Beatrice Ballarini

Post-production Media Accessibility Co-ordinator based in London. With a background in audiovisual studies and five years of experience in leading a team in Sky’s Content and Innovation department, I am responsible for communication with clients and higher management, contract and budget management, designing and allocating workflow, estimate delivery and ensure its punctuality, quality assurance, and technical troubleshooting. I am specialised in media accessibility requirements from Ofcom, and regulations outside the UK (EEA).

I have extensive experience across linear and VOD content for channels across territories and I am used to ensuring quality and integrity every step of the way in a fast-paced, tight-turnaround environment.

2021 - current

Sky Accessibility Services - Post-production Co-ordinator

• Assurance of quality control and content compliance on all 27 Sky entertainment and cinema channels, ensuring high-quality content delivery under tight deadlines.
• Managing localisation projects across broadcast schedules, delivering post-production assets for accessibility such as subtitles, audio description, and dubbing, enhancing cross-cultural team collaboration.
• Eyeball assessment of HD, UHD SDR and UHD HDR format assets, editing audio and video using Adobe Premiere pro.
• Producing audio description, voiceover, and dubbing with Elevenlabs and Yella through voice rendering, voice morphing, and audio mixing.
• Quality assurance on media files, including content compliance, before allocating work to subtitlers, audio description, and localisation.
• Keeping up-to-date with Ofcom standards and international regulations across territories and industry policies, ensuring compliance.
• Innovating by testing AI solutions for subtitling, dubbing, and audio description, contributing to the Audio Description team's win of the 2024 ACB International Award.

• University of Leeds

MA Audiovisual Translation specialised in Localisation and subtitling for Media Content

2016 to 2018, Distinction

• University of Roma Tre

BA Linguistic and Cultural Mediation specialised in English Localisation

2010 to 2014, Distinction