TERN TV - Key Persons
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- Coordinator
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- Head of Development
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Andrew leads Tern Development, where we have a particular pride in our team's ability to produce top quality pitches, proposals and sizzles quickly and creatively.
Andrew joined Tern in 2010 from a career in radio and TV advertising and has stayed in Development throughout. His climb from producer to Head of Department has been helped by a succession of UK and International wins, largely in his key focus areas - Specialist Factual and Documentary. Many have been award winners.
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- Production Executive
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Angela leads the production management teams on a range of Tern's biggest shows, drawing on a decade of experience overseeing content ranging from features & interactive to big budget factual.
She has been with Tern since 2003.
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- Head of Tern Belfast
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Brendan is responsible for all output from the Belfast office. He has been with the company since June 2010. From there he develops and executive produces a range of Specialist Factual series, Daytime, and Features.
He has filmed across Arts, Music, Docs, Features and Specialist Factual across the globe - from South America to the Far East and the Arctic Circle, with a very wide range of people. Some of them were fun. Hunter S Thompson and Allen Ginsberg were a hoot……
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- Senior Edit Assistant
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Calum joined our facilities team in 2017 with a focus on post-production. He is always on hand to support our edits with a friendly and approachable professionalism.
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- Production Executive
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Cara works within the production team across a variety of programmes, scheduling and coordinating shooting teams both at home and abroad, as well as organising post production requirements.
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- Production Coordinator
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Catherine works within Tern's Production team, taking care of the planning, organisation, and logistics on programmes from pre-production right through to delivery.
Catherine has coordinated a variety of productions during her time at Tern TV: Britain's Best Selling Toys (C4), Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle (BBC Two/Scotland), Martin Compston's Scottish Fling (BBC Two/Scotland), Spooked: Scotland & Spooked: Ireland (The Discovery Channel).
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- Producer
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Ceara took up her first researcher job with the company back in 2012 and has been coming back to Tern ever since.
Equally able to turn her eye for detail to development or production, she has researched everything from eels in the Sargasso to WW2 tanks to high art in Sri Lanka.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Producer
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- Head of Entertainment
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David looks after our entertainment slate and is responsible for growing Tern's returnable factual entertainment formats and shiny floor shows. You can often find him in the Glasgow office with his pet pug Steve.
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- Head of Production
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Diane leads the Tern Production Management teams across all of our output.
Drawing on more than a decade of experience at running budgets, schedules and contracts for a wide cross section of content she ensures all productions run smoothly, safely and efficiently.
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- Director of Branded Content
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Dominic leads the Branded Content Division, working with brands to develop partnerships with TernTV television productions.
With over 20 years experience in the media and creative industries, Dominic has held a number of commercial roles for leading entertainment, production and news brand organisations including: Sky where Dominic's positions included Sponsorship & Funded Content Controller, Deputy Head of Digital Advertising and Commercial Manager Sky Music; Zodiak Media (now part of Banijay) where he was Head of Brand Partnerships UK; and Evening Standard and Independent owner ESI Media where he was Head of Sponsorship, Branded Content & Events.
Dominic has developed partnerships for a portfolio of brands that span multiple sectors and includes: Nike, Panasonic, Parfums Givenchy, Citi, Domino's Pizza, Sharwood's, Diageo, Canary Wharf Group Plc, Stanhope, Crossrail, Coca-Cola, Virgin Money and Laurent-Perrier.
Dominic has developed and brokered award-winning sponsorship and partnership deals across broadcast, print, digital and events and run some of the UK's most prestigious events including the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
Job Titles:
- Development Editor
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Ehssan joined Tern in 2014. He works primarily as part of Tern's development team, creating taster tapes and showreels to help the company win commissions. His other responsibilities include designing TX cards, GFX editing and taking staff photos.
He has also worked on a variety of programmes as an edit assistant, including Emergency Helicopter Medics and The People's News.
Job Titles:
- Researcher
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Eilish started as a trainee with the company back in 2021 and has been with Tern ever since.
Based in the Glasgow branch, Eilish has worked on entertainment, arts, travel and factual programmes.
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- Series Producer
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- Junior Accounts Assistant
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Fiona joined Tern in 2023 as part of the finance team. Her role involves processing accounts for Tern and across the whole group. She also provides support at month end, assisting the senior finance team with any additional tasks.
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- Online Editor & Colourist
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- Tern in 2022 As Their First Staff Online Editor
Harrison joined Tern in 2022 as their first staff Online Editor & Colourist but has been working on Tern jobs for many years. Some jobs include: Beechgrove Garden, Emergency Helicopter Medics, Darren McGarvey's Addictions, Inside the Zoo, Black and Scottish, The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History.
He moved to Scotland almost 10 years ago and has been working in TV since, laying his roots in the Machine Room, giving him a keen eye for detail, both technical and creative.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
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As MD Harry runs both the commercial and creative direction of Tern. His job is to help generate the best returnable ideas, sell the smartest shows, tame the trickiest talent and, ultimately, put bums on seats.
As a multi-award winning producer he's been responsible for executive producing Tern's critically acclaimed factual series in the UK and Internationally. He specialises in access documentaries, travel & adventure, clever clip shows and blue chip specialist factual formats.
