curriculum vitae

Seán Cummings

a more detailed CV and references available upon request

  • Over twenty years experience in production/project management & development
  • Currently completing Bachelor of Commerce through part-time studies
 
Selected Experience

01/1998-now
Production Manager/Producer, Immediate Productions
Production company contracting in special events and arts management in both corporate and non-profit environments including theatre and film production

11/2011-now
Media Producer, Screaming Weenie Productions
Production and budgeting of media and operations 

10/2008-11/2011
Artistic Managing Director, Screaming Weenie Productions
Professional theatre and production company 

01/2010-04.2010
Volunteer Coordinator,2010 Cultural Olympiad, Vancouver Olympic Committee
The cultural programming section of the 2010 Olympic & ParaOlympic Games

08/2005-01/2009
Training Coordinator/Dispatcher, I.A.T.S.E. Local 891
The third largest film union local in North America

01/2009-06/2009
Associate Producer, Neworld Theatre Company
A local professional theatre company.

04/2004-01/2009
Artistic Producer, Meta.for Theatre Company
A professional theatre company.

09/2001-04/2002
Assistant Location Manager, Fox Television (Dark Angel)

01/2000-09/2001
Various Film Crew Positions, Various Companies

06/1999-12/1999
Program Coordinator, BC Festival of the Arts

09/1990-04/1997
Lending and Investment Manager, National Trust

Other Experience

04/2011-08/2011   Editor/Director, Bend In The River (short film edited on Final Cut Pro X)
11/2010-09/2011   Editor/Videographer, It Gets Better Project Vancouver (Adobe Premiere)
01/2009-04/2011   Recording Secretary, Vancouver OUR Spaces Society
04/2009           Coordinator, Wrecking Ball/Culture Matters
11/2099-08/2010   Producing Director, Queer Arts Festival
01/2009-12/2010   Treasurer, PiA Society
09/2006-12/2009   Web Assistant, Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (Dreamweaver)
01/2001-04/2006   Production Manager, Mad Duck Theatre Society
01/1999-01/2000   Vice-President, CineVic Society of Independent Filmmakers
01/1998-01/1999   Webmaster, Victoria Film Festival
04/1990-04/1993   Volunteer, Kingston Junior Chamber of Commerce

Education and Training Highlights

2012-now         Bachelor of Commerce, Thompson Rivers University
2010             Open Source Web Development, Langara College, Vancouver
2008             Suzuki/Viewpoints Movement Training, The Only Animal, Vancouver
2007             Conversational Spanish Level 1, Vancouver
2006             Certified Actor Combatant, Fight Directors Canada
2003             Professional Scheduling & Budgeting,  Capilano College
2002             Supervisory Course, Safety and Management, Capilano College
2001             Assistant Director Training, DGC
1999-2002        Film Production, Capilano and Camosun College
2001             First Aid Level One, SHAPE
1998             Office Applications Diploma *Honours (including Simply Accounting), AOL, Victoria
1998             Film Production, Cinevic, Victoria, BC
1998             Film Editing, Cinevic, Victoria, BC (Steenbeck)
1997             Screen Actors Studio, Victoria, BC
1996             Stages, Theatre Program, Victoria, BC
1994             Canadian Securities Course, Ottawa, ON
1993             Mutual Fund Sales Certification (Ontario)
1993             Management Training Diploma, NT Training
1989-1990        Business Diploma (Property Assessment), Loyalist College, Belleville, ON
1990             l’École d’été, French Immersion, University of Ottawa
1989             La Maison Française, French Immersion, University of Victoria
1989             Ontario Secondary School Graduation Diploma, Trenton, ON

Languages

Fully fluent: English  /  Moderate: French  /  Beginners: Spanish, Irish

Other relevant skills

Class 5 BC Driver's Licence
Certified 55 wpm typing speed
Completely fluent MS Office and many Adobe products
References available upon request

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