
RESUME
Technical
skills
Adobe Premiere, Photoshop, and After Effects, Final Cut Pro 7, Windows and Apple operating systems and programs; Microsoft programs, such as Word, Excel, and Powerpoint; Quickbooks. 360-degree video production, including shooting with multiple cameras, stitching, and editing. Experience with many digital video cameras including the Sony Red, Canon 7D, Panasonic HVX, DVX, HMC150 and more. Fluent in many social media & web platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, HooteSuite, Tumblr, Google+, Blogger, Wordpress, and Pinterest, as well as email marketing platforms such as Vertical Response, Constant Contact and MailChimp. Some HTML.
Honors
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Fellow, New Leaders Council
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Trustees Scholar, NYU
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National Merit Scholar, NYU
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Tony Basta Memorial Scholarship, Perpich Center for Arts Education
Work
experience
Freelance Producer/Editor, Various
2012 - present
Produced and edited non-fiction projects for various companies including educational videos for a history-related nonprofit
website, identity pieces for another nonprofit website, and other non-fiction media.
Project Manager, LAI Video
2014 - 2015
Producing short-form branding videos from beginning to end; supervising working with clients to make sure their vision is fulfilled and content is delivered on time; writing and editing scripts; managing and coordinating with internal resources and freelancers; directing shoots; interviewing subjects.
Associate Producer, Cortina Productions
2012 - 2014
Producing video and interactive multimedia installations for museums and public spaces; coordinating and managing multi-camera video shoots that involve travel all over the US; filming with the RED Epic, Ladybug 360-degree camera, Sony EX3 and Panasonic HMC150; writing scripts and exhibit copy; researching and acquiring archival materials; editing, encoding and managing media, including large amounts of 3D graphic animation assets, RED footage, 360-degree video, photos, graphics, and archival media of many different formats; coordinating with several departments including graphics, post-production, design and technical departments to complete multi-faceted, complex media projects on tight deadlines; working with clients; creating, managing, and tracking large, complex budgets; often filling in as graphic editor, animator, video editor, etc, as necessary.
Digital Photography Instructor, Arlington Adult Education
2012 - 2014
Teaching an evening, adult education class in the basics of DSLR photography (exposure, composition, lighting, and editing).
Associate Producer, The Johnson Group
2011 - 2012
Wrote and edited grant applications and promotional materials for films in development; researched project subject matter and potential funding sources; budget tracking; office management; intern management; post-production coordination; managed website.
News Team, PBS’ Religion & Ethics: News Weekly
2010 - 2011
Researched, produced, shot and edited news pieces for broadcast and for web.
Editor, Grand Isle
2011
Edited a 10-minute documentary, about fishermen in Louisiana affected by the BP oil spill for Meridian Hill Pictures.
Associate Producer, Red Light Films
2007 - 2010
Assisted the Academy Award-winning director/producer of a small documentary production company on multiple projects in various stages of production, development and post-production; coordinated and managed shoots involving travel out of state; coordinated post-production; managed the office; bookkeeping; research; correspondence; managed calendars; completed grant and festival applications.
Founder, manager, writer, Guilt Free Pleasures
2007 - 2012
Created and managed a music news blog, created original video content, wrote music reviews, managed several writers in other cities, formed relationships with publicists and artists, built and formatted blog using blogger and HTML tools, built audience through social media presence using various platforms such as HooteSuite, Facebook, Twitter, Hype Machine, MOG, etc. Planned music showcases for audiences of 50-200 people.
Post-Production Coordinator, Hour One
2008
Coordinated post-production of an 8-episode HD reality series for the Voom network: assisting with scheduling of editors and assistants, coordinating lay-offs of episodes, distributing materials, finding archival footage and music, collating deliverables.
Education
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts
2007 with honors
B.F.A. in Film & Television Production, minor in Religious Studies
FAMU (Prague, Czech Republic)
2006
6-week intensive 35mm film production program
Perpich Center for Arts Education
2004 with honors
Diploma, specialized in Media Arts: film/video and photography