BERNADETTE RICARD

• Made for Excellence Award Winner January 2022
• Promoted from Insurance Professional III to Insurance Professional II in February 2022
• Generated quotes and proposals for clients to match individual needs.
• Provided comprehensive product knowledge and guidance to help clients on product selection.
• Cultivated relationships with clients to identify and meet insurance needs and establish trust and rapport.

• Promoted from Production Technician I to Production Technician II in October of 2015.
• November 2016 Vision Award Winner
• Promoted from Production Technician II to Production Technician III in July 2017.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

• Ensured all product and show support listed in show notes was available for on air broadcast, reported any missing information, studied and saved all support for later live show access, met with Live Show Director to discuss show support and needs prior to air.
• Ran video support (including b-roll, show opens and wipes) using Chyron XClyps, pulled up still support using Media Player and LEX systems, built and ran break playlists, set up proper plasma displays and video walls per show, worked with Live Show Producer and Director to quickly access appropriate product support at key moments and arrange item, break and general show order.

GRAPHICS:

• Studied product descriptions for later live show call-outs and show notes for any graphic support.
• Animated all item graphics, built call-outs for any product support, ran scheduled violators, verified all products and available quantities with Live Show Producer and Visual Coordination.

AUDIO

• Monitored live audio board for show production, assisted in microphone and video feed sound quality checks before going live

CAMERAS

• Followed show flow and Live Show Director cues via robotic studio cameras to capture desired shots.

• Captured video interviews and footage using Panasonic HMC150, audio using lavalier microphones and H4n Zoom, edited video in Adobe Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop.
• CPALMS Perspectives Project—Prepared video interviews of teaching ideas and lessons of teachers, professors and professionals throughout Florida for use in classrooms around the state.
• BIOSCOPES Project—Gathered interview footage of teachers presenting science lesson ideas at schools, universities, and conferences throughout the state in the summer of 2013.

• Sports/Live TV—Set up and broke down cables and live feeds for games, monitored graphics and score during games, operated teleprompter for actors/presenters and managed extras and actors, leading them to their cues on set.
• Minor accounting/bookkeeping in Excel concerning production costs and budgeting.
• Directed, shot, and edited promotional material for websites, blog posts and Kickstarter while managing Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.
• Worked with Bright House Sports Network, Bluewater Studios, Infusion Brands, Inc., You Can Learn, Inc., Publix Supermarkets, and NBC’s The Voice.

• Responsible for setup and tear down of broadcast equipment on site and in studio (including cables, satellite and live feeds, cameras, lights and audio),
• logged tapes of seasonal games to highlight players and plays, ran audio board and clips during live segments.
• Provided aid to crew during live games (water, equipment check and minor repair).

• Interned during the summer of 2010 on the set of TNT’s Rizzoli and Isles, located on the Paramount lot
• Escorted cast to and from set, locked up set locations, and made and distributed copies of script.
• Worked closely with Assistant Director to facilitate smooth operations to avoid disruptions and delays.