Senior Broadcast Liaison Officer FIFA World Cup Football in South Africa The Senior Broadcast Liaison Officer (SBLO) is responsible for his/her team of BLOs. The SBLO is responsible for the overall management of unilateral activities at the stadium. The SBLO works closely with the Broadcast Information Manager (BIM) who will receive booking requests from the IBC. The SBLO will then supervise the bookings relayed by the BIM. The SBLO coordinates unilateral services that require either an interface with FIFA or any other very high level of interface.
Broadcast Liaison Officer
Broadcast Liaison Officer assists broadcasters in any possible way at their booked unilateral activities at the stadium. Unilateral activities such as: announce platform, TV studios, commentary positions, mixed zone, press conference, ENG positions at the stadium.
Broadcast liaison Officer at:
EC Football 2008 in Switzerland and Austria, UMET
Doha Asian Games 2006 in Qatar, Host Broadcast Services
WC Football 2006 in Germany, Host Broadcast Services
EC Football 2004 in Portugal, European Broadcast Services
WC Football 2002 in Japan/Korea, Host Broadcast Services
Logistics Euro Experience Tour 2008 in Switzerland/Austria, Mindspring AG
A road show travelling with two inflatable domes to 13 cities in Switzerland and Austria. (January-June). On site I was responsible for: logistics crew, shuttle service, catering, laundry, assisting during set up and de-rig. I assisted the crew in any possible way. I was responsible for the finances on site and made financial overviews per venue. During opening hours I was responsible for the hostess team working in the domes.
TELEVISION (period 2001-now).
Field producer / producer, NOS Sport (current)
Main contact person between OB-van and field of play during the match and organization of event. I arrange interviews with players/coach before or after the match. I take care of foreign broadcasters if necessary and crew catering. As field producer I assist the director and crew in any possible way.
I have been Field producer during EK Qualifications Handball, Dutch Championship Athletics, Champions Trophy Hockey, hockey play offs, EC Gymnastics in Amsterdam, National Football Competition (Eredivisie).
Once in a while I work freelance at the Sports News desk as producer for daily sport news shows. As producer for the daily sport shows I am responsible for ENG crews who are on the road together with reporters, financial matters, accreditation matters for sport matches, arranging unilateral satellite connections to get world wide sport events to The Netherlands.
Producer, Eyeworks (De Nieuwe Moszkowicz)
Real life show, 10 candidates who tried to get a job at an office of a famous lawyer. I arranged ENG crews, props, editing and locations for a shoot. During a shoot I took care of crew and candidates (catering, timetables). I also assisted my colleagues at several studio programs like “De Grootste Nederlander” and “God Bless America”.
Producer, RTL-Z en RTL News
Working for daily news broadcast. Arranging ENG crews, SNG trucks with live stand up positions, editing and play out for reporters, planning trips abroad, looking after the budget. I still work as a freelancer for RTL News.
Feed point coordinator visit George Bush to the Netherlands, NOS Eurovision Feed point for foreign broadcasters. We offered play out and live facilities. I coordinated our facilities, to make sure that all broadcasters could use our facilities. I made timetables for all book able facilities and worked closely with the SNG operator who was responsible for the satellite connections.
Feed point coordinator/producer during elections in Suriname, NOS Eurovision
With fly-away-dish to Paramaribo to set up a feed point for Dutch journalists. We offered play out and live facilities. I coordinated the feed point.
Program Coordinator, NOS Eurovision
I arranged facilities for journalists working in The Netherlands. ENG crews, editing facilities, play outs, live studios, and commentary positions at sport events. Coordinating feed points during big news events. Arranging facilities worldwide for Dutch news programs, editing, play out and live stand-up facilities at big worldwide news events.
EVENT ORGANISATION (period 2006 - 2009) Project Manager, IJburg Festival Net uit het IJ (In cooperation with Shake the Tree) Together we wrote a complete festival plan for IJburg a quarter in Amsterdam. The festival contained music, food corner and a market. Idea behind the festival was to organize a ‘what is there to see’ festival at IJburg, like a public relations day. IJburg is a new quarter in Amsterdam who wants to introduce them to the rest of the city. The festival with 5000 visitors was a big success. EGOTAINMENT and Shake the Tree will probably organize festival Net uit het IJ again in 2011. EGOTAINMENT was as Project Manager responsible for the budget, contact with all the participants, festival decoration, suppliers (from toilets to podium to fence work), and festival crew. Project Manager Shake the Tree was responsible for the food corner, overall Public Relations and the opening of the festival.
Public Relations, communication and production CHOCA Festival, CHOCA(current)
I did Public Relations and communications for a new festival in Amsterdam all about chocolate. I wrote press releases for newspapers, magazines, radio and television about the festival. For the launch of the festival I organized a press meeting. I helped the production team to organize ‘CHOCA’ activities during the festival. TEAM CHOCA started the fundraising for a new chocolate festival in 2011. I am introducing our festival plan to potential sponsors.
Event manager, Robin Good
I organized events for companies who want to spend a day with their employees doing charity work. As Event Manager I planned the event day together with the charity-organization and company. For example: building a playground for disabled children. I organised all the materials, tools, a design for the playground, transport to and from the location, catering and finances. On the day of the event I was on site as main contact person.
Producer ‘Globalicious Love A Fair’, Globalicious
The ‘Love a Fair’ is an awareness campaign for the UN Millennium Goals. Visitors to the ‘Love a Fair’ can learn about the Millennium Goals in a creative way: make a painting about the Millennium Goals, try fair food and tell your message to the world in front of a camera. The ‘Love a Fair’ is an artistic village combined by several organisations that want to create awareness. I had contact with the festivals about the location for our village, set-up and de-rig of the village, arranging volunteers to help during show days, finances and catering. I was contact person for all participants of the ‘Love a Fair’.
Public Relations (period 2009 - now)
Ragbag For the Dutch Company Ragbag I am in charge of the PR. Ragbag makes bags, wallets and agenda’s from recycled plastic or fabric. Many people in India earn a fair income by collecting the plastic of fabric and making the bags. Ragbag won several awards for their way of working. Via (mainly) free publicity I try to keep Ragbag in the picture and make sure that more products are being sold.
Personal information
Board member, Duniya Foundation Duniya Foundation works in a slum area in the North Indian city Varanasi. In this slum area Duniya Foundation finances a school and a handicraft studio. Daily 85 children go to school; all receive a daily school meal, school uniforms and medical care. In the handicraft studio 6 women from the slum are trained to make bags and other items. Products are sold in the Duniya Foundation web shop. On a regular base I visit our projects in India. www.duniya.org
