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Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

✓ Competently manage and coordinate the organization of post-production, which includes troubleshooting and setting up.✓ Facilitate training of assistant editors and staff in best practices and workflows to support the entire organization.✓ Ensure provision of remarkable service to various clients, including Soda Creative and Midnight Oil.

Greater Los Angeles Area

✓ Create content that increases the value of client Intellectual Properties and Films including Sony Pictures, Netflix, and Universal Pictures.✓ Leverage industry expertise in writing and editing featurettes and promos for major studio feature films and organizations for Blu-Ray, online, and broadcast distribution, which include featurettes made for and Sony’s “Miss Bala” and Universal’s “Green Book.”

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Successfully created multiple sizzle reels each day introducing prospective cast members to producers for reality competition show. - Broke down each candidate's interviews to their most pure and thought provoking elements consistent with the casting needs of the production. - Used candidates online media (instagram, youtube etc.) to expand each video and to demonstrate their capabilities to be used during competition. - Maintained consistent organization while onsite and remote editing.

Burbank, Ca

✓ Created interactive video pilots involving celebrity guests, comedians and multiple video sources with branching structures and coding allowing viewers to choose the direction of the experience with a half hour play thru requiring several hours of finished content. ✓ Responsible for setting show graphics looks, creating graphics or temporary graphics and directing outside graphics vendors to create the highest possible quality in keeping with show look.✓ Recorded voice over artists with appropriate levels using own equipment, board and microphones, creating appropriate recording spaces in various environments. ✓ Created multiple thumbnails and posters for use in the EKO Digital environments including sharable graphic elements for promotional implementations.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Edited a supernatural thriller feature film with that that will be released soon and oversaw assistant editor and was frequently on site for continuity and support of the film allowing for an efficient post production phase with familiarity with the production.

✓ Guide and supervise multiple camera operators, assistant editors, and coordinate with production staff to schedule interviews and behind the scene coverage of the company’s feature film.✓ Adeptly administer the preparation of footage and interviews to be used in promotion of the film, to create targeted featurettes and promos for different platforms; adept at delivering product prepped for multiple audiences and or platforms including promos and trailers.

Greater Los Angeles Area

As needed edited and updated scenes and provided post production support with AVID to the producers while film was in its last few months of post production.

Greater Los Angeles Area

✓ Created promos, featurettes, videos that increased value of various client's intellectual properties, products and films; most notably for Fox's "Green Book" and Sony Pictures' "Miss Bala". ✓ Edited and copy-wrote for multiple Blu-Ray special features content for Sony's "Miss Bala". ✓ Designed organization for behind the scenes content footage for over 300,00 unique files; creating, implementing and training support staff in the processes to keep all files easily accessible and usable for post production. ✓ Trained and oversaw new support staff on how to implement best practices in post production and helping to maintain the server and subsequent files.

Lake George, Ny / Los Angeles, Ca

Was the onsite assistant editor incorporating both he assistant duties of prepping the footage, transcoding and quadruple checking backups, as well as the DIT. Kept the post production efforts detailed and organized for hand off to the Editor at the end of production ensuring footage was prepped and perfect. Transcodes were done thru Davinci with audio sync then organized into AVID and then backed up.

Burbank, Ca

✓ Created promos, featurettes, sizzle reels and videos that increased value of various client's intellectual properties, products and films; most notably for Netflix's "Altered Carbon", Sony Pictures' "Miss Bala" and Lionsgate's "Twilight Ten Year Anniversary". ✓ Re-organized and streamlined on boarding practices for media ingestion, organization and championed implementation of updated company source libraries for music, sound and video effects. ✓ Created Sizzle reels and pitch videos for the expansion of the client base, showcasing the creative power of all departments.

Greater Los Angeles Area

✓ Demonstrated innovativeness in writing, editing, and creating featurettes and promos for Dreamworks, Universal, Fox, Paramount, and other major studio’s feature films for Blu-Ray, online, and broadcast distribution.✓ Substantially contributed to coordinating the post-production on a Mandarin language broadcast for Chinese television and streaming platforms.✓ Imparted knowledge, supported, and trained assistant editors while coordinating projects and managed assistant editors.

Beverly Hills, California

✓ Oversaw the entire preparation phase and supervised other assistants work on projects for Disney, FX, Sony, and other major studios.✓ Mentored other assistants in using the software, organizing files, and handling email to streamline work on loads of projects at a time.✓ Proficiently cut sound bites, EPK B-roll, and A-roll; prepared A-rolls and editorial support for editors.

Greater Los Angeles Area

✓ Assumed lead role, editing a feature film with full temp music and SFX; enabled international rights to be sold to Voltage Pictures off the rough cut.✓ Drove the successful premiere of the film at Screamfest in October 2016, which was eventually released internationally, domestically and was made available through all major VOD platforms.

Greater Los Angeles Area

✓ Worked as a resident manager for a property in the heart of Koreatown/Wilshire neighborhood of LA. ✓ Was responsible for collecting rent, tenant relations, cleaning of the building, managing building maintenance, and repairs, upgrading signage, building the organization and all other necessary tasks. ✓ Was also in charge of company-wide photography for posting vacant units for online advertising and editing videos together for the same advertising purposes for eight buildings. ✓ Created and maintained all of the company's online presence including website creation and maintenance.

✓ Help to maintain and manage video equipment used in the USC Cinematic Arts programs and classes.

Burbank, Ca

✓ Prepped dailies for Lifetime Channel feature films for the editor, syncing, organizing and communicating with producers and editor on issues and quality control of footage. ✓ Edited selected scenes for the editor to support the timely delivery of the first cut to producers.

Burbank, Ca

✓ Prepped dailies; syncing, organizing and communicating with producers and editor on issues and quality control of footage. ✓ Translated several pieces into Spanish for use in second language subtitles. ✓ Set-up of time-lapse cameras, upkeep and weekly download of footage.

✓ Log and capture footage used in TV programs and commercials.✓ Transcribe dialogue for TV programs.

Mfa In Film Production, Editing, Writing & Producing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communications, With Specialization In Broadcasting And Minor In Spanish