• CV

    Dicken Richards

  • Experience

                                                    

    Freelance: November 2024 – Present
    • Compliance editing, QC, and editorial fixes across major sports broadcast content
    • Produced sports features and editorial content for platforms including Team GB
    • Published data-led sports analysis distilling performance metrics into engaging narratives on Premier League talent.
    • Creative content design: Produced high-spec editorial mock-ups and commercial media packs using InDesign
    • Brand & Editorial Strategy: Developed platform-native hooks and creative direction for football culture
    • PL Press Coverage: Attended Premier League press conferences; secured original quotes for breaking news and data-led features.

    Junior Online Editor:        
    Warner Brothers ITVP: February 2023 – November 2024
    • Performed attended and unattended online edits, transcodes, relinks, and conforms in Avid for UK and international masters
    • Delivered broadcast-ready assets, applying VidChecker QC, manual checks, and scope verification to ensure REC 2020, PQ2100, and colour-space compliance.
    • Applied technical expertise to meet localised specifications, including formatting and creating textless elements.
    • Created IMF packages for both texted and textless masters, as well as graded shots/sequences where needed, while meeting technical specifications..
    • Working with mixed frame rates ensuring any issues are reduced.
    • Conforming timelines and relinking media.
    • Implemented QC checks and technical fixes multi-format, multi-territory deliverables to ensure compliance with TX regulations.

    Compliance Editor:
    IMG:     January 2020 – August 2022 / December 2024 – Current (Freelance)

    • Edited and delivered fast-turnaround sports and broadcast content across SD, HD, 4K, and HDR, often working to tight TX deadlines.
    • Reduced long-form sports coverage into structured highlight programmes, selecting key moments to build clear and engaging narratives.
    • Performed full QC and compliance checks, ensuring content met DPP, AS11, and R128 EBU-aligned broadcast standards.
    • Implemented editorial and compliance fixes directly within Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro timelines, including audio, colour, timing, and graphics adjustments
    • Collaborated with producers and editors to deliver broadcast-ready content under pressure, including last-minute fixes close to transmission.
    • Managed multi-territory deliverables and EVS-ready outputs, ensuring accurate versioning, runtime, and format compliance.

    Compliance Editor:
    Discovery Networks Europe: July 2019 – December 2019

    • Reviewed and rated assets in accordance with Ofcom and BLM regulations.
    • Meticulous entry of metadata into rights and scheduling software
    • Coordinated closely with scheduling teams across EMEA and MENA to ensure
    compliance and efficient broadcast scheduling.
    • Compliance edits for broadcast using Adobe Premiere Pro.
    • Performed compliance edits for broadcast using Adobe Premiere Pro.
    • Led compliance edit meetings, contributing to issue resolution.

    Edit Assistant:
    Discovery Networks Europe: June 2018 – March 2019

    • Overall media management of post-production workflows using AVID Interplay.
    • Compliance fixes for broadcast using Avid Media Composer.
    • Editing according to compliance reports.
    • Compiling error and fix reports.
    • Conforming media on rushes where necessary.
    • Liaising with the whole post production team, media services and Program Ops.
    • Trouble shooting issues relating to compliance edits and Media Management.

    Edit Co-ordinator:
    Discovery Networks Europe: May 2017 - June 2018

    • Input metadata into Mediaflex, tracked workflow in ScheduALL,
    and troubleshooted issues.
    • Liaising between MediaManagement, Editors and Edit Supervisor, Programme.
    • Operations and RPS Teams, as well as Ingest and Library Leads.

    Media Management Operator:
    Red Bee Media: October 2014 - December 2015

    • Managed daily workflows with VOD assets, conducted compliance and
    spot check QCs for various formats.

    Media Assistant:
    Red Bee Media    : October 2013 - May 2014

    • Conducted VOD QC & delivery, troubleshot local issues, and escalated problems.
    • Inputting of metadata into scheduling and MAM systems.