Louise Thompson

Current

• Producer: New Media Projects at UKTV

Past

• Producer: Projects & iTV Services at UKTV
• Assistant Producer: Interactive TV at UKTV

Education

• University College London, U. of London
• Wimbledon School of Art

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Industry

Broadcast Media

Louise Thompson’s Experience

• Producer: New Media Projects

  UKTV

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2009 — Present (7 months)

  The role incorporates all areas of project management and delivery as well as wireframing, interaction design and technical brief creation.
  
  Initiation phase
  - Outlining of process and process documents to stakeholders.
  - Ensuring that initial documentation is completed by stakeholder parties.
  - Organisation of kick off and follow up stakeholder meetings - setting clear objectives in advance and ensuring action points are agreed after each meeting.
  - Gathering/documenting of stakeholder requirements in more detail.
  
  Specification stage
  - Close collaboration with Visual Designer in the proposal of functionality of site objects and pages.
  - Creation and ownership of detailed wireframes and technical specification docs.
  - Obtaining sign off from stakeholder parties on wireframes and designs.
  - Fully briefing design on deliverables .
  
  Production phase
  - Crosschecking designs and CSS against wireframes and original brief.
  - Regular discussion/feedback meetings with all members of the production team including designers, CSS and web developers.
  - Documenting progress of designs through CSS and build.
  - Ensuring stakeholders are kept up to date with progress.
  
  Post implementation
  - Production of a detailed project review document. Setting out findings and outlining suggested improvements for future projects.

• Producer: Projects & iTV Services

  UKTV

  (Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)

  November 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Producer/Project Manager for UKTV's Interactive Service and New Media projects.
  
  Interactive
  - Supervision and support for Assistant Producer.
  - Planning forthcoming schedule of interactive applications.
  - Sign off for final apps, ensuring full Compliance procedures are adhered to.
  - Point of escalation for any queries or issues arising.
  - Managing budget allocated for Interactive TV activity.
  - Reporting on service and budget usage.
  
  New Media Projects
  - Outlining of process and process documents to stakeholders.
  - Ensuring that initial documentation is completed by stakeholder parties.
  - Organisation of kick off and follow up stakeholder meetings - setting clear objectives in advance and ensuring action points are agreed after each meeting.
  - Gathering of stakeholder requirements in more detail.
  - Creation and maintaining of project specification documents.
  - Briefing Design and Technical on deliverables.
  - Tracking progress of project and reporting back to Operations Manager.

• Assistant Producer: Interactive TV

  UKTV

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 11 months)

  The key contact for the delivery of iTV solutions, responsible for the day to day production of all applications broadcast on UKTV’s interactive service.
  
  - Project managing the creation and deployment of all existing templates as well as new/bespoke apps. Including initial concept/design and editorial focus.
  - Scheduling and packaging for playout.
  - Previewing and testing apps. Identifying potential risks/technical failures.
  - Maintaining key relationships with internal and 3rd party teams.
  - Maintaining Compliance/Legal processes.
  - Regular attendance at company wide meetings. Suggesting ways in which interactive projects can support the brand and provide a valuable experience to our audiences.
  - Commercial awareness and commitment to seeking commercial opportunities. Responding to commercial briefs.
  - Creating and sharing documentation used to maintain process and operational workflow.
  - Results reporting, feeding back on the success/challenges of the service.

Louise Thompson’s Education

• University College London, U. of London

  Master Fine Art - Media , Slade School of Fine Art , 2000 — 2002

• Wimbledon School of Art

  BA Degree (hons) , Fine Art , 1997 — 2000