Abigail Durner Steijlen Email & Phone Number

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Craft digital assets to build awareness and affinity for The Florida Aquarium by creatively planning and facilitating onsite and field-based production, including conceptualizing, storyboarding, logistics, filming, editing, sound mixing, graphic design, compression output and distribution of a wide range of products.• Lead digital and video communication initiatives from concept to completion. • Create evocative and impactful video content for use in advertising, promotions, traditional and social media, etc. that is consistent with brand strategy and organizational priorities. • Serve as creative liaison to other departments; working together to develop video and digital assets to further the departmental goals and mission of the Aquarium. • Focus on driving high levels of engagement with compelling storytelling through imagery and video content, both above water and below. • Edit and assemble final visual/audio program material for release. • Capture and edit photos for web use, billboards, social media, etc.

Tampa, Florida, United States

• Captured footage from the sidelines of the Buccaneers practices and games, including traveling to away games, using various cameras, such as; ARRI AMIRA, Sony FS7, Sony A7S, and Canon EOS C100, along with an extensive list of lenses • Staged and conducted a high number of interviews with players and coaches, as well as staging several unique specialty shoots for miscellaneous promotional events• Covered community and team events all around the greater Tampa area, as well as conducting interviews in the field at each event, and utilized that footage to create videos telling the stories of each experience • Maintained Producer responsibilities for multiple weekly franchises both in-season and during the off-season, including Mic’d Up, Film Session with Ronde Barber, Stories of Courage, and many more• Arrived to the stadium several hours early for each game to mic the pads in order to capture clean, quality audio for the Mic’d Up segment each game, as well as turned the complete, edited Mic’d Up pieces around in less than a day • Nominated for an EMMY for the National Girls and Women in Sports Day video that was pitched, written, directed, shot, edited, and overall produced from conception to creation by me

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

• Worked with the Michigan State University Athletic Department shooting various sporting events and producing social media highlight videos from each event using Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Audition• Produced in-depth feature pieces about various athletes, events, and programs, for Spartan Vision’stelevision program, Spartans All-Access, which aired weekly on Fox Sports Detroit• Developed strong shooting ability Sony FS7 and Sony FS5 cameras, as well as specialty items such as; cinematic lenses, LED lights, sliders, and gimbals• Traveled with various teams to create videos for social media documenting the trips and the games• Collaborated with other members of the Spartan Vision team to produce critically acclaimed content

Athens, Georgia, United States

• Worked directly with the University of Georgia Athletic Department to shoot footage at sporting events for all university sports• Learned how to shoot with cameras such as; Sony XDcam EX, Sony FS7, Sony A7S ii, Panasonic LUMIX GH4, Canon 5D iii, Sony F5, RED Epic• Conducted interviews with athletes, coaches and athletic personnel, as well as working on feature pieces about athletes and coaches for the website• Furthered my experience editing with Adobe Premiere Pro through building videos for all of the University of Georgia sports teams, including interviews, hype videos, and compilation videos

Athens, Georgia, United States

• Received exposure to an office workplace and further developed my abilities to work as a member of a team • Learned the basics of building, editing and maintaining a website • Became proficient in using a complex company software for updating and maintaining records, as well as developing a proficiency with Microsoft Office tools; Excel, Word and Powerpoint

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Became proficient in editing videos with Adobe Premiere Pro and became responsible for editing themed videos such as; touchdown countdown videos, play compilations, highlight reels, etc.• Learned how to cut live videos for site and how to appropriately title, caption and tag such videos (also developed an understanding of SEO-related headlines)• Learned how to successfully ingest footage and recover b-roll from digital platforms, as well as through video tapes• Created graphics and music tracks for all the videos I was tasked with editing

Marietta, Georgia, United States

• Directed the filming and live broadcasting of football and basketball games• On-field and press box commentator for the football teams (nicknamed “the Online Voice of Blue Devil Football”)• Assisted the filming and editing of a year-long Marietta Football compilation video • Attended games and practices and filmed interviews with players and coaches• Assisted with filming and broadcasting of baseball, softball and soccer events• Directed and edited the Marietta High School news program, Blue Devil News• Completed the Marietta High School International Baccalaureate Film program• Continuously worked on different film-related endeavors, such as; filming and editing short projects for class, creating soundtracks and graphics and studying cinematography• Wrote, filmed and edited a short film

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Linguistics

Minor: Communication Studies GPA: 3.7 Honors: - Magna Cum Laude - Presidential Scholar - Dean's List Recipient

Marietta, Georgia

GPA: 4.25