Hello. I'm Tony and I'm a creative video specialist based in Glasgow, Scotland. and I've worked in the Scottish media for 12+ years. The last six have been spent at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday producing high quality original video content for editorial, commercial and events sectors of the business. By now committing myself to freelance work, I hope to make my video work more accessible and affordable to sole traders and SMEs who in the past couldn't justify the additional cost of outsourcing corporate video. My biggest career achievement so is picking up all three 'best picture or video' awards from national award ceremonies between 2018 and 2022. Primarily I plan, shoot and produce high-quality bespoke video content by closely collaborating with clients. I promote accessibility and visibility to my workflow at all times and encourage client participation throughout the process. Being from a journalism background, I couldn't have gotten by without building a wide array or relevant skills, including: - copywriting - captioning & subtitling - analytics - SEO and writing for the web - podcasting - webinars - live-streaming & more Here is a brief introduction to my career highlights: --- 2009 Co-launched the free gaming magazine, Square-Go, which reached a peak circulation of 95,000 before being discontinued. 2010 - 2012 - Received Masters in Journalism with Merit post-grad degree 2010 - 2012 - One of the first digital journalists and reporters to work at Glasgow's Herald and Times group. 2011 - 2015 Journalism tutor at Strathclyde University for postgrad Masters students, teaching the merits of multimedia, digital journalism and video. 2014 - 2016 - Digital Journalist and Video Journalist at The Daily Record and Sunday Mail, producing a wide array of content across news and sport 2017-2022 - Video Editor & Commercial Video Editor at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, producing interesting original content to monthly audiences of 2million+ 2021 - Freelance project producing University of Edinburgh's COP26 webinar, live event and social video materials. 2021 - Soft launch of tonyjmcguire.com 2022 - Embracing freelance video as my new future with the proper launch of tonyjmcguire.com

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Hello. I'm Tony and I'm a creative video specialist based in Glasgow, Scotland. and I've worked in the Scottish media for 12+ years. The last six have been spent at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday producing high quality original video content for editorial, commercial and events sectors of the business. By now committing myself to freelance work, I hope to make my video work more accessible and affordable to sole traders and SMEs who in the past couldn't justify the additional cost of outsourcing corporate video. My biggest career achievement so is picking up all three 'best picture or video' awards from national award ceremonies between 2018 and 2022. Primarily I plan, shoot and produce high-quality bespoke video content by closely collaborating with clients. I promote accessibility and visibility to my workflow at all times and encourage client participation throughout the process. Being from a journalism background, I couldn't have gotten by without building a wide array or relevant skills, including: - copywriting - captioning & subtitling - analytics - SEO and writing for the web - podcasting - webinars - live-streaming & more Here is a brief introduction to my career highlights: --- 2009 Co-launched the free gaming magazine, Square-Go, which reached a peak circulation of 95,000 before being discontinued. 2010 - 2012 - Received Masters in Journalism with Merit post-grad degree 2010 - 2012 - One of the first digital journalists and reporters to work at Glasgow's Herald and Times group. 2011 - 2015 Journalism tutor at Strathclyde University for postgrad Masters students, teaching the merits of multimedia, digital journalism and video. 2014 - 2016 - Digital Journalist and Video Journalist at The Daily Record and Sunday Mail, producing a wide array of content across news and sport 2017-2022 - Video Editor & Commercial Video Editor at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, producing interesting original content to monthly audiences of 2million+ 2021 - Freelance project producing University of Edinburgh's COP26 webinar, live event and social video materials. 2021 - Soft launch of tonyjmcguire.com 2022 - Embracing freelance video as my new future with the proper launch of tonyjmcguire.com

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Hello. I’m Tony and I’m a creative video specialist based in Glasgow, Scotland.

and I’ve worked in the Scottish media for 12+ years.
The last six have been spent at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday producing high quality original video content for editorial, commercial and events sectors of the business.

By now committing myself to freelance work, I hope to make my video work more accessible and affordable to sole traders and SMEs who in the past couldn’t justify the additional cost of outsourcing corporate video.

My biggest career achievement so is picking up all three ‘best picture or video’ awards from national award ceremonies between 2018 and 2022.

Primarily I plan, shoot and produce high-quality bespoke video content by closely collaborating with clients. I promote accessibility and visibility to my workflow at all times and encourage client participation throughout the process.

Being from a journalism background, I couldn’t have gotten by without building a wide array or relevant skills, including:

  • copywriting
  • captioning & subtitling
  • analytics
  • SEO and writing for the web
  • podcasting
  • webinars
  • live-streaming & more

Here is a brief introduction to my career highlights:

2009
Co-launched the free gaming magazine, Square-Go, which reached a peak circulation of 95,000 before being discontinued.

2010 - 2012 - Received Masters in Journalism with Merit post-grad degree

2010 - 2012 - One of the first digital journalists and reporters to work at Glasgow’s Herald and Times group.

2011 - 2015
Journalism tutor at Strathclyde University for postgrad Masters students, teaching the merits of multimedia, digital journalism and video.

2014 - 2016 - Digital Journalist and Video Journalist at The Daily Record and Sunday Mail, producing a wide array of content across news and sport

2017-2022 - Video Editor & Commercial Video Editor at The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday, producing interesting original content to monthly audiences of 2million+

2021 - Freelance project producing University of Edinburgh’s COP26 webinar, live event and social video materials.

2021 - Soft launch of tonyjmcguire.com

2022 - Embracing freelance video as my new future with the proper launch of tonyjmcguire.com

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Skills

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Corporate Video
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Explainer Video
Final Cut Pro X
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YouTube
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Social Media Design
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Experience Level

Corporate Video
Expert
Explainer Video
Expert
Final Cut Pro X
Expert
YouTube
Expert
Social Media Design
Expert
Branding
Expert
Copywriting
Expert
Stop Motion Animation
Intermediate
Motion Graphic
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Education

Masters in Journalism at University of Strathclyde
September 1, 2010 - November 30, 2012
Dissertation focus: ‘Twitter and Social News: An analysis of British and American attitudes to social media in and out of the newsroom’. Comparing contrasting attitudes to social media promotion between UK and American news. I tracked tweet interactions on prominent UK and USA journalists and titles to investigate how effective each was at growing their audience.
BSc with Honours in Zoology at University of Glasgow
September 1, 2004 - July 1, 2008
Dissertation Focus: ‘The effectiveness of aposematic colouration in deflecting attacks of predators. A practical thesis to observe avian predator attack frequency on insect prey exhibiting warning colouration, despite it not being prevalent in Glasgow’s urban ecosystem.

Qualifications

BBC SDU: Investigative Data Journalism
July 11, 2022 - July 15, 2022
A condensed learning practical course to learn the skills needed to systematically compile spreadsheets for data and gleam potential stories, trends and connections.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Gaming, Education, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics
    uniE608 BCCaS@COP26: Governance, Capacity Building & The Global South
    On two computers I recorded both the gallery view and the active speaker view during a one-hour Zoom session. I creating all of the graphics, overlays and animations myself, I combined the two videos for a diverse and interesting panel discussion. Further to post-production duties and ensuring continuity with previous videos, I wrote an SRT file out by hand to improve its accessibility options once it went live.
    uniE608 BCCaS@COP - Social Media Promotional Video
    To promote the BCCaS@COP series for the University of Edinburgh, I was asked to produce a social media trailer to be shared on their platforms. video advert videoeditor