Christopher Lam Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

-Runs personal YouTube channel with 1.7 million views, 24,000 subscribers, and 30,000 followers onother social media, covering social critique, pop culture analysis, and RuPaul’s Drag Race.-Accumulated over 10,000 followers and over 300,000 likes on TikTok in 2 weeks.-I was inspired to start making videos in my college apartment from being inspired by creators like Lilly Singh, Natalie Tran, and Wong Fu Produtions.-Pioneered viral series, Straight Guys Watch Drag Race, after being inspired by the large fanbased on YouTube. I still get asked to this day if the series is coming back by fans.

-Developed exclusive content creation workflow from the ground up for musical artist for regular and high-quality ouput for YouTube and TikTok alike.-Created tailor-made plan for investments in equipment, set location, editing programs, and creative direction.

New York City, Ny, Us

-Revolutionized Skillshare's subscription conversion rate with comprehensive review of their entireYouTube video backlog to maximize channel visibility to potential customers.-Championed a detailed plan for improving performance of individualized videos and gave specificexamples for revamping channel copy, playlists, thumbnails, endcards, and community posts.-I individually reviewed the content and the surrounding metadata of approximately 80 videos in their catalog, ranging from promotional content from their classes, commcercials, and original channel content, regulalry checking in with the content team around adjustments and questions they had about the documents I compiled for them.-Skillshare is the most well known e-learning platform in the country.

Irvine, Ca, Us

-Established the company's marketing department, providing a crash course on virality and givingdetailed proposals for successful content series based on current online video trends.-Directed production for approved video series showing proven benefits of using the company’sproducts, providing in-depth filming guides for talent, talent manager, and editor.

New York, Ny, Us

-Supervised all pre-filming logistics for multiple documentary series for the leading Asian Americannews source, from hiring crew to booking flights.-Lead elaborate shoots within Los Angeles as well as all over the country, always ensuring our filmcrews were set up to perform optimally and efficiently.-Awarded 1st Place by the LA Press Club for series Open The Pantry and a NAMIC Vision Award forseries Break Shot.-Invited by creator and editor of NBC Asian America, the leading news source for Asian Americans, to produce and creatively direct their projects.

New York, Ny, Us

-Independently made videos, from conception to editing to SEO optimization, for editorial YouTubechannels, covering various topics such as cultural identity, pop culture, technology, science, and food,both scripted and unscripted.-Continuously achieved viral videos that have been featured by various high-profile media outlets suchas, The Today Show, Teen Vogue, and MTVNews.-Collaborated regularly across departments with the company's top writers to make cutting-edgemultimedia articles covering beauty, politics, and celebrity culture.-Represented BuzzFeed at multiple industry events in panels on diversity and representation, digitalmedia, and filmmaking.-Supported multiple teams, learning multiple content formats, such as taste tests, sketches, docuemtnaries, UGC videos, and text-based fact videos.-Successfully curated and converted multiple BuzzFeed articles into high-performance videos.-Collaborated continaully with writers to make viral multimedia articles.-Adivsed in launch of Try Guy's brand.-BuzzFeed is a leading digital media entertainment company, specializing in experimenting with and analyzing relatable viral content, and iterating off of said data.

New York, Ny, Us

-Continuously achieved given quota of independently conceiving, writing, producing, shooting, editing, and uploading 1 video per week-Developed skills in not just video production, but also in video SEO optimization on YouTube, including but not limited to thumbnails, titles, and tags.-Grew BuzzFeed’s As/Is channel team in brainstorms and exchanged consistent and meaningful feedback fo video cuts

New York, Ny, Us

-Edited and made thumbnails for videos producers-Supported various producers as production assistant for multiple videos, going on prop runs and running sound, developing ability to execute my own content at the end of my internship.-Thanks to experience from my own YouTube channel and studying YouTubers for years, I was able to find this path to being a professional video creator.

-Produced, wrote, and edited game reviews and playthrough videos for site’s YouTube channel.-Maintained engagement with growing number of viewers through social media andcomment sections.

San Francisco, California, Us

-Collaborated with Festival Communications Manager in testing and fixing information on CAAMFest’s website and compiling content to be provided via festival’s iPhone app.-Assisted Marketing Department in editing press releases and researching the visibility of CAAMFest’s films on social media.