Referees
Leon Sefton - Head of TV at Volvo Ocean Race
Sam Usher - Director of Red Handed TV
Digby Fox - Volvo Ocean Race - Director / Producer
Chris Carpenter - Volvo Ocean Race - Director / Producer
Kan Esmer - Red Handed TV - Director / Offline/online Editor
Reference from Leon Sefton:
I had the pleasure of employing Alice Williams for an 11-month contract as Content Co-ordinator on the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean
Leon Sefton - Head of TV at Volvo Ocean Race
Sam Usher - Director of Red Handed TV
Digby Fox - Volvo Ocean Race - Director / Producer
Chris Carpenter - Volvo Ocean Race - Director / Producer
Kan Esmer - Red Handed TV - Director / Offline/online Editor
Reference from Leon Sefton:
I had the pleasure of employing Alice Williams for an 11-month contract as Content Co-ordinator on the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race, based in Alicante, Spain.
Volvo Ocean Race is a nine-month global sailing event that visits 12 cities. All media production was produced in-house, including broadcast, news, social media and live, the team comprised largely of contractors / freelancers.
Alice struck me from our first interaction as being, smart, engaging, diligent and personable. Our mandate when recruiting was to find people who were humble, hungry, and smart. Alice certainly fits that bill.
Her role held significant responsibility. Chiefly, she was responsible for the operation and execution of our Live X (Satellite Booking System) schedule that enabled the event to connect external media to the racing teams. This allowed international broadcasters to follow the race, connect live to the race yachts, and therefore was a vital media tool for the race. Alice ran a complex booking system that requiried a careful eye to processes and communication. She liased daily with the onboard reporters, as well as international media organisations to ensure both they and we were ready at the time of live satellite connections.
Alice was also responsible for managing our edit team's schedule, covering news, social media, broadcast and live. Plus, when we handled live coverage of the race fleet arriving to port, she contributed by filling a live co-ordinator role, liasing again with the OBR reporters to ensure we could connect with them when required.
Her responibilities were high, the workload demanding, and the hours often unkind, but Alice performed consistently well whatever the challenge, always pleasant, always smiling, and always polite.
The race is demanding and asks a lot of its employee's and Alice rose to the occasion and often went beyond. Impressively, she was always the first to volunteer to take on additional duties such as assisting with editing when the production was under high load.
She's a great communicator, is prepared to get in and do things that are sometimes over and above her role scope, which made her a highly thought of team member in the Volvo Ocean Race organisation.
If at any stage you would like a verbal reference, please feel free to contact me. I can't speak or recommend Alice highly enough. She will be an asset to any organisation she joins.
Employment History
2020 cont. - The Local Effect - Producer / Director / Editor
2020 cont. - Denhams Digital - Producer / Director / Editor
2020 - 2021 - Endemol Shine, Researcher
2018 - 2020 - Denham Productions, Assistant Producer / Editor
2017 - 2018 - Volvo Ocean Race, Content coordinator / Assistant Producer
2015 - 2017 - Red Handed TV, Digital Producer / Producer / Editor