Maxine Bergevin's media industry experience

Producer

Producer for a TV broadcaster's Network and Marketing department
Series producer for French studio-based factual entertainment tv show (also broadcast on the web)
Producer of interviews
Producer of music videos
Producer for tv content of long and short durations, including animations/graphics based content and interstitial programming
Series producer for animated series: voice-directing and pre/post-production
Production of cross-platform content spanning short and long-term production/delivery schedules.
Leadership of a marketing production team: directors, talent, resources coordinator, p.a. p.c., editors, broadcast/motion graphics designer, audio engineer, mix engineer
Coordinating with Programming department, PR and Communications department, Exec producer and Directors of Marketing, Communications, Acquisitions and co-productions, etc.
Strategic planning and sound investment/distribution of resources: human, material, financial
Supervision of the way a company's brand and ID is presented in video, audio, web content.
Media producer for public, corporate and private events.
Responsible of recruiting talent (cast and crew) and auditioning

Director

Directed for the following : studio (3 cams), field productions, productions on set; voice directing for informative and performance-based content (announcers and actors), as well as directing for spots, promo, public announcements, etc.
Pre-production experience : creating and refining concepts; script/copy writing; budget planning; working with set-designer/props master, auditioning, etc.
Production : directing for on-cam and voice recording; directing the edit and mix; supervising broadcast design, motion graphics and chyron production; directing composition of original music, of sound-design and folly. Directing for the documentation of corporate, public and private events.
Post production : Supervision of video and sound editing; colour correction; audio mix; sound design; composition of original score
Directing for music videos
Directing for interviews
Directing for documentation of live events

Journalism

Writing

Scripts: TV and film, factual and dramatic, shorts and feature length
Reportage: TV, radio, web
Copy: TV, radio, web, print
Press releases, EPKs, Marketing (campaigns, tag lines, etc.), blogs, newsletters, social media, web

Web and Digital manager

Management of clients’ and production’s digital assets including video, audio, music (streaming and download) including formatting, exports, uploads and proper archiving
Creation and management of websites, social media home pages, blogs, etc.
Writing, editing and curating content for web and mobile technologies
Production of creative visual content photos, graphics, video, audio to entice users and participant

Editor, Video and Audio

Edited video, audio and film pieces of various types and lengths including factual content, interview segments, dramatic shorts, music videos, promos, media campaigns, dance features and documentaries (FCP, Premiere, AfterEffects, Audition)

Broadcast Designer

Creating pertinent concepts that will appeal and speak to the targeted demographic
Mindfulness of the clients' agenda and their wishes
Pitching and fine-tuning ideas as the member of a Creative team
Assisting clients in manifesting their vision into media content; in translating their vision into a sensory experience true to the intent
Creating storyboards, mock-ups
Obtaining assessments and approvals of the project through all the necessary echelons
Production and development of branding + ID elements

Alternative Marketing

Marketing support to independent artistic and cultural enterprises + individual professionals:

Festivals (film, dance, culture); Video coops; Arts collectives; Dance companies; Film clubs; Composers + Concertists; Musicians;

Singer-songwriters; authors; Arts & Culture happenings; Non-profits; Educational sector

Grant-writing
Produced visual material and ads for newspapers and magazines
Video-documented events: shooting, editing, color correction of footage and compositing

Research

Factual entertainment research
Market research for lifestyle reality tv series
Visual research for comedy tv series
Location scouting
Understanding of issues related to intellectual property, authorship, copyrights, etc.
Accounted for contracts, release forms, location forms, and all other paperwork regarding declarations and acquisition of rights (music, stock footage, stock images, photos, etc)
Understanding of market segmentation and target audiences.

Casting director

Management and casting direction of auditions (on-cam and voice) for tv, radio and web content
Experience with both union and non-union productions
Good relationship with agents and talent agencies: French and English talent, union and non
Preparation of contracts in collaboration with Finance and Legal departments.

Coordinator

Coordination of pre-production, production and post-production: tv, web, radio, motion graphics, animation, film and audio; events coverage; documentaries; promos/commercials; fiction
Coordination of shoots in Canada and abroad
Administrative duties, including transcribing and translating interviews; obtaining stock footage and b-roll for video editor; overseeing the subtitling, dubbing, closed-captioning and transfers for a timely delivery to distributors and tv networks; managing reimbursement forms, contracts, release forms, location agreements, etc.
Coordination of production crews (from office and on-location)
Coordination of talent, extras, interviewees
Fine-tuning of workflows and techniques for maximum efficiency and quality
Responsible for in-house production equipment and its maintenance; assisting the d.p. and sound person

Editing (FCP); compositing (AE); image/photo manipulation and design (Photoshop)
Basic web design and maintenance
Basic music composition (strictly for personal productions)
Basic DVD authoring
Design: original artwork and text for magazine/newspaper ads; book covers; feature DVD and music CD covers, discs and interactive menus
Photography

Video/audio/image:
Formats, compression, conversions, digital and analog techniques related to production, sharing, delivery