LONDON – Jeremy Lloyd has taken on a new role as spectaculars director at Tait, based at the company’s U.K. location. Lloyd has worked on many of the industry’s biggest productions during his 22 years of live event experience. Most recently he led the technical design and staging teams for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies in London.
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LONDON – Tait announces that Jeremy Lloyd has taken on a new role as spectaculars director. Lloyd will be based out of the company’s UK location, working closely with Carol Scott, director of sales and marketing, and Frederic Opsomer, CEO/partner.
With more than 22 years ofexperience working in live events, Lloyd has worked on many of the world’s greatest productions. Projects completed include the Athens Olympic Games, Manchester Commonwealth Games, Doha Asian Games, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, U2, Genesis, Robbie Williams, Take That, The Brit Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, Robot Wars, Thomas the Tank Engine Tour, The Royal Tournament, The Queen’s Golden Jubilee, We Will Rock You and Cirque Du Soleil.
He began his career in the field of lighting working for Theatre Projects, later Vari-Lite, and rapidly progressed with the company, until running their production department. Following his time at Vari-Lite, he then made a transition into technical design and project management. During this time Lloyd has overseen numerous projects from conception to delivery, producing designs and technical solutions, as well as managing the artistic, structural and technical delivery on site.
Most recently he led the technical design and staging teams who delivered the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies. Prior to London 2012, Lloyd worked extensively with world renowned designer and architect Mark Fisher, taking the lead on production and technical design for projects such as Aqua Shenzhen, The Rolling Stones ‘A Bigger Bang,’ Genesis ‘Turn It On Again,’ U2 360° and Roger Waters ‘The Wall.’