Chas Roberts Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

I lead the development of assets to help the sales department at Fusion Connect best be prepared to close deals. Product training, skilling, webinars, talk tracks and cold call scripts, pitch decks, imagery, and videos all fall under my purview. Skills utilized include writing, graphic design, communications, AI, Prompt Engineering, Art Direction, Photography, Video Production, Coaching, and more.

Jesse's Basement (jessesbasement.net) is a punk-centric music, entertainment, and culture website. Initially began as a simple blog and evolving into a genre leading source for news, reviews, and even relationship advice. I joined the team to infuse a user-first, data-led mindset. I lead all creative and content elements including owning the content calendar, social media planning and execution, site design, and leading coverage meetings in addition to contributing content. Skills utilized include UX/UI, writing, graphic design, team management, AI, Prompt Engineering, Art Direction, Photography, journalism, and more. I built Jesse’s Basement from an idea to hundreds of recurring visitors consuming over 300 articles and evolved to producing an annual fest with the first seeing 350 attendees in a medium sized venue. I also built the social media channel to over 13,000 engaged followers.

Redmond, Washington

As a Senior Communications Manager, I guided and oversaw the creative direction of event and brand campaign content. I amplified CE&S organization successes, articulating Microsoft's value to B2B customers. This role merged artistic expertise with branding, storytelling, copy/content writing, graphic design, photography, new media, and video production to craft impactful narratives. I successfully managed stakeholder relationships and 4 studio partners to execute my creative vision to effectively reach over 18,000 global members of the line of business. In my time there, I led the execution, both as a director and an individual contributor of 127 videos, a WebVR experience, branded multiple initiatives, and wrote, produced, and hosted a weekly magazine show broadcast over the intranet to share ICYMI news which averaged over 5,000 views.

Redmond, Wa

As a Marketing Communications Manager, I collaborated with the Executive Creative Director and cross-functional teams to lead and execute creative visions for UI/UX, video, studio and lifestyle photography, experiential, motion graphics, and other projects aligned with the organization’s seasonal, event, and brand campaign content. Successfully led a team of 4 vendors and managed studio partners for project execution. While there, I managed a variety of stakeholder relationships to lead the execution of over 350 motion assets for delivery over a variety of channels. One highlight was the creation and production of a series of “Inside Excel” videos that averaged over 12,000 organic views each.

Greater Seattle Area

As a creative direction consultant, I was focused on combining creativity, leadership, and storytelling passion to deliver compelling visual experiences across various platforms and channels on a consultative basis. Primarily engaged in UI/UX, B2B Marketing Content, and Event Collateral. I often acted as a hybrid director/producer/contributor who rolled up their sleeves to create content. Some highlights were a series of 10 product feature videos for Microsoft 365 that averaged 10,000 organic views each.

Greater Seattle Area

I played a principal role in shaping organizations’ visual identities through captivating content, driving engagement, brand recognition, and communication goals. Led a team of 10 “permalancers” in executing video, copy, motion, web design, UI/UX, studio and lifestyle photography, events, and experiential content for companies like Microsoft, Amazon, TIAA, Novo Nordisk, Dell, and others. My role, as head of a boutique studio was varied and included both leading and contributing while successfully managing relationships. One highlight was leading the execution and localization into 12 languages of a series of 9 self-help videos for Amazon’s Kindle that averaged over 5,000 organic views each.

Seattle, Washington, United States

This was my first "real job" in the field. I taught classes on video production, non-linear editing, basic motion, and more in a broadcast television studio. This role was like working in a toy store for a young creative. Lots of exploration!