Employment history | Skills | Experiences

Name: Joel Goodman

DOB: 28th April 1976, London

Education:
1981 - 1983: Highfield School, London
1983 - 1992: Highgate School, London
GCSEs: French (A), CDT: Design and Realisation (A), Mathematics (A), Sciences (Biology/Chemistry/Physics) 'Double Award' (B & B), Geography (B), English Language (C), English Literature (D)
1992 - 1994: Barnet College, Hertfordshire
A levels achieved: English language, Computing
1999 - 2002: Salford University, Lancashire - achieved a First Class Honours Degree in Television and Radio.

Other qualifications:
Piano Grades 1-4
Full UK driving license. Also experience driving abroad in France, Spain and Israel.

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Employment history:
Spring 1993: Work experience, Finchley Employment Services. Worked on "New Jobs" and "Sign on" desks and carried out data input duties, updating the Services' database.
Summers 1991, 92, 93: JIA charity appeal, London. Responsible for building and updating the appeal database, consisting of thousands of donors. Runner during charity appeal events. Printing and compiling donor cards during charity appeal events.
Winter 1994 - Present: Superfi HiFi. Employed as a sales assistant in the London branch. 1996: promoted to assistant manager.
1997: promoted to manager and moved to the Manchester branch. Duties have included managing staff and shop, banking, stock control, store displays and layout, serving customers, delivering and installing hifi and audio visual systems.
1999: Part-time manager of Manchester branch as I returned to University.
January 2001 - Present: Webmaster, Superfi Online, responsible for building and providing all content, introducing customers to the shops and products and to serve customers unable to get into a local branch with an E-Commerce store.
September 2002 - December 2002: Producer, Gloves Off for Manchester's Channel M television.
January 2003 - July 2003: Manager, Superfi Manchester.
January 2003 - Present: Freelance non-linear editor and cameraman, webmaster for Superfi Online, freelance web designer.

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Skills:
Computers: Fluent in Microsoft: Windows, Word, Frontpage, Internet Explorer; Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Adode: Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat; Macromedia Dreamweaver. I posses good typing skills including basic shorthand and can also build PCs from scratch including hardware and software installation and problem solving. Web design.
Video & Sound Production: Linear and non-linear editing (Adobe Premiere 5 & 6, Final Cut Pro, linear edit systems), video camera operation (experienced with Mini DV, DVC Pro, VHS/Super VHS format cameras), sound recording, sound editing (SAW edit, Cool Edit Pro as well as linear editing cut-and-splice techniques), lighting, producing, research and directing.
Audio/Visual systems: Connecting and installing domestic and professional set-ups such as hifi, home cinema and edit suites (linear and non-linear).

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Experiences:
Summer 1989: Attended a one-week sound recording training course at The Barbican Centre, London.
Summer/Autumn 1994: Volunteer work: hospital radio manager, Ashkelon, Israel. Four months living in an immigration absorbtion centre and managing the local hospital radio station, founded by previous volunteers.
Winter 2000/Spring 2001: Camera operator for "Interference" - television entertainment show for Channel M.
April 2001: Cameraman and sound for one of "The Renaissance Farces", a short film directed by Oscar-winner Joseph Strick, in Manchester.
Winter 2001/Spring 2002: Presenting "Gloves Off" - television debate show for Channel M (terrestrial television station for Manchester). Interviewed councillors, MPs, campaigners, local business leaders, police representatives, union officials, community leaders, university lecturers and more. Also produced several episodes on issues such as computer hacking and Manchester's gay community.
Winter 2001/Spring 2002: Website building and design for Salford Brand News as a part of a module for my degree course in Television and Radio. Although the page was not built for general consumption, it was researched and built in real-time and is viewable online.
Spring 2003: Winter Hill - the movie, my first short film, won the RTS Award for Best Student Documentary in the North West.

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Page updated: July 2004