Andrea O’Kane
Titirangi, Waitakere City,New Zealand
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
Work History
Landscape Gardener - Part time
Self Employed
Auckland
11.2023 - 12.2025
- Garden maintenance and design assistant.
National and Local Sales Coordinator
Liner Plants Ltd
Hobsonville Point and Oratia
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Full-time employment.
- Coordinated sales activities between departments to streamline communication and processes.
- Managed customer inquiries and provided timely information about products and services.
- Managed client relationships by responding promptly to inquiries and addressing any issues that arose during the course of a sale.
- Performed follow-up calls and emails with customers after each sale was completed.
- Ensured quality control of plants, and helped the team assemble plants for dispatch.
- Co-created a monthly inventory and price list.
T.V Airtime Buyer
Top T.V Ltd, (Choice and HGTV)
08.2016 - 11.2018
- Supervised operations under Julia Baylis, ensuring compliance with company standards.
- Optimized scheduling and workflow efficiency using Broadcast Traffic Systems (BTS).
- Facilitated effective team collaboration through face-to-face, email, and telephone communications.
- Managed client relationships by responding promptly to emails and phone calls.
- Managed data and reporting tasks, utilizing basic to intermediate Excel skills.
- Reviewed daily transmission logs for Choice and HGTV, correcting scheduling errors and last-minute changes, prior to airing.
- Coordinated scheduling for all channel competitions.
- Assisted programming and MCR departments.
- Progressed to effectively 'time out' the daily transmission log. (Programming department trainee)
Landscape Gardener - Part time
Self Employed
Auckland
04.2011 - 08.2016
- Garden maintenance and design assistant.
Teacher Aide, child/teenager with Dyslexia and APD
Volunteer
Titirangi /K.L CBD, Auckland and Malaysia
12.2006 - 12.2014
- I am the mother of the child or teenager.
- I taught 'whole word theory' rather than phonics, as my child could not hear soft sounds and had speech pathology problems.
- Made and used flash cards (letters and whole words)
- Read books together.
- In November 2011, at Titirangi Library, my ten-year-old son finally found a book he was interested in; I cried, and his reading took off!
- My son now has one more year at university before graduating with a double degree.
Volunteer, parent helper
Titrangi Primary School
Titirangi
02.2011 - 12.2012
- Assisted on class trips away from school.
- Assisted with school fairs.
Casual ESOL helper
Volunteer
Ampang, K.L, Malaysia
12.2006 - 01.2011
- Assisted friends, acquaintances, and total strangers from around the world with learning English.
Volunteer, parent helper, classroom library
Safol International School
, Malaysia
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Established the classroom library.
- Assisted on class trips away from school.
Raglan Radio Volunteer Announcer/DJ
Raglan Radio
Raglan, Waikato District
03.2008 - 01.2009
- Volunteer
- Weekly, three-hour show.
- Proficient in the smooth operation of the radio station. Autonomously overseeing the sound desk and playlist while announcing.
Volunteer, Classroom Coordinator
ISKL
Melawasi, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
01.2007 - 03.2008
- Assisted on class trips away from school.
- Elected 'Room Mom' / Classroom Coordinator, wrote the mother-help roster, and distributed it to parents.
- Assisted with school fairs.
- Assisted in the library
Landscape Gardener - Part time
Self Employed
Auckland, Auckland
08.2005 - 09.2006
- Garden maintenance and design assistant.
Volunteer Assistant Treasurer of the family session
Woodlands Park Kindergarten
Woodlands Park, Auckland
02.2004 - 08.2006
- Writing invoices and receipts for kindergarten parents.
- Handling cash payments.
- Reporting to the Kindergarten Manager and Accountant.
Small Business Owner
Self
Auckland
10.1998 - 04.2003
- Television broadcast camera owner.
- Camera hire
Advertising Traffic 2IC, MCR, Tape Op etc
Prime Television
Albany
08.1998 - 04.2001
- Proficient in the Equinox Broadcast Advertising Traffic Scheduling System.
- Proficient in studio floor management.
