About Gareth

Freelance Event Technician
Specialising in Live Visuals

Freelancer specialising in video, with a background in event production, cameras and programming, able to produce creative solutions to technical problems using a wide skill set. Interested in live visuals, show automation and system integration.

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Experience

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Freelance Work

Events Technician

July 2015 - Present

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Loughborough Students’ Union

Production Manager

November 2015 
- July 2018

I was involved in leading technical teams, training staff and booking events for clients at the largest student venue in the UK. I specialised in programming and operating lighting & sound desks, as well experience of planning events, transferring requirements into specifications and booking staff. I ensured the events ran smoothly to make a great experience for the client and audience, with big name acts like Wilkinson, The Hoosiers, Craig David, The Midnight Beast & S Club 7.

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Arm

Summer Intern

July 2017 - September 2017

In my three months at Arm, I worked as part of an agile team maintaining a legacy IP delivery system; this involved working in virtual environments based on the command line, using Git & Docker and developing in PHP & Tcl, working as part of scrum team managed through Jira. I also gained experience of a larger IT department, using Office 365 as well use of SharePoint sites.

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Scudamore’s Punting Company

Chauffeur

July 2015 - January 2016

This gave me practice of public speaking through giving punting tours of Cambridge by boat, which meant interacting and entertaining customers, as well as some sales experience.

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Comberton Sports and Arts

Leisure Attendant

November 2009 - September 2013

I loved volunteering here: I was given the responsibility of events and learnt a lot about events and working with external clients; I then went on to work there, putting on countless gigs during my time there.