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Florham Park, New Jersey, United States

• Creates, designs, makes recommendations, and executes on high quality firm marketing and attorney videos and podcasts• Records Videos and Podcasts• Coordinates equipment and studio setup, including staging, lighting, coaching subjects, troubleshooting, and maintenance• Responsible for audio control and touch-up, including compression, equalization, and background noise reduction• Mixes videos and podcasts with overlays, intros, outros, or other elements, keeping up to date with best practices and available relevant elements, software, etc.• Establishes technical guidelines and best practices in coordination with firm branding and media guidelines• Establishes and communicates best practices for media/asset library management• Coordinates with the Creative Services, Social Media, and Content colleagues on content, storyboards, production, and formatting of videos and podcasts• Performs other job-related duties and special projects• Collaborates with marketing and other business professionals throughout the firm across functions and teams.

New York, New York

• Working directly with internal stakeholders throughout all video production phases• Leading team in developing creative ideas that best suit each project• Adhering to the strategic vision and corporate branding standards for all projects• Researching and implementing new technology and video production techniques• Partnering with Corporate Communications and Legal and Compliance to ensure proper messaging and approvals for each project• Directing of corporate executives during video productions and obtaining talent releases• Hiring external production crews and remote directing of video shoots• Partnering with Marketing colleagues and social media team to maximize and target audience• Providing transcripts and closed captioning for ADA compliance, plus language translations• Maintaining departmental yearly budgets, contract agreements, and vendor management• Creating and maintaining daily production schedules, book of work, weekly project updates, ensuring on- time project delivery and maximizing project budgets• Maintaining and upgrading production equipmentMajor accomplishments:• Reorganized all department operations, increasing project completion speed by 25%• Realigned production and department work flows, allowing increased team collaboration• Redesigned data management system and editing workstations, which increased data control and productivity, while reducing data loss risks• Created and engineered new video production and podcasting studios, resulting in a 50% cost savings• Moved photography from external vendors to our internal portfolio of work, leading to significant cost savings

New York, New York, United States

• Produced, created, edited and distributed videos from inception to completion• Worked closely with internal stakeholders to develop creative ideas and dynamic videos• Maximize each project's budget and complete on schedule• Production Work: Set creation, Lighting setup, Camera operation, Audio engineering and On-set talentdirecting• Post production Work: Video editing, Color grading, Audio engineering, Graphic creation and Videostreaming distribution

New York, New York

• Produced and directed global live presentations of IPO road shows• Produced and directed global quarterly earnings broadcasts• Technical setup of daily video and audio conferences• Tested and maintained control rooms and audio visual equipment• Broadcasted live trading floor interviews for multiple financial television networks