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Bend, Or, Us

Bend, Oregon, United States

Badmoon Media is a full-service media house offering cinema-quality video to the small-to-medium business. We help your brand create an identity and build a loyal community through storytelling. Badmoon Media has been commissioned by agencies, startups & Fortune 500’s. Since 2015, our specialty has been media strategy and end-to-end video & photography production.Visit us at Badmoon.co

Marina Del Rey, California

• Created and led a growth-focused content marketing strategy, launching two video channels, a weekly content newsletter, an overhauled blog, weekly deals, and our first out-of-home ad campaign. • Led a video marketing strategy that included ideating, pitching, and producing multiple video series, managing distribution, and tracking engagement and ROI metrics. • Lead producer and director on all video and photo projects including budgeting, location mgmt, hiring cast/crew, directing, and managing our editing team through to delivery.• Photographer for e-commerce and events.• Implemented a content conversion tracking workflow across Google Analytics and Facebook/Instagram/Youtube utilizing a custom UTM database and pixel tracking.• Implemented content team SOP’s spanning pre-production through to deployment and SEO optimization. • Produced and launched Nugg’s flagship event series. The events included activation partnerships with industry-best products, educational speakers, sampling stations, and a gourmet infused brunch from Popcultivate.• Created and led The Grow Project, a non-profit program that provides grants to women entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry. It became The Nugg Foundation, a 501(c)(3) that supports legalization efforts, opioid abuse eradication, and entrepreneurial initiatives.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Built relationships with global distributors and festival directors, with the goal of selling a seven-part original documentary film series.• Created and implemented a festival strategy with official selections spanning four continents and multiple awards received. This included research, applications, designing of digital marketing assets, digital conforms, and EPK delivery. • Played a key role in the closing of our largest licensing deal with United Airlines In-Flight Program.• Senior editor and associate producer credits on four films.• Official film selections in Tribeca Film Festival (2X), Newport Beach FF, Sedona Intl (2X), AFI Doc Fest, AmDocs (2X), Annapolis Intl, Waimea Ocean, Blue Ocean, Ocean Film Festival World Tour, San Francisco Intl Ocean Film Festival, International Wildlife Film Festival (2X), Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (2X), Martha's Vineyard Film Festival, Woods Hole Film Festival, Tacoma Film Festival

Venice, Ca

• Produced, filmed and edited over 40 co-branded content pieces for action sports hub TheInertia.com, working closely with the Editor-in-Chief and writing staff to develop new series and manage content production lifecycles. • Created shot lists, booked contract talent/locations and prepared the location/set for shooting. • Frequently managed two cameras, audio mixer and lighting as a one-man production team, often finishing shoots with a photo session.• Supervised the post-production process including editing, voice-over recording, color correction, graphics production, and delivery. Edited an average of one original video per week using Adobe Premiere and After Effects.• Closely monitored social engagement and reader-response feedback loop to continually improve our content-market fit, boosting our viewership and our value to advertising partners.• Effectively collaborated inter-departmentally with writing staff and social coordinators to ideate and execute engaging mixed-media articles for the website and social channels.• Mentored a two-person video intern team, providing instruction on editing workflow.

Playa Vista, Ca

• Assisted photographer and studio producer in large film marketing and advertising agency's full-service photo studio, catering to clients including Sony, Universal, ABC, Google, and more.• Managed lighting equipment, maintained the studio, prepared releases and payroll forms.• Learned the ins-and-outs of Capture One and tethered studio workflow.

Los Angeles, California

• Marketing Team Lead for L.A. based brand Just Chill (L-theanine beverage).• Seek and catalyze brand partnerships and co-branded event opportunities.• Manage Just Chill brand ambassadors, training them for samplings and events.• Working with freelance creatives on original content production, as well as shooting content myself.• Overseeing sampling pack company mailing list (B2B outreach)

Los Angeles, Ca

• Intern for Academy Award and Sundance selected documentary production company. • Shadowed executive producers and directors, sat in on pre/post production meetings, recorded meeting notes.• Assisted in setting up on-location lighting and cameras for key interviews.• Shot and edited promotional material for partnering non-profit, The Wyland Foundation.• Transcribed interviews and edited trailers for Ocean Stories series.• Promoted to Associate Producer & Editor for the series.

Melbourne, Australia

• Provided customer and visitor services at the front desk receptionist.• Installed gallery exhibits, set up projection and audio systems for speaker series and special events.• Assisted with screening and speaker events at the gallery by supporting event staff and gallery director.

Orange, California

• Filmed Chapman University speaker presentation, concerts and in-studio productions.• Utilized studio dolly and Fisher studio boom, edited live video and graphics on studio switcher.

Los Angeles, California

• Live concert video coverage.• Audio/visual production for artist interviews.• Video editing and output for streaming on company website.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Television And Broadcast Journalism

Anthropology Minor

Study Abroad Program

Activities and Societies: Melbourne University Waterski & Wakeboard TeamStudy abroad program, Spring 2013