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San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Research and pitch new campaign ideas to Executive Director that identifies key audiences and topics to be highlighted in the videos. Developed one long-term explainer video and 3 shorter vignettes that were for specific audiences interested in the campaign.Write interview questions for experts and key participants in the campaign who would speak to its success (passed already in LA, hoping to pass in Oakland, Chicago, New York etc.) and produce on-set interviews.Work closely with one engineer in post-production, sound editing and color correction. Hire and manage 8 freelancers.

Oakland, Ca

Produce weekly podcast “Real Food Reads with Anna Lappé”:Coordinate and manage logistics for all interviews, campaign policy events and film festivals. Produce and edit in-studio interviews.

San Francisco Bay Area

Edited Stanford-branded content in collaboration with various Stanford Production staff. Coordinated and maintained schedule of release for 5 videos Worked with clients to generate feedback and provide edits. (Clients include SCOPE, School of Education, The Provost’s Office)

San Francisco Bay Area

Met with client marketing team of start-up digital analytics company to understand audience, product and distribution strategies. Researched, developed and pitched ideas for creative content for 3 product videos.Set up an ambitious 2-day shooting schedule, hired 4 freelances and managed on-site shoot.Edited videos, chose music and managed all post-production to ensure project was completed within budget and in preferred format.

San Francisco Bay Area

Produced music video for RubyFruit, to highlight vacuum created by social media habits:Guided team in creation of Kickstarter campaign to fund video.Managed casting of 50 extras, with focus on creating a highly diverse crowd.Worked with small team to include Art Director, Choreographer and Director to develop brand new concept for video after weather interrupted initial plans.Used personal connections to secure new location for shoot, cancelled bus without incurring fees and successfully shot video in two days, inside and outside, on time and under budget.

San Francisco Bay Area

Provided scheduling, equipment and administrative support to ensure all releases were compliant and accurate. Clients included Golf Digest, Wired Magazine, Vanity Fair.

Responsibilities to produce political campaign video for Senator Scott Wiener:Cast characters, scouted location in San Francisco and Los Angeles, arranged 6-person crew and managed timelines throughout 3-day shoot. Managed needs of child actors by hiring tutor, and of high profile actor who signed last minute and was available for only minutes, requiring extensive preparation with DP to work with minimal time.Cast 12 dancers, hired choreographer to teach dance routine and shuttled team to five city locations.

San Francisco Bay Area

Co-created strategic plan to increase awareness of role of food producers in food economy and promote a sustainable food chain to improve the local economy and promote transparency. Managed all aspects of “Gatherings” which brought together groups of up to 150 people to tell and listen to stories about small food production farms in CA: social media recruitment strategy, managed event logistics. Edited and produced online content for ongoing social media campaign, ensuring growth of “Gatherings.”Interviewed storytellers to produce additional content for additional short films.

San Francisco Bay Area

Attended trade shows to promote one-for-one social enterprise food bars.

Greater New York City Area

Selected by The Edit Center staff to serve as Teaching Assistant for the next scheduled class in Video Editing.Assisted teaching of Final Cut Pro 7 to 25 students.Loaded footage onto external drives and maintained class schedule.

Greater New York City Area

Maintained footage and helped edit PBS mini-series, “Broadway or Bust.”Acted as liaison between story producer and editor to maintain post-production schedule. Helped select tape and participated in group edits.

Greater New York City Area

Researched information about upcoming guests for Alec Baldwin’s WNYC podcast, "Here's The Thing".Transcribed interviews in preparation for editing.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Ba, Social Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Associate editor of Michigan's humor newspaper, The Every Three Weekly.

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