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Mike is a committed creative, an adaptive designer, a passionate music obsessive. Radio host and producer for Mantis Radio and Future Music FM. He has broadcast on RTE 2FM, providing takeover cover shows for Sunil Sharpe. His record label Darkfloor Sound has an international roster of artists from England, Serbia, Spain, Scotland, Rotterdam and Bosnia. It is supported by many worldwide touring DJs including Objekt, Perc, Surgeon and Ancient Methods. Website http://darkfloor.co.uk Contact us@darkfloor.co.uk

Lead Graphic Editor @ • Lead artworker for the TalkTalk YouView platform • Lead artworker for FilmFlex platform • Liaise with many of the major film and TV studios including ABC, Cartoon Network, Content Film, Disney, Entertainment One, National Geographic, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Sony, Fox UKTV and Universal. • Creation of imagery from existing keyart and source, often extracting title treatments and backgrounds from onesheets and quads. • Assisting with the Virgin Media, Sky OnDemand and Turkcell accounts in a similar fashion. • Re-purposing, retouching and colour correction of source material to the high standard the clients have come to expect, efficiently. Diagnosing and solving image faults as I go. • Creating bespoke brand, series and episodic imagery. • Management of the imagery created and sourced into a clear and logical hierarchy. From January 2012 to Present (4 years) London, United KingdomCreative Director @ makemassair - a multi discipline freelance creative professional, specialising in video editing, post production & graphic design. Offering bespoke digital solutions to a variety of creative needs. Core services - Digital branding + consultancy, graphic design, motion graphics, performance visuals, record label management, video editing (inc. colour correction, grading and video compression) From 2007 to Present (8 years) London, United KingdomCreative Director @ Darkfloor began as a blog archiving the Mantis Radio show. It has grown to produce live events, radio events, music reviews, exclusive mix recordings, and in 2012 to produce commercial vinyl and digital releases. Duties include • Management of website • Radio host, producer and broadcaster • Music reviewer, curator critic • A&R • Design, brand, artwork (both digital and print) • Web design (Wordpress, CSS, HTML, CMS) • Social media management & strategy • Audio editing • Podcasting From 2007 to Present (8 years) Radio DJ @ Host of long running fortnightly show Mantis Radio. Presenting a range of exclusive guest mixes and performances alongside a constantly on point and evolving mixed playlist of fresh sounds from week to week. Occasional on air interviews. Many years of club DJing too, rattling bass bins and moving bodies. A friendly, playful, and occasionally rambling way of presenting that has made Mantis Radio much loved over the years. In 2014 and 2013 provided takeover cover shows for Sunil Sharpe's Late Sessions on national Irish radio RTE 2FM - interviewing on air both Objekt (2014) and Death Abyss (2013). From 2006 to Present (9 years) London, United KingdomLead Graphic Designer @ • Artwork & design for release artwork, label artwork and audiovisual • Design, code and create imagery for email newsletter (mailer) • Online brand guardian • Online marketing and strategy management • HTML, CSS coding and front-end design From January 2010 to September 2013 (3 years 9 months) Digital Content Producer (Mobile) @ • Provide VOD for various worldwide mobile providers such as Three (UK) & Vodacom (ZA) • Transcode/encode various media formats • Offline/online edit 30”/45” promo video for mobile providers • Log & QA video content • Delivery of video content from source through transcode to publishing live on service • CMS management • Produce well-written, attention-grabbing metadata. • Work with sensitive material such as adult content • Content scheduling • Professional understanding of FCP with creative flair when editing video • Excellent technical knowledge of multimedia video production • Compliance in both technical and editorial disciplines • Digital image creation and retouching From June 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 7 months) London, United KingdomVideo Editor @ • Video editing + transcoding, compression of dailies to final web distribution. • Motion graphics and video captions. • Recorded location sound correction. • Colour correction and grading. From 2007 to 2011 (4 years) Digital Manager @ • Managing online assets of labels online media and web 2.0 presence, including streaming media. • Design & artwork for imagery, label artwork and AV. • Setup, development and management of the labels podcast and DJ mixes. • Web maintenance of label blog inc. editing/subediting, organising content, articles and authors. • Online brand guardian. • Artist & Repertoire (A&R) management and scouting. • Online marketing and strategy management. From January 2009 to December 2010 (2 years) VJ @ • Setup and install of VJ equipment hardware and software • Over 7 hours of performance in rooms 1 and room 2 to peak time crowds, using my own produced and directed motion content. • General AV technician. From February 2010 to February 2010 (1 month) London, United KingdomVideographer @ Commissioned to produce a short AV film based around "Quiet Voices" and an interpretation of ambient music. Screened as part of the Late at Tate events on 08.01.2010. "The final work to stand out was Sevenzero by makemassair, another great landscape exploration. Lakes and mountains superbly shot and colourised, evoking a natural tranquility while hinting at the power and strength of water and rock were layered with computer generated graphics that imitated the natural forms. Sine waves and triangular patterns weaved seamlessly with the footage to bring scenes a new dimension." "loved Mike makemassair's work who mixed his motion graphics skills with nature shots, i felt it mixed well." source http://vjforums.com/showthread.php?t=31440 From January 2010 to January 2010 (1 month) VJ @ • Setup and install of VJ equipment and software • Production of 8+ hours of bespoke video content pre-production • Performance of 2 peak time sets (1,500 – 2,000 people) • Liaison between VJ crew and Lighting crew From July 2009 to July 2009 (1 month)

Bachelor's Degree, Contemporary Lens Media (specialising in Video), 2.1 (upper) @ University of Lincoln From 2003 to 2006 Windsor Boys School From 1996 to 2001 Mike Samaras is skilled in: Radio, Radio Broadcasting, Radio Host, Radio Programming, Sound, Record Labels, A&R, Video Editing, Video, Video Production, Post Production, Music