Hello there. My name is José. I'm a New Zealand born man who does quite a bit of different stuff. I've been a TV presenter/researcher/director/writer/producer and a cartoonist and a radio broadcaster/producer. Here's some of the places I've worked and the jobs I've had. Have a read below, then have a gander at the rest of the site. Feel free to contact me at jfbarbosa@gmail.com.
Segment Producer for The Project NZ on Three.
Content Producer for Sharesies
Recap, a daily investing news podcast, co-host/co-writer/producer
Shared Lunch, a weekly livestream interview series- producer, editor, livestream producer.
Senior Content Creator for The Spinoff
Produced ongoing video content for The Spinoff’s Election 2020 coverage.
Directed and edited Final Mix, a music interview series set in a car.
Directed the second season of On The Rag, a feminist factual webseries based on a popular podcast.
I directed and edited one season of The Spinoff TV for Three
I co-wrote and directed the 6 episode Lightbox series Get It To Te Papa
I researched, wrote and directed The Naughty Bits, a 3 x 1 hour documentary series examining the history of censorship in New Zealand for Prime TV.
I was part of the team at Media7 and Media3, two factual series examining media issues for TVNZ7 and TV3. I was the field reporter and wrote and directed tracks for both shows.
I was the News and Editorial Director at 95bFM. I hosted current affairs shows and ran the volunteer news department. I also produced the Breakfast show hosted by Mikey Havoc.
Skills:
Directing/writing/producing video: factual, news, comedy.
Script writing for video.
Video editing (Premiere Pro)
Motion graphics (After effects)
Writing for news, general journalism, long form features.
Photography: creation and editing (Photoshop)
Audio production for podcasts.
Illustration, both feature and comic style.
General content creation and idea generation.
Can convincingly whistle the theme to Thomas the Tank Engine.