Systems integrator and reseller Magenta Broadcast has recruited Dominic Bird to the position of senior systems engineer.

Previously a technical support engineer at ERA, he has worked on systems projects with the BBC, ITV, Al Jazeera, Encompass, Red Bee Media, Babcock and Ericsson Broadcast.

Bird was a colleague of Magenta managing director Tim Burton and its operations director Martin Riley while at ERA.

Before joining ERA, he worked for The Ark Post Production.