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Washington, DC, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Wrote and produced award-winning long and short-form documentary content for clients of the Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Sacramento Bee, Charlotte Observer, and other McClatchy newspapers across the country
• Developed, budgeted, and pitched cross-platform content ideas to clients and McClatchy sales teams
• Field Produced shoots and managed freelancers
• Developed cutting edge products for clients in the VR and augmented reality spaces
• Trained and mentored junior producers
• Managed junior producers when assigned by the creative director

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Wrote and produced award-winning pre-roll spots and branded content for clients of the Sacramento Bee
• Produced, wrote, shot and edited, award-winning marketing content for McClatchy
• Sourced and managed freelance teams
• Wrote, directed, lit, camera operated, edited, designed, and animated motion graphics on a wide range of internal and external projects

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed designers, copywriters, developers & social media producers
• Increased web traffic by 200% with inbound marketing materials
• Achieved over 80% engagement with social media video content
• Produced educational content for Thync.com and Thync App
• Produced persona based landing pages

San Francisco Bay Area

• Managed graphic designers & video editors
• Developed Market Movers, a BrightTALK original web series
• Participated in client pitch meetings for BNY Mellon & HSBC
• Field produced interviews with Eliot Spitzer & the CEO of DocuSign
• Produced inbound thought leadership content 1.5k organic views

Oakland, CA

• Managed client projects from beginning to end "script to screen"
• Graphic designer for Telly Award winning show Fusion Energi Adventure
• Wrote, produced, directed & edited commercials for clients
• Mentored staff producers in motion graphics, 3D animation and motion tracking techniques

San Jose, CA

• Wrote and produced live daily topicals
• Wrote, produced, and edited spots for the "Investigative Unit"
• Managed graphic designers and producers
• Mentored producers on writing and editing techniques
• Developed best practices for daily topical spots
• Doubled 11pm Nielson rating with Teacher vs Student promo

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Produced Emmy Award winning spots
• Determined and execute station promotion strategies
• Managed junior level producers and graphic designers
• Managed production budgets & schedules
• Managed station-sponsored community events

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Wrote, produced & edited image, topical, promotable and radio spots
• Produced internal marketing material
• Designed editing platform for Creative Services & News Editors (became Hearst standard)
• Developed workflow for transition from AVID edit suits to Adobe CS5 and BitCentral
• Trained News & Creative Services employees on Adobe Creative CS5 Master Collection
• Developed tapeless workflow and render settings for product delivery

Portland, Maine Area

• Grew ratings as lone Creative Services employee from 10/08-6/09
• Wrote, produced and edited daily topicals and 6pm show open
• Wrote, produced and edited station POBs, TSRs and Image Campaigns
• Managed promotional inventory with Wide Orbit Traffic/Wide Orbit Promo
• Managed Co-Op radio buys and production
• Produced special video projects, as requested from News and Production departments

Topeka, Kansas Area

• Interviewed, hired and supervised commercial production staff
• Managed commercial production schedule, billing and budget
• Oversaw the purchase and installation of capital projects for Creative Services
• Wrote and produced, commercials, promotional spots and topicals
• Supervised and organized promotional events and casting calls
• Collaborated with news and production teams to create and implement ‘Complete Local Coverage’ positioning line

Topeka

• Collaborated with clients and advertising executives to conceptualize, write, and produce top-notch research driven commercials and promotional spots
• Acted as director, camera operator, and director of photography on set
• Worked with clients to create and implement marketing strategies