- Proficient in the operations of the tape room.
- MCR lunch break relief, trainee.
- Trainee Director's Assistant, "Prime Living Show"
Compile Script Supervisor Maggie's Garden Show
TVNZ
01.1998 - 07.1998
- Proficient in compiling script editing.
- Helped with researching.
- Liaised with other departments at TVNZ.
Schedules Manager, Studio Camera, News Tape Editor
TVNZ Horizon TV
Hamilton CBD, HAMILTON
06.1996 - 06.1997
- Proficient in Qantal Advertising Traffic Systems.
- Proficient in senior studio floor managing (news and current affairs, 'The Marketplace Show,' and outside broadcasts).
- Proficient in studio camera operation.
- Proficient in tape editing stories for 'News at Seven Live.'
Schedules Manager, Studio Floor Manager
TVNZ Horizon TV
Wellington CBD, WELLINGTON
01.1995 - 06.1996
- Proficient in Qantal Advertising Traffic Systems.
- Proficient in senior studio floor managing (news and current affairs, 'The Marketplace Show,' and outside broadcasts).
- Proficient in news stories being "played out"
Qantal Advertising Scheduling Course
TVNZ Horizon TV
01.1995 - 01.1995
Part Time Employment
Expozay Clothing Ltd and Baywatch Restaurant
Tauranga, New Zealand
08.1993 - 12.1994
Nanny, Elderly Caregiver, Hospitality Industry
Overseas Travel
Oxfordshire, England
11.1990 - 04.1993
Education
Diploma of Television Production
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Tauranga, NZ12-1994
First Aid Certificate
Bay Of Plenty Polytechnic
Tauranga, NZ12-1994
Certificate in Public Speaking
Toastmasters International, Night School Student
Tauranga, NZ04-1994
B Bursary Graduate
Queens High School
Dunedin, NZ12-1988
Accomplishments
TVNZ Internal News Award, April 1997.
Timeline
Landscape Gardener - Part time
Self Employed
11.2023 - 12.2025
National and Local Sales Coordinator
Liner Plants Ltd
01.2019 - 12.2019
T.V Airtime Buyer
Top T.V Ltd, (Choice and HGTV)
08.2016 - 11.2018
Landscape Gardener - Part time
Self Employed
04.2011 - 08.2016
Volunteer, parent helper
Titrangi Primary School
02.2011 - 12.2012
Volunteer, parent helper, classroom library
Safol International School
01.2010 - 01.2011
Raglan Radio Volunteer Announcer/DJ
Raglan Radio
03.2008 - 01.2009
Volunteer, Classroom Coordinator
ISKL
01.2007 - 03.2008
Teacher Aide, child/teenager with Dyslexia and APD
Volunteer
12.2006 - 12.2014
Casual ESOL helper
Volunteer
12.2006 - 01.2011
Landscape Gardener - Part time
Self Employed
08.2005 - 09.2006
Volunteer Assistant Treasurer of the family session
Woodlands Park Kindergarten
02.2004 - 08.2006
Small Business Owner
Self
10.1998 - 04.2003
Advertising Traffic 2IC, MCR, Tape Op etc
Prime Television
08.1998 - 04.2001
Compile Script Supervisor Maggie's Garden Show
TVNZ
01.1998 - 07.1998
Schedules Manager, Studio Camera, News Tape Editor
TVNZ Horizon TV
06.1996 - 06.1997
Schedules Manager, Studio Floor Manager
TVNZ Horizon TV
01.1995 - 06.1996
Qantal Advertising Scheduling Course
TVNZ Horizon TV
01.1995 - 01.1995
Part Time Employment
Expozay Clothing Ltd and Baywatch Restaurant
08.1993 - 12.1994
Nanny, Elderly Caregiver, Hospitality Industry
Overseas Travel
11.1990 - 04.1993
Diploma of Television Production
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
First Aid Certificate
Bay Of Plenty Polytechnic
Certificate in Public Speaking
Toastmasters International, Night School Student
B Bursary Graduate
Queens High School