Christopher Gagel Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Build and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders including producers, executives, clients and vendors
• Create and maintain project micro-schedules and trackers to ensure deadlines are met
• Write and circulate ACTRA contracts and agreements
• Ensure accuracy in vendor invoicing
• Schedule meetings, take minutes and pursue action items
• Verify quality assurance by reviewing vendor work and organizing feedback using Flow Production Tracking (formerly known as ShotGrid and Shotgun)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Duties involve creating WBSs and waterfall schedules for AdClub’s quarterly newsletters
• Allocate resources, assign task assignments and support team members
• Monitor progress and resolve project issues to ensure optimal execution of projects
• Communicate status of deliverables to meet project deadlines

• Owner and creator of the website scarymeter.com, where users can rate movies based on how scary, creepy, gory and jumpy they are
• Responsible for the UI and UX design, full-stack programming (including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL), user engagement, social media marketing, and database management of the site

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Using Adobe After Effects, animated custom music and lyric videos for artists including Foreigner, Kanye West, Jack Harlow, YoungBoy NBA and The Game
• Sourced graphic vectors and stock footage, animated text graphics and shape layers, created seamless transitions, and ensured consistency in style throughout videos while ensure videos aligned with cretive intent

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

• Worked a 10-week contract on the short animated series “Moments of Clarity”
• Animated characters including movements, facial expressions and lip-sync, and blocked scenes using Adobe Animate

Hobart, Australia

• Managed production of video projects including client communication, sourcing production equipment and delivering creative content
• Edited and animated TV commercials, social media videos and other multimedia content
• Organized and cut raw footage, exported optimized videos and archived projects
• Engaged in multiple roles in live broadcast settings including switching, audio mixing and rolling video content

Based In Sydney, Australia

• Source, edit and publish videos online for the sociocultural news website E Minor TV
• Conduct research and write copy concerning various videos’ backgrounds, as well aswrite eye-grabbing headlines to attract users and boost viewership

Toronto, Canada

• Originally hired in Feb 2016 as an Intern for a 6-week duration, I was retained as a Video Editor and, due to my quality work, was quickly promoted to Video Producer
• Researched and wrote captions in French and English for news stories and crafted “Visual Headlines” packages for CBC News Express and digital RSS feeds across Canada

Toronto, Canada

• Executed several research and marketing projects to support the sales staff
• Wrote and presented marketing campaign strategies analyses using Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop
• Conducted demographic and competitor research relating to market strategies
• Produced Excel reports and PowerPoint presentations outlining data analysis results

London, Canada

• Produced three promotional videos for two Undergraduate Science Case Competitions – responsibilities included scheduling talent, filming, editing, visual effects, graphic design, sound design, animation and photography
• Established a production schedule, rented equipment, organized interviews and published final material on social media (Facebook and YouTube)

Toronto, Canada

• Familiarized myself with how the news production system works within the CBC, including editing in English and French using Avid Media Composer, as well as spent some time in studios, control rooms and on-location
• Planned, filmed and edited a short video along with fellow interns
• Gained experience in a professional deadline driven environment

London, Canada

• Produced short promotional videos for this company
• Responsibilities included videography, editing and integration into social media

London, Canada

• Produced a short promotional video and created a social media presence
• Responsibilities included photography, editing and integration into social media

London, Canada

• Produced a short promotional video for this not-for-profit organization
• Responsibilities included photography, editing and animation

London, Canada

• Worked in the following roles for the live broadcast of UWO’s football and volleyball games: camera operator, computer live text graphics operator, and audio engineer

Markham, Canada

• Learned technical aspects of video production, including photography and animation
• Produced a short film and assisted in editing a corporate video

Bachelor’S Degree, Media Theory And Production (Broadcasting - Television)

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Communications for Western SeikidoJoint program with Fanshawe College. Recipient of the.

College Diploma, Media Theory And Production (Broadcasting - Television)

Joint program with Western University. Dean’s Honour Roll Recipient.

Project Management Certificate

Courses: - Foundations of Project Management (grade: 90%) - Leading Projects in Organizations (grade: 97%) - Project Tools and Techniques.