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Akron, Oh, Us

Stow, Ohio, United States

Riverside, California, United States

KEY DUTIES: Managing of all internal procedures at our facility including scheduling PSR (Mixing Room) production, freight routes for our courier services, maintaining ample supply of product needed for general sales and for blends in our PSR by meticulously checking on STAR (Scheduled Transfer and Replenishment) order activity, product availability, and plant and DSC (Distribution Service Centers) ability to produce and move as well as keeping strong communications with inside Sales and Tech Reps regarding these products and assisting in finding viable alternative products for our accounts. Ensuring the accuracy of inventory levels in the facility of GI (General Industrial) and Wood products by keeping strong and open communication with facility staff, as well as identifying and solving problems with misstated inventory. WHY IT MATTERS: Helped build rapport with larger accounts who rely on quick and reputable service by keeping adequate stock in house and preparing for shortages as needed. Clear and concise communication with Sales Reps, Customer Service, Facility Manager, and Inventory Analysts helped avoid shortage of needed product in house and lead to a 34% increase in Sales from the prior year.

Santa Fe Springs, California, United States

KEY DUTIES: Having in-depth knowledge of processes and procedures of store operations, contractor base and the needs for each of their job. Preparing and facilitating deliveries to job sites using hub and preparing Bill of Lading for drivers. Educating homeowners on wide range of products and methods for completing their projects. WHY IT MATTERS: Increased sales through clear and concise communication with store managers about products and specials. Built relationships with contractors helped bring increased revenue to the store by delivering to job sites despite contractor difficulties arriving to store for product pickup due to road construction blocking entrance. Single-handedly adopted all responsibilities in store during Christmas & New Years weeks due to major COVID outbreak.

Culver City, California, United States

KEY DUTIES: Having in-depth knowledge of processes and procedures of store operations, contractor base and the needs for each of their job. Preparing and facilitating deliveries to job sites using hub and preparing Bill of Lading for drivers. Educating homeowners on wide range of products and methods for completing their projects. WHY IT MATTERS: Increased sales through clear and concise communication with store managers about products and specials. Built relationships with contractors helped bring increased revenue to the store by delivering to job sites despite contractor difficulties arriving to store for product pickup due to road construction blocking entrance. Single-handedly adopted all responsibilities in store during Christmas & New Years weeks due to major COVID outbreak.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Specifically engaged by Steelhead Productions, a studio affiliate of Deutsch Inc., a major New York-based advertising agency.▶ KEY PROJECTS AND/OR CLIENTS: • Case studies for Volkswagen and the #MeToo Movement, social media advertising (e.g., YouTube, Instagram, Facebook) for Hulu, and a television commercial for Nintendo.▶ KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Ingest/import/organize content to meet senior editor specifications for multiple (and frequently concurrent) projects. • Sync audio, color correct, identify/archive footage, group Multicam sequences. • Update graphics/basic motion graphics, update legal disclaimers.▶ TOOLS USED: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro.▶ SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS: • Consistently engaged in 20+ projects and counting, all delivered on time. • After a significant but unexpected script rewrite, reworked the #MeToo project in just 2 days so it could be delivered on schedule.

