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Stamford, Connecticut, United States

'Unlocked: A Jail Experiment' - Netflix'399: Queen of the Tetons' - Feature'The Food That Built America' - Seasons 3, 4, and 5 - The History Channel'The Mega-Brands That Built America' - Seasons 1 and 2 - The History Channel'The Booze, Bets, and Sex That Built America' - Season 1 - The History Channel'Mechashark: Love Down Under' - Discovery'Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper' - National Geographic'America's Hidden Stories' - Season 2 - CIA's Museum Declassified - The Smithsonian Network'The Kindness Project' - Magnolia Network / Discovery+My duties as Post Production Manager include working alongside Show Runners, Executive Producers, and Network Executives to ensure timely delivery of television series Post Production milestones and clear communication across all involved parties. On a more day-to-day level, this takes the form of communicating cut delivery dates with accompanying paper deliverables, effectively managing a Post Support team comprised of several Assistant Editors and Associate Producers, working alongside an Archival Producer to keep episodes on budget, and more.

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

'Extraordinary Birder' - National Geographic'Untitled Animal Project' - National Geographic'Untitled Nature Project' - Network / Platform TBDProvide research, write-ups, treatments, and pitch materials for the Development Department in the pitching and development of new episodes for preexisting projects or whole new projects for television networks and streaming services.

As a freelance writer I've primarily worked with screenplays and video scripts, but I've also worked as a freelance marketing writer for various B2B and B2C clients in an assortment of industries. My work has included: - Page 1 Rewrites of Adapted Feature Films- Spec & Spec Pilot Screenplays for Project Pitches- Script Coverage- Script Treatments- Commercial, Corporate, and Promo Scripts for Web & TV- Corporate Blog Posts- Business and Product Articles - Marketing Emails and Newsletters- Product and Service Descriptions

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

'The Food That Built America' - Season 2 for HistoryUntitled In-Production History, A+E, and Discovery+ ProjectsVarious Development ProjectsIn this role, I am responsible for working alongside Post Production Supervisors and the Director of Post Production in order to ensure timely turnaround for post production projects at Lucky 8. Primarily, my focus is on tight and articulate cross-departmental communication and achieving deliverable deadlines, but I also roll my sleeves up to provide additional post assistance whenever the situation calls for extra hands. All work accomplished using Avid Media Composer, the Adobe Creative Cloud, and Google Drive.

New York, New York

'60 Days In' - Season 6 for A+E Networks'To Catch a Smuggler' - Season 2 for National GeographicIn this role, I am responsible for the following in regards to digital, broadcast, and actively developing video editing projects: Project setup, media ingesting/transcoding, grouping/syncing, creating and exporting of screeners, music importing and organizing, graphics importing, graphics prep, string outs, assisting with subtitling, editing deliverables, upres-ing and outputting deliverables, online prep, timing VO scripts if necessary, dropping in final VO, and troubleshooting tech issues as they arise. I have also edited short form packages for client web use. All work accomplished using Avid Media Composer and Adobe After Effects.

Throughout the duration of Metal Gear Mondays, a weekly podcast focused on the Metal Gear Solid transmedia property, I shared hosting duties, produced (full seasons or co-produced specific episodes and videos), and edited final deliverables for a variety of platforms. A few of the interviews that I've produced, conducted and edited have included: - David Hayter- Christopher Randolph- Cam Clarke- Debi Mae West- Kris Zimmerman Salter- Stefanie Joostenand more. The podcast took the form of a games-club discussion between a panel of co-hosts and guests from all facets of the video game industry (podcasters, voice actors, writers, directors, and developers) discussing a specific portion of a game, comic, film, or general topic related to Metal Gear. Recordings were regularly synchronized across several time zones, countries, and recording environments. More information is available at http://www.metalgearmondays.com. Podcast entirely recorded, edited, and delivered using Adobe Creative Cloud.

Greater St. Louis Area

Managed a team of supervisors, who in turn managed small teams of 3-4 employees each, all responsible for roughly 50-70 clients per group. Performed weekly stand-ups, one-on-ones, client calls, account maintenance, and troubleshooting for content, strategies, and internal workflow.

Greater St. Louis Area

I am responsible for generating, editing, and managing content for newly onboarded and current clients at Sapper Consulting, a St. Louis-based lead-generation firm. There is a daily need for strong internal and external communication and organization, both with clients and our internal teams. I synthesize notes and supplemental collateral quickly, utilizing details from client calls to create compelling and attention-grabbing marketing content. By collaborating and managing client timelines, I help ensure a quick turnaround on anywhere from 35-60 new client content requests a month, not including content revisions, campaign refreshes, or additional editing duties.

Greater St. Louis Area

Greater St. Louis Area

Responsible for the life-cycle of 14-22 clients over the course of my tenure in this role. Worked both individually and part of a group to manage client accounts, draft client content, and maintain daily activities on behalf of client's marketing needs and goals.

