Lucas Rogers

Curriculum Vitae: Lucas Rogers Flat 6 Rose View, 3 Levubu Road, Emmarentia Johannesburg 2195 South Africa Phone number:- Email:- Personal Statement Working in both print and broadcast for a combined 13 years has left me with the skills to swiftly adapt, work well with a team, and as an individual, take on the challenges/responsibilities that each situation entails. I am a dynamic worker, that has worked with various teams at M-Net: online, marketing and publicity and production. I oversaw thirteen channels digitally and have worked on almost 10 internationally recognized tv formats and currently supervise the EPG team that takes care of the now ten channels. This has enriched my already six years in the news, sport entertainment and digital industry by being in the television environment as well as the print media. Employment: Current Company: M-Net 2013 – present (seven years) Current Job Title: Publicity and EPG Coordinator Old: Publicity Coordinator for EPG and Special Projects Old Title: Web and EPG Editor and a Copy Writer for Publicity and EPG Previous Company: TimesLIVE Job Title: Web producer Company: Times Media Group TimesLIVE website / Sunday Times and The Times 2007 – present (six years) M-Net Skills Skills Publicity and article writing Proof reading Sub-editing Interviewing Marketing and publicity planning Digital uploads and maintenance SEO knowledge and practical use Compiling and analyzing reports and statistics. Wire copy Aggregation Writing both informative and entertaining stories Creating Polls and quizzes Choosing and editing video and audio for the website Choosing pictures to coincide with stories, and creating galleries Social media Writing for the apps Checking, analyzing, and compiling the website statistics Work both for marketing and Public Relations Systems used: DStv CMS Word Press Photo-shop Final cut pro Audacity Excel and Powerpoint Social Media platforms Synergy Responsibilities: Publicity Coordinator for EPG and Special Projects Shift is from 8am-5pm (When not on set) Publicist for Carte Blanche The M-Net Movie Channels and M-Net 101 international series Work on set for Idols SA, The Voice SA, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette SA, Love Island SA, Dancing With The Stars, Trackers, Inconceivable, Legacy, Power Couple, Survivor SA Press release writing and pressers Talent Management Work on Special Projects: M-Net 30th Birthday, Carte Blanche Making A Difference Campaign. eBooks, newsletters, prizes. Barter Deals M-Net Charity Christmas lunch In charge of EPG (Electronic programme guide) team. We write film and series information for the decoder Pre-Screenings Reports Proof-reading Sub-editing Qualifications University Honours Anthropology BA Politics and Anthropology High School Cambridge ‘O ‘level Pitman Mathematics Qualifications Cambridge ‘A’ level Art, English Literature, Geography Courses in the Workplace: M-Net (LFR) Leading For Results Management Course\ SEO training Powerpoint, Excel and Time-Management Features Writing Course TimesLIVE Internal sub-editing course Internal video-editing course Education: St George’s College, Harare, Zimbabwe Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Personal Interests: Playing and watching sport Surfing the internet, entertaining, travelling, music, art and design Writing, reading-fictional/factual and political books References: M-Net: Gideon Khobane: SuperSport CEO, Former M-Net Director - Lani Lombard: Former Head Of Department Publicity- Akira Govender: Former Online Manger- Portia Hlongwane: Publicity Manager- Times Media Group: Guy Jepson: Night Editor of the Times - Abdul Mlazi: Former Online Night Editor Times LIVE -