I am emigrating from the U.S. because my daughter is queer and I don’t think she is safe under Trump. She won’t be totally safe in the UK either, I understand that, but it’s as safe as I can get her right now.

As I said, I can legally work in the UK. I have citizenship through my father. I am applying right and left, but any additional help would be really wonderful. I’ve been going to some recommended sites- Indeed, Glassdoor, Guardian Jobs and the UK government’s job websites, but I am hoping someone here might also have connections because I really don’t want to deplete our savings and whatever we get from selling things like my car while I look for work.

I have spent most of my professional life in the video and audio production industries. I had my own small post-production studio in Los Angeles for 10 years. I have worked as a video editor, audio editor and sound designer for multiple prestigious clients and also for some low-budget film companies.

I also have experience as a news videographer, I’ve done a lot of TV and radio advertising work, and I have an impressive list of people I’ve done voice over work for (I specialize in characters and accents).

On top of that, although this is not on my CV because it generally doesn’t lead to work, I have 15 years’ experience doing standup comedy and comedy writing. I never got famous, but I almost got to be a part of a reboot of National Lampoon Magazine which ended up never happening, so that was cool.

Anyway, if anyone here can help me out, I will happily send you my CV. Obviously, I’m not going to doxx myself and put it here on Lemmy, but if you send me a PM with an email address, I can send it there.

Thanks.

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    1 month ago

    I’m in the live events side of video.
    Where about a are you heading (roughly), and I’ll see if I can reach out to some production companies or agencies or whatever that might be looking for freelance video production work.
    Get some feelers out for ya.
    It probably won’t be glamorous, just corporate videos for/of conferences - as that’s most of the work I do. But might be a foot in the door.

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      I will live anywhere I can get a job. We have places to stay in London and Bristol, but I’m willing to locate anywhere from Orkney to the Isle of Wight. Anything to keep my kid safe.

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        14 days ago

        Hey, did you find anything?
        I’ve been asking around, and the few contacts I have haven’t replied to me. I think everyone is swamped with it being Christmas awards/party season.
        I haven’t wanted to be annoying, but I can try pushing harder if you are still struggling

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          I really appreciate that, thank you! I’ve had a few interviews, but I haven’t heard back so far. I’m optimistic. No need to push harder.