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Mclean, Virginia, United States

Senior Consultant concepting and producing original, creative videos and motion graphics for a wide range of industries including healthcare, state and local government, and federal agencies.

In this role, I have completed a variety of motion graphic and design assignments to create print, video, and television content for broadcast channels, organizations, and companies. In this role, I used the Adobe Creative Suite extensively, specifically After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro to create title design and animations, animated charts and graphics, typographic animations, rotoscoped mattes, visual show identities, storyboards, and special effects. In this role, I edited and post-produced long-form videos, and created informational designs for publications including graphic-intensive final project reports and one sheets.

Sofia, Bulgaria

This Public Affairs position was responsible for producing and creating videos, campaigns, and social media content to communicate strategic U.S. Government policy and information on cultural and political issues. Internally, mission leaders looked to this role for support to design and create informational graphics, presentations, sets, and videos to summarize and clarify data and to make the information understandable and engaging for audiences.

Vienna, Austria

This position was responsible for video and graphics production from start to finish - concept, scripting, planning, filming, graphic design, editing, music, and posting. The completed content was translated into English and Russian to explain complex mission policy issues and goals focusing on Ukraine, human rights, and frozen conflicts. This role was responsible for posting the content using communications strategy guidelines on social media platforms and mission website through social media management software. This position also served as the mission's photographer, videographer, and reporter at weekly meetings, international conferences, and human rights conventions.

Lusaka, Zambia

This role was responsible for producing social media and web content to share the mission's health, educational, political, and agricultural achievements and program strategies. The role relied heavily on creating written and visual content (graphics, animations, and photos) that would be informative, clear, and engaging. Writing speeches, press releases, and project descriptions was a routine part of this position and required a thorough understanding of each program's goals and objective.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

This position was responsible for the overall visual identity of the Fox Television Show, America's Most Wanted, including the title design and evergreen graphic elements and story-specific graphics, special effects, and maps. In this role, the art director met daily and weekly with the show runners, and individual television producers to concept what tailored content was needed and then produce the content with his design team. The art director was ultimately responsible for the timely creation of high-end, engaging graphics under tight deadlines, and updating the visual identity with current design trends while ensuring a consistent branding.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

This role supported the art director in their supervision of the entire visual identity and graphics production for Fox 5 WTTG in DC. The assistant art director and graphics team produced digital artwork (chyrons, onscreen graphics, maps, charts) for three daily newscasts and all promotional graphics, which supported the news and station entertainment programming. The position helped with personnel and project management, technical training, and equipment purchase.