Ravi Persaud is a Toronto born, creative media producer, with a professional career that spans over two decades. Agency experience includes Production Director at Cossette in Halifax, Producer for ZeDTV (Live Broadcast and Events, CBC Television), Creative Director at Twotone Studios and Digital Insect, Music Composer and Graphic Designer at Ghost FX and Cyberplex Interactive, Production Assistant at Spy Films, MAD Films and LTB. Head of Label at Inner Radio, an independent music label with international distribution affiliate partner LabelWorx (UK).
Past range of experience includes business and creative writing, planning and logistics, journalist, publisher, video editor, animator, information architect, print and web graphics designer. The Producer of many live events and broadcast events including Tall Ships Festival. (Halifax 2009, Producer, Main Stage), The Pronoia Co-Creative Conspiracy, Altar My Ego Festival, video journalist and on-air host for The Vibe (Halifax) and so many more @ CityTV. At the age of 23, Ravi developed and taught 5 courses at Centennial College and York University. The first to be allowed to discuss academically how sound affects the human body. He is a five-time veteran of Burning Man.
Ravi is an award winning Graphic Designer, Animator, Composer for film, television, and dance, Singer-Songwriter, Performer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Engineer and Producer. As music supervisor and composer for film and TV (highlights include feature-length film Sugar and many works for BRAVO! with collaborator Jaime Torres), live dance performances (Quinte Ballet and Series 808), and other eclectic works, Ravi's music explores a diverse array of genres and arrangements.
Music samples can be found on Ravi's record label website, Inner Radio:
Ravi's published writing includes:
An updated project list can be furnished upon request.
Contracted by various A level production companies including Entertainment Partners for various 2017/2018/2019 productions (Location Manager, ALM, Support), including:
American Gods, October Faction, In the Shadow of the Moon, In The Dark, Creeped Out, Salvation, Star Trek Discovery, Shazam!, Shadowhunters, Frankie Drake, Umbrella Academy, Baroness Von Sketch, Bijillionaires, Imposters, In Contempt, The Good Witch, Taken, Starter (A Simple Favour, Feature), Widow (Feature), Falling Water, and others.
Commercial Broadcast Advertisements 2017/2018/2019 releases include:
Bose, Tide, Wonder Bread, Duracell, all Tim Horton’s (2017-2019), Famous Footwear and so many others.
Digital Media Producer with expertise in Graphic Design, Broadcast Audio/Video Production and Editing, Sound Design and Music Composition, Motion Graphics, Web Publishing, New Media Technologies, Publicity, Media Planning, Event Planning, Budget and Production Planning. Currently exploring new opportunities for communication and collaboration in an arts related environment. Strong leadership and organizational skills, managing budgets and staff, highly motivated with over 20 years of experience in related fields.
Skills Set Includes:
- Graphic Design (10+ years)
- Print Publishing (10+ years)
- Web Publishing (10+ years)
- New Media Technologies (10+ years)
- Publicist (10+ years)
- Public Relations Manager,
- Media Strategist (10+ years)
- Digital Media Producer with expertise in Event Planning (10+ years)
- Broadcast Audio/Video Production, Post. (10+ years)
- Audio Engineering (10+ years)
- Adobe Illustrator (10+ years)
- Adobe Creative Suite (10+ years)
- Adobe Photoshop (10+ years)
- Web Design and Development (10+ years)
- Photography (10+ years)
- Layout Design (10+ years)
- Video Production (10+ years)
- Branding (10+ years)
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) (6 years)
- User Interface (UI) (10+ years)
- Social Media Management (10+ years)
- Adobe InDesign (5 years)
- Digital Marketing (10+ years)
- Content Development (10+ years)
- Copywriting (10+ years)
- Adobe After Effects (10+ years)
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