James Demer Email & Phone Number

Portland, Me, Us

New Zealand

Race To Survive Season 2

Specializing in outdoor adventure based productions.

Fiji

Provides audio engineering expertise in capturing stories for ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Apprentice’.◼Find and record stories in extreme locations globally. ◼Pioneered a new system of strategically hidden microphones to capture story. That system has become a standard on Survivor◼Adapts to various complex and dangerous environments globally, and effectively collaborates with many different personalities to ensure timely delivery of projects◼Worked directly with Donald Trump on ‘The Apprentice’, requiring the ability to navigate his presence while still capturing the story within tight deadlines and no room for error or second takes

Moab, Utah, United States

Amazing experience working with Orlando Bloom and a talented crew.

Running around filming people doing crazy fun things.

Portland, Maine Area

Conceptualized and created DemerBox, the toughest outdoor, high-performance and high-quality speaker built for any adventure. Accountable for product launch, from prototype to product engineering and final production. Shared accountability for marketing and branding, sales, supply chain logistics, and budget management. ◼Built solid customer service program and a marketing plan complete with brand identity, objectives, growth goals, and budget◼Strategically grew business from two employees to 8-employees, while hitting consistent double-digit revenue growth◼Launched Kickstarter campaign in 2013, overachieving the goal by 20% in just 30-days◼Fulfilled 100% of orders, from prototype to full production, in just 6 months◼Located and built relationships with offshore and domestic vendors to produce quality parts at a competitive price, resulting in a new cutting-edge electronics architecture at a lower cost, that competes at the highest level with Bose, JBL, & Sonos◼Identified new customer demand and replicated the original DemerBox into a smaller product at a lower price; resulting product reduced supply chain management & an easily produced product with minimal changes to the line◼Diversified the product look and feel to appeal to a broader audience with zero cost◼Achieved a 4.75-star rating on Amazon with a less than 2% return rate on the website◼Successfully acquired 3 grants from Maine Technology Institute

Global

Captured unique newsworthy content to engage and increase viewership for the VICE on HBO. ◼Part of elite and stealthy team that captured content at dangerous remote locations that no other news outlets were able to capture ◼Unique experiences capturing news around the world included:Navigating Chinese government officials while honestly capturing relevant environmental topicsOutmaneuvering an angry Papua New Guinea village yet still understanding and telling their story◼Negotiated with Hezbolla on the Syrian boarder◼Explored Fukushima in a full radiation proof suit in Japan◼Embedded with cops chasing drug cartels in Ciudad Juarez Mexico◼Traveled all over Africa, Central & South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, & Europe◼Captured 100’s of unique newsworthy stories and used storytelling abilities to engage and inform viewership

New York City

Provided audio engineering for TV show ‘What Not to Wear’ from season one through season 5. ◼Pioneered and implemented a groundbreaking multi-track recording system, wrote instruction manual, and trained 24 other mixers on the multi-track on what has now become industry standard◼Became one of the first TV shows to switch from two track dialog audio recording to multi-track, which is now the industry standard