Job Titles:
- Senior Development Researcher
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Iona works in Tern's Development team. Her role includes finding stories, generating new ideas, producing proposals, and preparing pitches for commissioners.
She started at Tern in 2021 as the office runner but showed a keen interest early on in working in Development and joined the team in January 2022. She's been involved in key commissions including Scotland's Sacred Islands with Ben Fogle (S2) (BBC2); Dr Xand's Con or Cure (BBC Daytime) and Spooked Ireland (Discovery).
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- Production Management Assistant
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Jillian assists the production management team with issuing employee and contractor contracts and keeping holiday records updated.
Jillian joined Tern in 2010.
Job Titles:
- Finance Director
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Karen joined Tern in 2018 and is responsible for all aspects of the company finances and works closely with Diane to look after the day to day running of the business operations.
She had a varied career prior to joining Tern, working with entrepreneurial and high growth businesses both in industry and in professional practice and her previous role was FD to a well-known Scottish software company.
Job Titles:
- Production Manager
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Katie is part of the Production team at Tern TV.
During her time with the company, Katie has worked on a variety of productions: Lawrence Chaney's Homecoming Queens (BBC Scotland), Beechgrove Gardens in Winter (BBC Scotland), David Wilson's Crime Files: Cold Cases (BBC Scotland), Darren McGarvey's Addictions (BBC Scotland) & Great British Car Journeys (Channel 4).
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- Production Accountant
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Kosta works closely with Diane and Karen to maintain control and accuracy of our production finances. This includes live production budgets, distribution income and costs, royalties and development funding. His role also involves preparing management accounts for Tern monthly.
His experience is from a corporate finance background within property and insurance. He is a part-qualified accountant with the professional body of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
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- Production Executive, Belfast
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Mairead is responsible for managing Tern Belfast's productions for a diverse array of broadcasters.
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- Group Payroll Manager
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Mhairi joined the Finance Team in August 2022 as the Group Payroll Manager and is responsible for all aspects of Payroll across the company. She also helps support the Head of HR with day-to-day admin and advisory tasks.
Mhairi spent 10 years working in Payroll Bureaus within accountancy practices for a range of different clients but has now branched out into the world of Television!
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- Production Manager View Full Profile
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- Assistant
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- Production Coordinator
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Neena graduated from University of Stirling with a degree in Film and Media.
She has worked as Production Coordinator at Tern since 2018 on programmes such as Britain at Low Tide, The Bone Investigators and Emergency Helicopter Medics.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Producer
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- Writer, Producer and Director
Paul Murton is a writer, producer and director who's most widely known for his Grand Tours television series, which include: Grand Tours of Scotland, Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands, and Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs.
He has also presented and directed a range of history-based documentaries for the BBC, Channel Four and the Discovery Channel including The Maya Apocalypse, Unbuilt Britain and Scotland's Clans.
Paul originally comes from Argyll, studied Philosophy at Aberdeen University, made films at Edinburgh Film Workshop Trust before enrolling at the National Film and Television School.
After graduating, he worked originally as a drama director on The Bill, Casualty, Bramwell and The Blue Boy before returning to Scotland.
Job Titles:
- Editor
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Phil joined Tern in 2022 as our Offline Editor.
He works across a variety of programming at Tern, from gardening and ghosts to doctors and drag queens. Most recently he has worked on; Martin Compston's Scottish Fling (BBC2 & BBC Scotland), Darren McGarvey's Addictions (BBC Scotland), Spooked Scotland (Discovery) and Lawrence Chaney's Homecoming Queens (BBC Scotland).
He spends his downtime selflessly volunteering as office dogsitter.
Job Titles:
- Senior Production Manager
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Working collaboratively with the production teams in Glasgow and Aberdeen, Richard spends his days organising, coordinating, scheduling, and budgeting.
Job Titles:
- Production Coordinator
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Ruth plays a key role in the production team, working primarily with the Head of Production.
After qualifying with a honours degree in Broadcast Production in 2015, Ruth gained experience working with a number of independent production companies. Since joining Tern in 2018 she has co-ordinated the production of documentaries including Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs and David Wilson's Crime Files.
Job Titles:
- Office Manager
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Sarah joined Tern in 2021 and deals with all things office related.
Job Titles:
- Production Manager
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Sarah has been a part of the production team at Tern since 2021 and has worked on a number of productions such as My Greatest Shot, Our Lives: Lumberjill and Dolly: The Sheep That Changed The World.
Job Titles:
- Head of Post Production
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Simon leads our facilities team based out of our Glasgow office, overseeing kit requirements and post production needs for each production. He joined Tern in 2014 and has been an integral part of the continued quality and speed of our productions.
Simon's knowledge of post production is only matched by his patience and ability to smile through stressful situations.
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- Group Accounts Payable Supervisor
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Siobhan started working with Tern in 2019 as a Finance Assistant. Her role is now Accounts Payable Supervisor for the group overseeing all aspects of accounts payable, group wide.
She works closely with Karen and the rest of the wider finance team.
Before working for Tern, Siobhan worked in the building trade for over ten years as Finance/Payroll Assistant and Office Manager.