Head of Operations, Setanta Media at Setanta Sports
London, United Kingdom
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- Head of Operations, Setanta Media at Setanta Sports
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- General Manager, Setanta Media at Setanta Media
- Client / Business Development Manager at Setanta Media
- Client / Content Development Manager at Setanta Media
- Website and EPG Manager at NASN
- Journalist at Setanta Sports
- Education
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- Trinity College, Dublin
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Cian O'Donovan’s Summary
I've built large scale online applications, services and websites for multiple audience groups.
I've run distributed teams of new media professionals in multiple locations/countries.
I've designed and launched mobile data applications with all major carriers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland.
I've been part of an extremely fast growth period for several broadcasters.
I have a big interest in corporate social responsibility, clean technology and Doing the Right Thing.
Cian O'Donovan’s Specialties:
Online audience analysis, new media product design, new media strategy, distributed human networks
Cian O'Donovan’s Experience
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Head of Operations, Setanta Media
Setanta Sports
(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Responsible for the Setanta Group's New Media operations; website, mobile, broadband.
Internal owner of creative and user-experience design and delivery on Setanta-I video platform project.
Operational and design manager of all content syndication partnerships and integrations.
Manager of programming and archive information flows within the broadcast and new media group departments as they related to on-air and online broadcast delivery.
Lead Setanta stakeholder in design and development of Setanta.com portal. Responsible for managing external agencies as well as internal resource to bring in on time and on budget site across all Setanta global regions.
Owner of operational budget and lines on New Media P&L.
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General Manager, Setanta Media
Setanta Media
(Broadcast Media industry)
January 2006 — January 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Responsible for implementation of business plan and P&L. Joint authorship of New Media business plan and P&L with CEO. Responsible for driving online operations in UK to support Setanta’s rapid growth in 2007/08. Responsible for Setanta Media staff and global operations. Charged with increasing the talent pool within Setanta Media to enable increased ambition in UK market for Setanta. Set up live mobile video services with Vodafone.
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Client / Business Development Manager
Setanta Media
(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)
January 2005 — January 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Added responsibility for Setanta Media North America business plan and P&L to role within Setanta Media. Managed all web and mobile business and content developments in Ireland. Grew mobile distribution footprint in North America to over 150m handsets.
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Client / Content Development Manager
Setanta Media
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
January 2004 — December 2004 (1 year)
Managed NASN outsourced web and EPG work with within Setanta Media. Within a content development role I was charged with creating new mobile applications for North American business. Successfully launched mobile partnerships in Vancouver and Toronto. We were the first mobile content team to work with NHL and CFL franchises.
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Website and EPG Manager
NASN
(Broadcast Media industry)
November 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for all work carried out on NASN.com, the North American Sports Network Channel. As part of the start-up team I was involved in launching the channel and managing electronic programme guide as well as other programme data for the Sky platform and print publications.
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Journalist
Setanta Sports
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)
July 2002 — December 2002 (6 months)
Freelance sports journalist covering domestic UK and Irish sports as well as the big four pro sports in the US. Worked on written content for internet and mobile distribution through Setanta.com and partnerships with mobile operators in Ireland and North America.