Greater Los Angeles Area

A full-service advertising agency with ~$9.1M in revenue.▶ KEY PROJECTS AND CLIENTS: • High-volume social media advertising (YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram) for high-profile game developers and publishers such as Microsoft Xbox, Bethesda, Mojang, Ubisoft.▶ KEY DUTIES: • Created new projects and dailies sequences with live production/gameplay footage per client specifications. • Prepared audio and color prep of picture lock cut and delivered to mix vendors via FTP. • Performed encoding and versioning of final exports for delivery to Production Coordinator and final delivery to clients.▶ TOOLS USED: Adobe After Effects, Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro.▶ SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS: • Ingested/replaced graphics and performed quality control on over 50 projects under tight time frames. • Total projects included 30 different versions of Xbox Game Pass ads successfully delivered within 1 week.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Media company specializing in enthusiast brands such as Motor Trend, Hot Rod, Roadkill and Transworld Skateboarding.▶ KEY PROJECTS: • Season 3 of “Roadkill Garage” and “Engine Masters” for Motor Trend’s online streaming video platform.▶ RESPONSIBILITIES:• Ingesting/organized footage from production shoots and group Multicam sequences. • Synchronized audio and video, laid-in graphics and other finishing assets. • Performed rendering and quality checked half-hour episodes.▶ TOOLS USED: Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve 15.▶ SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS: • Completed 10 episodes which appeared as premium content on motortrendondemand.com and on the nationally broadcast “Velocity” television channel. • Accelerated efforts on a key Roadkill Garage episode which reduced queue time to 3 days; as a result, the project recovered from production delays and met its release date.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Visual effects for feature films, episodic television, commercials, video games, advertising design, and interactive online media. The company’s recent credits include Legion, Game of Thrones, and Legends of Tomorrow.▶ KEY DUTIES: • Facilitated input/output shots from client delivery to final delivery. • Maintained production database. Generated previews for internal and client review. • Performed quality control of all material entering and leaving the facility. • Prepared sequence edits for client approval. • Performed file conversion and transcoding. ▶ TOOLS USED: Avid Media Composer, Foundry Heiro, Flame software.▶ SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS: • Maintained meticulous quality control through a full season of Legion where many of the episodes involved complex visual effects against demanding specifications.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area & Greater Los Angeles Area

▶ KEY DUTIES & RELEVANCE TO VIDEO EDITING: • Cook, server and other foodservice positions while implementing a planned relocation to Los Angeles after graduating college. • Honed 2 key soft skills which drove subsequent success in post-production work: ensuring customer satisfaction even when the client is unseen, and maintaining work output against tight deadlines in fast-paced environments.

Kent, Ohio

Assigned through the University to Portage County TV2 News, the county's exclusive source for local news and original television content.▶ KEY DUTIES: Rotated through a wide range of technical responsibilities such as technical directing, video tape recorder (VTR) operation, graphics person, and floor director of cast and crew for the shows, “KSUniverse”, “Flashcast”, “TV2 News Sports Corner”, and “The Blurb”.▶ EQUIPMENT/TOOLS USED: Video tape recorders, character generators, production switcher, lighting control board, audio mixing board.▶ SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS: Performed these duties concurrent with full-time college without sacrificing academic performance.

Kent, Ohio

Assigned to Kent State Teleproductions, the University's full-service video production center.▶ KEY DUTIES: • Hooked up and gaffed cables in preparation for Kent State basketball games. • Positioned microphones to ensure quality audio transmission by the local television station (Portage County TV2 News). • Operated TV camera on side court: framed up shots of fast paced games, ensured the action was correctly filmed in the frame. • Reacted instinctively to capture audience reactions on the arena's Jumbotron. ▶ SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS: • Performed these duties concurrent with full-time college without sacrificing academic performance.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

▶ KEY DUTIES & RELEVANCE TO VIDEO EDITING: • Photographed potential production sites in the Cleveland area, organized/entered them into a production database. • Performed a range of administrative tasks as required. • Gained a better understanding of the economics of film and media production…which helped drive my focus on high productivity in later production jobs.

Kent, Ohio

▶ KEY DUTIES: • Under the guidance of the University's Biology Department, served as video documentarian for biology students engaged in field and lab work at four Costa Rican biological reserves. • Produced/presented independently made short personal documentary on this experience abroad.▶ EQUIPMENT/TOOLS USED: A range of professional grade camera, lighting and audio equipment; details on request.▶ SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS: • Gained valuable experience in the end-to-end production of participatory documentaries. • Was deeply and personally involved in all phases of the documentary process from defining the vision and crafting consensus on how to tell the story to the building rough cuts and final cuts.