Also, as anyone will tell you, it s vitally important to build and maintain a strong network of contacts and referrals. Martin Hollister discovered the Trainee Studio Manager Scheme whilst studying for his BA Hons in Music. He joined the scheme and spent fifteen years working as a Studio Manager specialising in Features and Arts programming at Broadcasting House. At the start of 1998 he then became an Operations Manager, managing a team of twenty Studio Managers responsible for Classical Music output. I deal with customer queries and operational problems as they arise, as well as projects such as the Proms and longer term issues relating to service delivery.
Operational work can be anything across the whole range of output.
I enjoy variety and the fact that I have a high level of control over what I do. I particularly enjoy being creative, initiating ideas and seeing them through, as well as remaining involved to some extent in programme making. Gary McCutcheon joined BBC Belfast as a Technical trainee in 1988. He spent six weeks at the Wood Norton Centre for Broadcast Skills Training where he received intensive training in all the fundamental skills. Since then he has developed skills in cameras, editing, floor management, sound and lighting and has worked as a member of various teams for BBC Northern Ireland.