Text Box:                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Erik Hardtle                                                     213 Selover Ave, New Bern, NC  28560                        (252) 633-2988       EDUCATION          University of Toledo, Ohio                                                      College of Arts & Sciences                                                      Communication Major with a Minor in Advertising & Promotional Marketing.                                                      Graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in June 1991.                                                                                                Boy Scouts Of America, Troop 259                                                      Earned the Eagle Scout Award.                                                      Positions held:  Treasurer, Senior Patrol Leader, and Assistant Scoutmaster.      EXPERIENCE         WCTI TV 12  (ABC Affiliate)                                                      July 1992 - Present                                           Operations Manager                                                      ~ Responsible for Newscast production, Commercial production and Master Control Operations.                                                      ~ Responsible for writing, shooting and editing of all commercial production.                                                      ~ Responsible for the technical planning and implementation of the Cystic                                                          Fibrosis Telethon , a week long food drive, the stations presence at                                                          various festivals, and other live news and promotional events.                                                              ~ Webmaster/Designer for station website www.wcti12.com .                                                      ~ Steady-cam Operator                                                                Additional Experience                                                                ~ Graphic artist/animator for weather, news, promotion and commercial projects.                                                                ~ Facilitated design, implementation & building of several news sets.                                                                ~ Technical Director for all newscasts and commercial production.                                                                ~ Character Generator operator and system manager. Automated CG systems for                                                                          use with the newsroom computer.                                                                ~ Non-linear editor for the AVID Adrenaline System and the                                                                   AVID Media Composer 1000.  System manager for hardware and                                                                   software changes and updates.                                                                ~ System Administrator for Election, Closings, and the entire Newsroom system.                                                                ~ Operate and maintain ENG & SNG trucks.                                                                ~ Administrator for several IT systems station wide.                                                     Past Positions:                                                      CG Operator, Audio Operator, Graphic Artist, Technical Director, Commercial                                                      Videographer & Editor (linear/non-linear), ENG & SNG Operator,                                                      Promotion Assistant,   Promotion Manager, Production Manager.                                                                                                                                                       EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE:                                                      AVID Adrenaline, AVID Media Composer 1000, Pinnacle Reel-Time (Premiere),                                                      and the IMIX Video Cube Non-Linear Editing Systems.                                                      Grass Valley Group 300 & Echolab 9000 Switchers.                                                      Inca, Chyron and Dubner Character Generators.                                                      Wheatstone Audio Boards.                                                      Abekas and Aladdin DVE Systems.                                                      Leitch Still Store, Kavouras Art Paint, Topas Animation system.                                                      DVC Pro, Beta, Hi 8, 3/4” editing systems and cameras.                                                      ENG truck operations.                                                      Satellite (SNG) truck uplink/downlink operator.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     NEXT PAGE -->