Founder at SimsDigitalMedia
United Kingdom
- Current
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- Founder at SimsDigitalMedia
- Past
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- Editor New Media at BBC
- Senior Producer Online at BBC Northern Ireland
- Senior Radio Producer at BBC Radio Ulster
- Chief Producer BBC Radio 4 at BBC Radio 4
- Senior Producer News and Current Affairs at BBC Radio Ulster
- Senior Producer at BBC Radio 4
- Producer News and Current Affairs at BBC Radio Ulster
- Producer and Presenter at BBC Northern Ireland
- Presenter/Head of Production at Downtown Radio
- Education
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- St Patrick's College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Online Media
- Websites
Davy Sims’s Summary
Working directly in New Media since 1999, I started making radio programmes about the internet (from a user perspective rather than technical) almost 10 years ago. With 22 years in the BBC and almost 30 in broadcasting in total, I've covered a lot of editorial territory; championing new bands in the late '70s on Downtown radio, producing UK wide campaigns to an audience of 19 million at Radio 1, leading the team at bbc.co.uk/northernireland.
In radio, I've devised and led campaigns for Radio 1, produced documentaries for Radio 4, produced music and documentaries for Radio 2 and even presented on Radio 5 (pre-5Live). Most of my time in BBC has been as a producer on Radio Ulster where I have produced a range of content from international news and current affairs to travel to religion to social affairs to music.
Davy Sims’s Specialties:
I don't know where to start..... from audio editing to OB production to writing promos to writing HTML
Davy Sims’s Experience
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Founder
SimsDigitalMedia
(Media Production industry)
July 2008 — Present (2 months)
Having left the BBC I'm starting my own business bringing together my two main areas of expertise; Web and Radio.
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Editor New Media
BBC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
March 2001 — July 2008 (7 years 5 months)
As Editor I was manager, strategist and commissioner for digital content and interactivity in BBC Northern Ireland.
Joining New Media as Senior Producer, I was appointed Editor in 2001 and led an expansion of activity producing content for web, interactive TV, broadband, mobiles, blogs and podcasts.
I launched and managed the BBC Bus (which provides digital training to community groups) and its staff team from 2003 - 2007.
In 2006 I set up Story Finders, a project supporting communities develop digital story telling skills.
Other partnerships:
Invest NI Digital Content Strategy Group and Digital Circle Steering Group. Building a digital content industry in Northern Ireland
NI Government's Digital Inclusion Steering Group. Working towards a everyone having access to internet.
BBC and DTI's Grid Computing project PRISM.
2006; Judge for DETI's Broadband Content initiative.
2004 - 2007; bbc.co.uk's Moderation Group -
Senior Producer Online
BBC Northern Ireland
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
September 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 7 months)
Senior producer from the earliest days of BBC Online (later New Media) and the beginnings of BBC Northern Ireland's active web presence. Producing a range of web sites in support of programmes including Ballykissangel and local programmes for Radio Ulster and BBC Northern Ireland television.
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Senior Radio Producer
BBC Radio Ulster
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
April 1991 — September 1999 (8 years 6 months)
Working in the Religious Affairs producing speech and music programmes. Most were for BBC N I but many were for the BBC UK networks. Among them was The Thin Lizzy Story for Radio 2 and Beyond the Blue Horizon and other documentaries for Radio 4.
Meanwhile as the general public's interest in the Web was increasing I was making regular appearances on Radio Ulster and Radio 2 talking about the internet.
I had rejoined Radio Ulster in 1991 having spent almost a year in London. Working in General Programmes as Senior Producer I was making daily entertainment shows, social action and consumer affairs programmes, speech series and documentaries including travel and holiday and popular programmes about the Internet.
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Chief Producer BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
July 1990 — March 1991 (9 months)
London based department producing social action campaigns for BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 4.
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Senior Producer News and Current Affairs
BBC Radio Ulster
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
July 1989 — July 1990 (1 year 1 month)
Producing and reporting on local and international news stories.
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Senior Producer
BBC Radio 4
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
January 1989 — July 1989 (7 months)
Producing environmental campaign for BBC Radio 1 (The Green 1) and series of documentaries for BBC Radio 4 (The Radio 4 Generation).
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Producer News and Current Affairs
BBC Radio Ulster
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
July 1988 — June 1989 (1 year)
Producing and reporting on local and international stories.
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Producer and Presenter
BBC Northern Ireland
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BBC; Broadcast Media industry)
April 1986 — January 1989 (2 years 10 months)
Producer and presenter on Youth Programmes making radio and TV programmes for Northern Ireland audiences.
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Presenter/Head of Production
Downtown Radio
(Broadcast Media industry)
February 1979 — March 1986 (7 years 2 months)
Additional Information
Davy Sims’s Websites:
Davy Sims’s Interests:
web content, web technology, training, presentation, facilitation, voice overs, production, radio production,
Davy Sims’s Groups:
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Revedia Group - Sr. Level Interactive Digital Media Professionals Only. -
DMF: All Island Digital Media Network
Davy Sims’s Honors:
Irish Digital Media Awards: Hall of Fame 2006
Irish Digital Media Awards: Best Online Content 2004
IPR Northern Ireland Award: Best Web Site 2004
IPR Northern Ireland Award: Best Web Site 2002
British Environmental and Media Awards: Radio 1 "The Green 1" 1989
New York Television and Radio Festival Gold Award: Radio 1 "The Green 1" 1989
Sony Radio Awards: The Bottom Line BBC Radio Ulster 1987
Davy Sims’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