'Unlocking the Truth' - Season 1 for MTV/Viacom (DIT)'The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldon' - Limited Two-Part Special for Oxygen (Media Manager)'Geothermal' - Ad Series for The Bear (DIT)Worked as a freelance film professional primarily focused on the Camera and Post-Production departments. These roles included: Director of Photography, 1st AC, 2nd AC, Camera Operator, Media Manager, Digital Imaging Technician, Assistant Editor, and Editor. Most notably, I worked as the primary DIT on the first season of an MTV documentary series entitled, "Unlocking the Truth," as well as several commercials, television shows for Bravo, promotional videos, and more. Those responsibilities included: - Ingesting, managing, and backing-up media in the field - Transcoding and making minor edits in the field- Organizing, archiving, and shipping media and materials to post-production teams- Working with ACs, PAs, Post Supervisors, Editors, and Prod. MGMT to maximize workflow- Generating process documents for show use outside of first season - Building and maintaining DIT technical infrastructure for continued production use

St. Louis, Mo

I founded Forever an Astronaut with a simple mission: to act as a creative label for the filmmaking and visual art that I wanted to create alongside artists whose work I respected. Starting back in 2013, Forever an Astronaut worked on films of all sizes, from short-form independent passion films to episodic documentary series for wide-scale distribution across multiple platforms. We were nominated for Regional Emmy awards for our television work, we traveled the country premiering our work at various film festivals, and we collaborated with many publications and companies to generate quality content for their needs. 2020's "Are You Alright?" marks the final film project produced by Forever an Astronaut.Work edited and delivered utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud and Avid Media Composer.

Greater St. Louis Area

At Rampant Interactive, I worked as a video producer and director for their branded client content, experimental interactive work, and short-form narrative pieces. My responsibilities also included pitching, conceptualizing, and executing on video production for either web, interactive collateral, or as a stand-alone product, both internally and for clients.All work edited and delivered via Adobe Creative Cloud.

St. Louis, Mo

I served as SnapShot Interactive's first full-time St. Louis director/producer. I'd coordinate with the home office in Nashville periodically, but was mostly flying solo when it came to the production process. Responsible for some client prospecting, outreach, and relationship building while simultaneously taking lead production roles on shoots and edits for the St. Louis branch.All work edited and delivered via Adobe Creative Cloud.

Brentwood, Mo

I worked alongside the team at Millennium Productions as a freelance event camera operator and editor capturing weddings in and around the Greater St. Louis Area. Due to my work at Millennium Productions, I was given the opportunity to work with Kenny Wheetley at Beloved Wedding Photography on a wedding shoot in Dubai, which is linked below. This was not a Millennium Productions event, however we were both employed by MP at the time. All work edited and delivered via Adobe Creative Cloud.

St. Louis, Mo

Initially starting out as a contract Camera Operator and Producer for Feast Magazine's Mid-America Emmy award-winning television program, Feast TV, I later made a bid to supervise and facilitate the entire show's production under the Forever an Astronaut banner. From that point, I became a Producer, Camera Operator, and Editor on every episode that aired for the 2014 season, which aired on KETC, KMOS, KCPT, and SIU Public Television. I helped develop unique styles and treatments for individual sequences while producing all of the content for segments and the core of each episode either solo or collaborating with other contracted media professionals and Feast's internal staff.My work was Mid-America Emmy nominated. All work edited and delivered via Adobe Creative Cloud.

St. Louis, Mo

Was solely responsible for creating and maintaining software training videos, promotional event videos, and developing web video tools for use internally and publicly within the promotional product industry.All work edited and delivered via Adobe Creative Cloud.

Auburn, Alabama

In the two years that I was a videographer for the College of Liberal Arts I was responsible for establishing a much higher production value on all video released by the college (both internally and to the public). I completely revised the formats for all student spotlight and alumni spotlight videos in the college and the college is currently working with a small studio that almost completely consists of equipment that I recommended for purchase.All work edited and delivered via Final Cut Pro X.

Atlanta, Ga

I started as an intern and was an assistant camera on a sizzle shoot before the end of the Summer. Within my first two weeks, I was shooting an animatic for a music video, assembling pre-production books, and assisting on set. After my three months, I had been put in charge of a light sequencer, helped find assets for an animated intro sequence, and had made many great connections thanks to the wonderful folks at Bark Bark.

Auburn, Alabama

I was awarded the position of Brand Ambassador for the Adult Swim Carnival Tour at Auburn University over many applying PR majors and was tasked simply with promoting the event stop. What I ended up doing was street promotions, convincing Superfly to allow my student organization to produce audio and video content for the web (which was shared by Adult Swim’s official Facebook presence), and getting the band I manage, Dead?Wait!, to open for the headlining musical guest. The street team I put together and myself pulled 1,600 attendees to the event.