About

North East

Screen

Alison is responsible for identifying new sources of revenue and developing the organisation’s programming activity. She works to expand the organisation’s commercial operations and broaden its relationship with potential stakeholders, from local councils and regional businesses, to arts and other media organisations.

Our operations director Gayle is responsible for operational processes and day to day delivery of North East Screens production service, our North East Screen Academy, project monitoring, evaluation and reporting schedules. She has worked promoting the North East to film and TV productions at the agency for over 20 years working with projects such as Dungeons and Dragons, Harry Potter and Atonement.

As Finance Director, Rob is responsible for the financial business planning and budget management at North East Screen. Together with the Chief Executive and the other members of the Senior Management Team, he develops a programme of activities that align with funding requirements, required outputs and secured funding budgets.

Lisa is our Head of Talent and Business Development and oversees the development and delivery of North East Comedy Hot House. She works alongside industry partners to champion and provide opportunities for Northern comedic talent that aims to reach and entertain global audiences with outstanding content.

Our Finance Manager Kaman is responsible for the day-to-day finance operation including financial reporting, budgeting, cashflow and payroll. Kaman has over 10 years’ experience in the public and not-for-profit sector.

Katie is the first point of contact for North East Screen’s Film Office. Responsible for promoting the region to film and TV companies encouraging them to film in the North East.

Katie also supports productions looking for regional crew, location and facilities and is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive database.

In her role as Skills Manager, Lisa grows the existing crew database and leads on the creation of trainee and shadowing opportunities on productions through North East Screen’s Access initiative.

She identifies career pathways as well as considering skills shortages and gaps to help support the growing number of productions.

Jo is responsible for planning and delivering all marketing and communication activity, promoting North East Screen to a wide range of audiences, partners and stakeholders.

Working closely with all lines of the business, Jo develops marketing campaigns to promote our talent and business development programme for emerging and established film and television professionals. She is the first point of contact for press enquiries and looks after our social media channels.

Teresa works closely with funders to measure and report on the impact that North East Screen makes.

Having overall responsibility for monitoring and evaluation across North East Screen, Teresa manages the requirements of each fund, specifically the ERDF Tees Valley Screen Development project.

Victoria is responsible for planning and delivering all large scale, special events in that feature in North East Screen’s calendar.

Sherilyn is the first point of contact for anyone wanting to speak to our Chief Executive Alison Gwynn both internally and externally. She coordinates Alison’s diary and organises all of our full team events, internal meetings and ensures our office has everything we need to function. Sherilyn also supports the Operations Director with HR Administration.

As Film Office Coordinator, Ryan organises and is responsible for the smooth running of all Crew Academy events. He monitors the career development of Crew Academy members, offering insights on work opportunities and tactical support such as refining CV’s and interview techniques.

Holly is the Film Office Coordinator (Locations) and the first point of contact for all enquiries from TV and film production companies looking to film in the North East. She also supports visiting production companies by organising and attending familiarisation and recce trips to the region.

Cal is the first point of contact for SMEs engaging with the ERDF funded Tees Valley Screen project, ensuring all of their information is kept up to date as well as supporting with the coordination and delivery of events. He also works closely with steering groups, identifying new funding opportunities and the production of narrative reports.

Jennifer aids in the development and delivery of marketing campaigns which promote North East Screen’s activities via social media, e-communications, news stories and blogs. Supporting the Marketing and Communications Manager Jennifer plans events and oversees the booking activity in North East Screen’s programme of activities. She collates marketing and PR activity data and analytics to produce reports, feeding into the organisations evaluation and monitoring processes.