Derik M. Smith Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

In my own words: Ensure that the amazing, creative minds that I collaborate with can focus on developing their gifts and chasing their inspirations. I strive to eliminate tedium and busy-work, automate the cruft, address and solve burnout issues, and to encourage and give voice to good ideas on every level of the company to improve everything that we do..

St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Promotion to Senior Producer at Explainly included new responsibilities such as:
• Processes and Procedure documentation: Produced a comprehensive and holistic procedures manual detailing all aspects of the Explainly production process as well as best practices. This processes bible helped ensure the.
• Special Projects: Edited and produced the Explainly showreels for years 2020-2022.
• Work Delegation: Responsible for delegation of tasks and responsibilities among a larger team of producers for more ambitious multi-video/series contracts.
• New Hire Training: Comprehensive training of all new associate producers utilizing a customized three week training program.

Novato, CA

• I was the first employee hired by the CEO and Operations Manager at Explainly. Alongside executive leadership, I made major contributions to the operational foundations of the company for professional white glove.
• Scouting new, high potential animation partners and creating customized workflow and media pipelines for mutually beneficial working relationships.
• Restructuring creative project workflow to be managed within the adobe creative suite. I also empowered team members to improve their media organization, flexibility & overall final delivery quality by leading them.
• Building & maintaining solid B2B client relationships resulting in repeat business and client confidence for project budgets exceeding $60k.
• Translating high level directional and executional mandatories to creative teams both domestic and overseas.
• Producing green-lit animation visual concepts and scripts for high profile clients such as Avast Business, AARP & Ajinomoto Biopharma Services.

San Francisco Bay Area

In collaboration with the business owner and marketing department, I produced and directed various photo & video projects for all of Music City's digital marketing outlets: - Directed, pitched and produced creative media projects including commercial and social videography, live musical performance multi-camera video productions, and showcase photography.

Burbank, CA

- Nurtured lasting relationships with customers and exceeded corporate goals for customer survey metrics resulting in an average satisfaction rate of over 80%. - Promoted productivity and quality standards by clearly communicating sales goals and best practices to entry level employees.- Enthusiastically pitched store membership benefits to customers &.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Utilized lighting, backgrounds and portable equipment to provide full photography services to clients in and out of studio. - Consistently maintained top ranking sales averages in the LA territory (top 10% for the area).- Analyzed the specific needs of customers to determine relevant photography package options.- Guided prospects through efficient sales.

1041 North Formosa Avenue "The Lot"

In many ways I was the face of the cutting room until project completion. My duties included:- Coordination between Editorial/VFX/Music departments.- Receiving new hires (Start Paperwork/Introductions/Setting up offices).- Scripting Dailies for heavily Improvised Comedy.- Continuity management via FileMaker Pro.- Performance and joke option string-out.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Unity server media audits and organization- Continuity wall creation and maintenance to keep lead editors organized- Action markers and bin organization within Avid- Scripting Dailies for AEs- Cut in temp sound effects- QC'd all cuts of feature before screenings

Van Nuys, CA

- Assistant Editing, Logging, and Cue Sheet experience for Bunim-Murray's digital programming department (BMP-Digital).