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Denver, Co, Us

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Content Strategy: Ideate, research, write, and produce high-quality video content for social media, including YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook, and Instagram.• Content Management: Oversee video publishing, ensuring seamless written and video content integration across digital platforms.• Team Leadership: Manage a team of writers, editors, and curators in content creation and production, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.• Live Production: Produced and managed the company's first live stream event on Twitch and Facebook establishing a successful new content and revenue stream.• Analytics-Based Approach: Utilize data and analytics to inform content selection and stay ahead of trends, ensuring engaging and relevant productions.• Storytelling and Quality Control: Commit to exceptional storytelling and maintain high journalistic integrity and production quality standards.• Interdepartmental Collaboration: Work closely with internal departments to handle video production requests and contribute to all areas of the production process.• Storytelling: Developed and executed long and short-form video projects, creating in-depth, narrative-driven content that resonates with viewers.

Greater Seattle Area

• Live Data Management: Operated and maintained pitch and player tracking hardware and software during Seattle Mariners home games, providing live statistical data for broadcasters and MLB.com's Gameday application.• Technical Expertise: Ensured the functionality and accuracy of tracking equipment, troubleshooting issues in real-time to maintain broadcast quality.•Collaborative Environment: Worked in a high-pressure, live sports environment, coordinating with team members and other departments to deliver seamless live data integration.• Sports Team Culture: Gained valuable experience working within a professional sports team environment, understanding the impact on the editorial process and content creation.

Greater Seattle Area

• Live Event Production: Served as camera and boom operator for Microsoft live events and various live concerts, which were live-streamed to children in hospitals nationwide.• Technical Skills: Managed live streaming equipment and ensured high-quality video production under tight deadlines.

Boulder, Co

• Content Management: Managed programming and wrote copy for Hustler's Cable TV, Satelite, OTT streaming, and gaming console VOD products worldwide.• Quality Control: Conducted QC of all outgoing metadata and content, ensuring deliverables were error-free and met company standards.• Production Collaboration: Worked with production studios to produce and acquire top-selling content, managing projects for new video channels on Roku, PlayStation, and Xbox.• Strategic Marketing: Developed and executed strategic marketing ideas to promote video content and channels.

Boulder, Co

• Team Management: Managed a team of 20 employees, overseeing daily operations and ensuring high standards of customer service.• Operational Efficiency: Tracked cost of goods, operations, and labor to maintain profitability and manage inventory effectively.• Marketing Initiatives: Designed promotional materials and managed social media accounts to increase brand awareness and drive sales.

Boulder, Co

• Content Production: Edited trailers for the web, subtitled videos for international showings, and produced DVDs.• Web Management: Updated the website using WordPress and created promotional content for both print and digital platforms.

Greater Denver Area

• Video Editing: Edited MLB and NFL highlights and other sports-related content using Final Cut Pro and AVID.• Live Production: Set up and worked on live TV production sets, contributing to the successful broadcast of sports events.• Team Leadership: Trained new staff members and led production teams to ensure high-quality output.• Professional Sports Knowledge: Utilized in-depth knowledge of professional and collegiate sports to create compelling sports content, understanding the nuances of each sport and its presentation.• After becoming a team leader I was responsible for training new staff.

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism And Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: Received the Technology, Art, and Media Certificate from the ATLAS Institute at CU. Learned web development.

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