video

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Engineering Manager, leading a team of broadcast engineers on industry-leading mobile production units, providing lead technical guidance and oversight on network-level broadcasts.Key Responsibilities include:• Staff Management: Directly managing a group of about 15 engineers, providing training and development opportunities, and technical support.• Mobile Unit Management: Ensuring that the several mobile units in my group are always running at optimal technical performance. • Project Management - Providing an excellent client experience on large-scale productions, by seeing a project through pre-planning stages, to on-site leadership.Experience supporting emerging broadcast standards, including 4K, HDR, SMPTE 2110, and IP Audio. Comfortable multitasking in a highly fast-paced and high-demand work environment, where there is a requirement to respond quickly to critical system failures. A risk management mindset, with a goal to prevent downtime from system failures.

EDUCATION

2001 — 2007

Boston Latin School

High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

2007 — 2010

Columbia College Chicago

BA, Television Directing and Production

SKILLS

Video ProductionChyronTelevision DirectingAvid Media ComposerTechnical SupportEditingGrass Valley SwitcherDigital AudioCamera OperatingDigital PhotographyBroadcast EngineeringEvsNetworkingFinal Cut StudioHd VideoNon-Linear EditingFinal Cut XLive Video StreamingFinal Cut ProBroadcast JournalismTelevision News Production

ABOUT CHRISTOPHER SMITH

Broadcast Engineer with extensive experience on mobile units assigned to network level…

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