Jake Lyell Email & Phone Number

Still and motion photographer with a passion for raising awareness of the perspectives of the world’s most underrepresented people. I honed my creative skills during the 7 years I was based out of East Africa as a photographer and multimedia journalist. Today, based in Richmond, Va., I continue to travel around the globe to help tell the stories the world needs to hear most – stories of lives changed, hope restored and social justice served.• Video production & storytelling: seasoned in concept to creation video production specializing in human interest stories, documentary films and social media. Strengths include story research, interviewing, lighting, audio/video capture and aerial drone operation.• Still photography: proficient in commercial and documentary still photography with a specialty in editorial, environmental portraits, landscape and architecture. Work has appeared in Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, CNN.com, National Geographic, the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Times London, Conde Nast. Post- processing with AP-style captioning, Adobe Photoshop, Bridge and Lightroom.• Video editing & post-production: accomplished at editing documentary films, video shorts and social media pieces in Final Cut Pro X and Premier Pro.• Writing: capable of weaving together compelling narratives on paper.• Training: competent in developing training material and conducting workshops in storytelling, video, and still photography.• Management: overseeing a global network of translators, still photographers, DPs and videographers, aerial drone operators, and graphics animators.• Admin: experienced in travel planning (including in a developing-world capacity), budgeting, invoicing, payroll, tax compliance, and government contracting. Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.• International development communications: adept at gathering facts and statistics for stories, direct mail and reports; familiarity with the concepts and complexities of international development, relief, and foreign aid; regularly producing content on climate change, conflict and refugee issues, global health, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, infrastructure, and sustainable agriculture. • Foreign language & cross-cultural skills: comfortable speaking basic French, and Swahili. Traveled to 66 countries and produced videos in more than 40 languages with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Familiarity with the Bible and communicating with a faith-based audience.• Professionalism: responsible and dedicated business owner of Jake Lyell & Associates since 2006.

Listed skills include Photography, Video, Editing, Documentaries, and 13 others.

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  Virginia Commonwealth University

  Photography And Film