Hello there. My name is José. I'm a New Zealand born man who does quite a bit of different stuff. I've been a TV presenter/researcher/director/writer/producer and a cartoonist and a radio broadcaster/producer. Here's some of the places I've worked and the jobs I've had. Have a read below, then have a gander at the rest of the site. Feel free to contact me at jfbarbosa@gmail.com.

  • Segment Producer for The Project NZ on Three.

  • Content Producer for Sharesies

    • Recap, a daily investing news podcast, co-host/co-writer/producer

    • Shared Lunch, a weekly livestream interview series- producer, editor, livestream producer.

  • Senior Content Creator for The Spinoff

  • I researched, wrote and directed The Naughty Bits, a 3 x 1 hour documentary series examining the history of censorship in New Zealand for Prime TV.

  • I was part of the team at Media7 and Media3, two factual series examining media issues for TVNZ7 and TV3. I was the field reporter and wrote and directed tracks for both shows.

  • I was the News and Editorial Director at 95bFM. I hosted current affairs shows and ran the volunteer news department. I also produced the Breakfast show hosted by Mikey Havoc.

Skills:

  • Directing/writing/producing video: factual, news, comedy.

  • Script writing for video.

  • Video editing (Premiere Pro)

  • Motion graphics (After effects)

  • Writing for news, general journalism, long form features.

  • Photography: creation and editing (Photoshop)

  • Audio production for podcasts.

  • Illustration, both feature and comic style.

  • General content creation and idea generation.

  • Can convincingly whistle the theme to Thomas the Tank Engine.