Les Phillips
Alcoa
Summary
Senior Level Manager with a proven track record of creating an effective work environment that boosts productivity and accuracy, enhances efficiency, improves quality, and reduces costs across multiple departments. Demonstrates exceptional coordination of interdepartmental efforts to meet operational objectives. Skilled at establishing and overseeing company procedures to ensure compliance with governmental regulations. A team builder with robust management capabilities.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Technology and Operations
WBIR-TV
05.2021 - Current
- Manage and implement technical and facility projects for various stakeholders and manage all station capital projects
- Oversee management of IT infrastructure to ensure the station's digital systems stay updated and protected
- Responsible for the leadership and team development of the Engineering, IT, and Operations Departments
- Effectively manage staff to meet the work demands of a 24/7 broadcast facility
- Successful at modernizing facility and production systems to handle changing technical environment
- Develop protocols and standards for operations staff
Communications Director
Sevier Heights
01.2016 - 12.2020
- Led the Communications and Video Departments of a large church, as well as the oversight of the facility's IT, Graphics, and Hospitality Departments
- Managed all aspects of church communications which included website development, app management, and social media scheduling, as well as any promotion and advertising for church and its individual ministries
- Managed multiple projects from various departments and ministries efficiently
- Oversaw all video productions created for multiple media platforms
- Successfully set and managed yearly communications budget
Director of Operations
WVLT-TV
01.2004 - 12.2016
- Responsible for the daily operations of a constantly evolving 24/7 broadcast facility by managing the Technical Operations Department
- Coordinated efforts that ensure the proper broadcast of station's programming and commercial inventory
- Established and managed EEO procedures which ensured compliance with governmental regulations
- Directed efforts to comply with Federal Communications regulations
- Established and managed relationships with cable companies to negotiate retransmission consent agreements
- Improved production efficiency by developing procedures that ensured high-quality broadcasts
- Effectively planned and managed Production Department budget
Education
Bachelor of Science - Communications
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TNSkills
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning & Operational Budgeting
- General Productivity and Operational Improvements
- Create and Manage Regulatory Protocols
- Coordinate the Implementation of Emerging Technologies
Timeline
Head of Technology and Operations
WBIR-TV
05.2021 - Current
Communications Director
Sevier Heights
01.2016 - 12.2020
Director of Operations
WVLT-TV
01.2004 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Communications
University of Tennessee
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