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Joseph Read

Summary

I have professional experience which is rather hard to quantify, spanning over two decades and most of my adult life. I have worked with hundreds of electronic and live artists, festivals, agencies and brands either directly or indirectly. Thousands of events have been successfully advanced and delivered in my current role with zero downtime across them. I have delivered stages and full site productions for many major festivals in the uk, production support for commercial advertising agencies and countless one offs with outlandish specifications and delivery quotas. I have been very lucky that I have always worked in jobs that I have wanted to do and companies I wanted to work for. I am committed to learning, delivering excellence and fostering positive environments which give way to people being able to flourish. I am a firm believer that if we work hard, are open and honest that we will end up where we are supposed to be. I am looking forward to the next phase of my career. I have a strong passion for the arts, sports and music. Over the years in my current position I have developed a strong belief that we must help the youth reach their potential and will always do what I can to aid that. I love learning about new technologies, better working practices and helping others to achieve their goals. The main thing I have learned in everything I have done professionally is that the key to continued success is people. Believing in them and passing the torch at the right time is key. This is how I have delivered so much over the years. I am nothing without my team, but I am always responsible for them.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Head of Production

Motion Events / Marble Factory
Bristol
11.2014 - Current
  • Overall production responsibility across every event, hire and site within the business.
  • Overall responsibility for all event staffing, safety practices and supplier relations within production across the business.
  • Overall responsibility across all show design, build, break and event production activities across the business.
  • 3000 plus events successfully delivered to include all music, corporate and entertainment events on the sites.

Head of Production

Document
Bristol
06.2023 - Current
  • Overall production responsibility across every event and venue hire within the business.
  • Overall responsibility for all event staffing, safety practices and supplier relations within production across the business.
  • Overall responsibility across all design, build, break and event delivery activities across the business.
  • Inception of the new 4000 capacity music venue to include every aspect of event production.

Founder

Shogun Entertainment
London
04.2023 - Current
  • Founder of company to include all sales, production, operations and all other business activities.
  • All legal and compliance duties across the company

Director

True Champion
Bristol
10.2019 - Current
  • Company director.
  • Overall responsibility for event production, operations and event management across the company.
  • A sports entertainment company born from a team of experience in each of our fields.

Sound Engineer / Partner

Audio-x
Bristol
06.2012 - 06.2023
  • Live sound engineer & designer
  • Company manager
  • Partner
  • Took company output from one venue install and one festival to ten installs, 8 festivals and a portfolio of clients within two years.

Record store owner

DMT Records
Bristol
06.2010 - 06.2012
  • All day to day operations of running an independent record store
  • All responsibilities of the store

Education

Apprenticeship - Mechanical and electrical engineering

Brunel College
Bristol
09.2004 - 07.2009

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Calm under pressure
  • Production scheduling
  • Vendor relations
  • Excellent people management
  • Advanced problem identification
  • Risk analysis capability
  • Budget management

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Head of Production

Document
06.2023 - Current

Founder

Shogun Entertainment
04.2023 - Current

Director

True Champion
10.2019 - Current

Head of Production

Motion Events / Marble Factory
11.2014 - Current

Sound Engineer / Partner

Audio-x
06.2012 - 06.2023

Record store owner

DMT Records
06.2010 - 06.2012

Apprenticeship - Mechanical and electrical engineering

Brunel College
09.2004 - 07.2009
Joseph Read