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Continuation of Affinity Educator role and its responsibilities (see below).
Producing video tutorials & written tutorials for Affinity products, predominantly Affinity Photo.
Managing a team of product experts who specialise in each app (Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher).
Providing technical support, training and advanced demos for companies and organisations in all three apps (Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Affinity Publisher).
Using photography and image editing skills to create material for tutorials, training & demo purposes.

Voicing, recording and editing video tutorials for Affinity software including Photo, Photo iPad, Designer iPad.
Demonstrating Affinity software to private sectors, journalists, members of public.
Stills photography for tutorial samples and Spotlight articles.
Technically accurate photography to aid software feature development.
Adding/modifying functionality for Affinity Help bundles with JavaScript, CSS & HTML. Providing technical write-ups for advanced Affinity Photo features.
Training staff members and external bodies on Affinity Photo.
Set-up and maintenance of video live streaming/recording facilities.
Live vision & audio mixing for launch events.
Technical support to end users of Affinity Photo.
Varied video & motion graphics work, e.g. practical shooting series.
3D scene composition & rendering, detailed asset creation including PBR texturing.
App development for internal use using C++, ObjC, Swift (e.g. media encoding).
Writing technical articles, producing practical 'Shooting Series' and other supporting content for Affinity Spotlight.
Additional voiceover work (e.g. phone messages for automated call system).

Authoring help for Serif's Plus product range (e.g. PhotoPlus, PagePlus, WebPlus).
Authoring Affinity help bundles with HTML, CSS & JavaScript.
Producing video tutorials for Serif WebPlus, DrawPlus, PhotoPlus & PagePlus.
Producing video tutorials for Affinity Photo.

Shooting, editing and delivering instructional painting DVDs.
Scripting, shooting and editing television adverts for SAA (Society for All Artists) products.
Shooting and editing studio-based television series "A Splash of Paint".
Media encoding & Broadcast compliance for media deliverables.
Technical studio experience—lighting, camera equipment, working with talent, audio.
Product photography for SAA products.
Voiceover work for product webclips and adverts.

Photography: Providing photographic material for specific purposes - promotional, product, tuitional. In-depth technical knowledge of photography.
Technical: Programming background and extensive game design experience allows me to learn and understand technical features/concepts quickly & easily. Highly skilled in researching and carrying out technical requirements, e.g. producing a live studio solution with capture cards and streaming software that allows 4K recording with simultaneous live streaming, plus the ability to share the mix over conferencing software for demos & training.
Video: Shooting and editing high quality video that is technically accurate. Familiar with both location & studio work. Skilled with multiple editing software packages, experienced with post production and delivery techniques.
Training: Producing video tutorials with concise, clear presentation. Can develop skills without formal structure or tuition, then educate others using this knowledge. Developing and using own material (e.g. photography).
Development: Developing media applications, web development, tutorials & help documentation, game engine programming & design.
Broadcast: Video preprocessing, content compliance, audio treatment, colour correction, colour conversion.
Voiceover: Delivering clear, accurate voiceovers for marketing & tuition purposes.

Image Editing/Compositing: Affinity Photo, Photoshop
Media Encoding/Preprocessing: ffmpeg, x264/x265, AviSynth, VapourSynth
Video Editing/Compositing: Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, Motion, Fusion, Camtasia, Edius
Programming: JavaScript, C++, HTML, CSS, PHP, Swift, UnrealScript
3D Engine Design: Unreal Engine 1/2/3/4
Web Applications: Node, Electron
Web Server Administration: lighttpd, Apache, nginx, PHP, mySQL, FastCGI, multiple Linux distributions

Working with professional and amateur talent for video & photography shoots.
Audio recording and post production, mixing to a professional standard.
Delivering for print with image colour management.
Leader & programmer of "Fraghouse" game design team, producing Unreal Engine mods, 2000-2007. Experience with programming, level design, modelling, sound design, texture/material design.