Provide quality service for a variety of clients with projects ranging from television production and post-production, web video post-production, event production and corporate video productionQualifications Include: Pre-Production - Producing • Research and contact various television and film production equipment rental companies to find the best deal. • Find stock footage needed for the story • Collaborate with members of production team and plan for field daysProduction - High-End Camera Operation • Canon C300 • Sony XD Cam • Sony F55 - On-Set Assistance • Team support during production • Creative solutions for technical issues • Quick completion on tasks assigned by clientsPost-Production - Edit High-Definition Video • Digital media storage and backup • Project organization • Creative editorial use of content • Color correction • Encoding • Compression • Upload Video based on Client’s Request - FTP, YOUTUBE or Vimeo • HTML5 and CSSSound - Sound Composition & Editing • Unique and creative music composition • Sound effects • Audio Editing Graphics - Motion Graphics and Animation • Graphic Design • Motion Graphics • Compositing • Motion Tracking • 3D Camera TrackingUnderstanding the needs of the client is my top priority. It is my ability to collaborate with creative teams while making a successful product that makes me a worthy candidate.

Assist students in our online classroom in their quest to obtain knowledge on software such as Adobe Premiere and After Effects.Responsibilities include: - Teaching • Help students learn and reach their full potential • Exhibit excellent online communication skills that are both appropriate/relevant to subject type and students • Help keep online students up to speed with organizational and analytical skills • Ability to exercise judgment and work independently utilizing the given course materials • Ability to manage and prioritize classroom/online student needs and job responsibilities • Maintain professionalism and respectfulness in every in house and online student interaction • Create a positive and safe learning environment to promote learning of the software • Provide instruction that is fun and engaging • Great communication with students, and Ascend Training staff. - Efficiency in Premiere Pro • Understand the multiple elements of the video editing software • Ability to utilize the many purposes of the software from project creation, organization, editing tools, multi camera operations, color correction, keying and effects • Knowledge on media backup and organization with the ability to return offline files to online • Comprehend the various exporting and compression techniques used to bring footage to multiple online platforms such as Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram and Vine- Efficiency in After Effects • Understand the many aspects of the effects and animation software • Use the multiple purposes of the software such as project and composition creation, effects and animation, text, tracking, 3D camera tracking, compositing, roto brush, masking, color correction and de-interlacing interlaced video • Make use of the capabilities of the dynamic link, thus making the switch between Premiere and After Effects very fast and efficient

Create a series of top 10 videos for the YouTube Channel, Top 10 Archive - currently totaling at 251,185 subscribers. Each video assignment can range from a variety of topics from "Top Ten Worst Prison Riots"​ to the "Top Ten Best Cartoons of the 1990's"​.Services provided include: - Producing • Storyboard based off the script and seek out visuals that will enhance the topic of the video• Find ALL visual content used for the creation of the current project (Stock Footage, Open Source and YouTube videos)• Keep logged footage maintained and organized thus making accessibility to it while editing easy - Editing• Edit the entire project using the footage pulled from various sources • Create visual graphics including, lower thirds, titles, backgrounds and animations• Compress video for YouTube uploading specifications • Complete the entire project within a day and half due to YouTube's constant need for fresh content- Sound Design• Compose music based off of the tone of the story/scene• Compress music for Adobe Premiere Pro standards • Add sound effects when needed Software used:Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Media Encoder and GarageBand

Assistant to Video Editors on the FYI network's "My City's Just Not That Into Me"​and the TLC network's sixth season of "My Strange Addiction"​ Assistant Editing responsibilities include- Data Management • Receive footage from field • Create hard drives using Avid ISIS • Ingest Footage into appropriate Avid ISIS drives • Backup footage from field into LTO Tapes • Clear cards using the Mac Disk Utility and return cards to field producers- Project Creation and Organization • Create new Avid projects for each episode • Create bins and organize project • AMA Link to raw footage • Transcode footage at a low resolution • Sync and group multi camera footage • Create separate projects for writers • Assemble hard drives to go to writers and editors who work outside the office - Editorial Assistant • Receive stringout edits from writers and make editorial corrections before sending to the editor• Assist Editors creatively by providing edited scenes with full coverage• Provide creative editorial work for "My Strange Addiction"​ cold opens and European snap-ins • Assist Editors with bringing their offline media back online• Find suitable music tracks for the editor and edit them into the episode sequence• Export various cuts for upload to Network Server • Create "timings sheet" for voice over talent • Cut in voice over from voice over talent • Up Res pick-locked sequences • Track and blur footage • Create music cue sheets - Deliverables • Duplicate and store all raw footage to specific Network drives• Label drives • Create DVDs and DVD labels

