Christopher Nicols Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

At the AARP, I work in the post-production unit of the Broadcast Center, managing decades of digital and analog assets used in the daily creation of television shows, social media promotion and internal company communications. Using IPV's digital asset management system Curator and its Adobe Creative Suite integration, I ensure intellectual control over a large collection of digital assets and provide convenient access to a team of AARP editors.

At Outlier, I train generative AI large language models.

New York, United States

XFR Collective, officially founded in 2014, offers small-scale digitization, consulting, and educational services within a partnership model with artists, activists, and community organizations to lower the barriers to preserving at-risk audio-visual media – mainly unseen, unheard, or marginalized works – through digitization, screenings, educational workshops, and pop-up events. The XFR Collective team consists of Core Members who combine their experience in video and media arts production, collection management, teaching and research in the humanities, archiving and preservation services, records management, and project development to bring the stories of Collective Partners to life. Nothing has been more rewarding than my contributions to social enlightenment and awareness. As an active Core Member of XFR, I frequently work with LGBTQ+ people, communities of color, political activists, and amateur creators. I edit and transform digitized content from our partners into entertaining and informative media productions for screenings in venues around New York and streaming online. To grow the viewership of each completed project, I design and execute social media campaigns and promotions highlighting the creator and video content. In addition to my technical expertise, I assist with the planning, coordination, and execution of multi-day exhibits in high-profile venues, including the New Museum, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and the Leslie-Lohman Museum. Managing the logistics of these complex events and the content we generate through digitization has been my main contribution to such events.Dedicated to the organization's longevity, I have supported overall operations by organizing fundraising screening events to generate additional operating funds and heighten overall awareness of the organization. Material digitized by the XFR Collective is available for viewing and download on its collection page at https://archive.org/details/xfrcollective.

New York City

As an employee of the New York City Municipal Archives, I worked among a team of highly skilled professionals to ensure the preservation and accessibility of the historical records of New York City, dating from the early seventeenth century to the present day. Upon joining the Municipal Archives, I became the first-ever audio-visual archivist, developing the A/V digitization and preservation lab from scratch. I developed budgets, contacted vendors, installed equipment, and established audiovisual records standards and policies for the City government of New York. Throughout my work at the Municipal Archives, I liaised with other city and state government agencies like the FDNY, the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, and the Department of Sanitation.I preserved, digitized, and managed collections consisting of thousands of films and tapes. The historical material I worked on included daily news on municipal broadcasters WNYC-TV and WNYC Radio, NYPD surveillance films of political protests in the 1960s and 70s, talk shows hosted by NYC politicians on Municipal Cable Channel L, along with other records from the New York District Attorney's office, vital records and much more. By using my extensive training and experience, I turned these records into publicly accessible digital assets with the proper codecs and formats to match the highest archival standards. I am also responsible for video editing archival media for in-house productions, social media marketing, external exhibits, and training purposes.Additionally, I had the privilege of interviewing, hiring, training, and supervising staff and interns to carry out large-scale preservation projects requiring metadata tagging in multiple formats for cloud storage in adherence to strict quality control measures to optimize digitization and preservation. I designed workflows and evaluated the work of those who worked under me, delegating tasks so I could focus on more complicated and sensitive issues.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Miami, Florida, United States

New York, New York, United States

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Moving Image Archiving And Preservation

Bachelor’S Degree, History

Activities and Societies: College Scholars