Camera Operator on FYI's My City's Just Not That Into Me episode 9, "Welcome to the Doghouse" - Background: During this episode we ran into a situation where we needed more footage for an episode that was due for pic lock in a week. I volunteered to go out into the city and shoot more Chicago scenics as requested by the show's Executive Producer. - Production• Prep Equipment for field• Drive to various locations throughout the Chicagoland Area• Shoot Chicago Scenics on Canon C300• Return equipment to Production Office- Post-Production• Ingest footage into AVID ISIS• AMA Link footage into AVID project• Transcode footage to 14:1 • Backup footage to LTO Tape• Label best footage to use for edit on request of the editor

During my time at Violet Media I was working primarily an Assistant Video Editor. However, I was given several opportunities to produce, shoot and edit demos for various networks. I was an asset for my employers for the creation of these demos because of my well rounded experience and general knowledge of pre, pro and post-production. Although we were typically short on time, I was able to accomplish these projects with great proficiency. - Producing • Story Produce based off of talent's answers to interview questions. • Create a compelling story arch so each video would contain a logical beginning, middle and end• Work with other Producers when it the time to polish the story - Production• Shoot Interview and BROLL• Record on Canon C300• Take charge of all filming and lighting equipment by creating a complete list of exactly each piece of equipment that we had with us, extra batteries, extension chords and dimmers for lighting equipment. • Record audio for interviewee by setting them up with a wireless lavalier microphone - Post-Production• Create hard drives using Avid ISIS and ingest Footage into appropriate drives• Create Avid Project• Create folders and bins and organize project• AMA Link to raw footage and transcode• Work on edits along with the Produce• Compose or find music tracks •• Accomplishments - We were having a debate with the network on who we should use as the host for FYI's, My City's Just Not That Into Me - and with the "My City Host Demo" video we created were able to get the host we wanted.

Shoot University of Illinois Chicago's male and female basketball games, boxing events and graduations.

Fresh out of my internship with Kurtis Productions and right after graduation, I was asked to help out with one more project before heading out into the "real world". The Illinois Holocaust Museum was threw an award ceremony with speakers such as Bill Kurtis, Henry Kissinger and Chicago Cubs owner, Tom Ricketts. - Post Production: • Ingest footage from XD Cam tape into Final Cut VII• Create and organize project• Sync and Group Footage• Create Stringout Edit

- Web Video Editor• Ingest footage• Create and organize project• Edit story based off of Timecode in the Scipt• Work on edits along with the Producer• Create Lower Thirds• Compress finalized video for web based formats- Post Intern• Receive footage from field• Create new Avid or Final Cut Pro projects for each episode• Create folders and bins and organize project• Sync and Group Multi Camera Footage• Create stringout edits• Label clips for Editors• Assist in up res for pick-locked sequences

Graphic Designer for Columbia College Chicago's one and only news program, "NewsBeat"- Design• Receive requests from show producers on what type of graphic they would like for their segments• Create Graphics such as: Over The Shoulders, Weather Graphics, Title Graphics, Lower Thirds and Info Graphics• Place graphics on a flash drive and load them in the control room

• Maintain and distribute equipment to students and faculty• Tutor students in camera operation, lighting equipment, Final Cut Pro VII, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Photoshop and After Effects• Create Entertaining Video Tutorials on Television Equipment Center's Hours and Operations, Rules and guidelines

Assist in auctioning items for HRC's annual charity event.

• Ingest footage from XD Cam• Organize Avid Projects• Look through tapes of previous seasons and capture sound bites for the Show Intro• Create stringout edits

• Receive and backup footage from the field• Create new Avid projects for each episode• Edit name that Restaurant Segment• look up information on featured restaurants• Create stringout edits• Write jokes for the Host, catherine Diorio, with the Executive Producer• Shoot Guest Auditions at the Check, Please! 2013 Farm to Table Event

Edit timelapse footage, assist on shoots (Corporate, reality and entertainment), pickup and deliver equipment to set

Set up XLR and BNC cables throughout the stadium and assist 3D Camera Operator.