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Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Produced high-quality photo and video content for Reuters, National Public Radio, ESPN, The Boston Globe, Education Week, and various commercial clients, utilizing mastery of both photography and video production.
• Treated every assignment with care and precision, ensuring that each project received the attention to detail that it deserved.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving skills, quickly and effectively solving complex camera, lighting, audio, and environmental issues as they arose.
• Adapted to different clients' needs and produced visually compelling content that engaged and captivated audiences.
• Maintained strong relationships with clients by delivering exceptional work and providing outstanding customer service, resulting in repeat business and a strong reputation in the industry.

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Led the visuals team in creating high-quality photography and videography to support the needs of the Marketing Department and the nine independent companies that make up the organization.
• Built an archive of high-quality imagery, ensuring easily searchable metadata and readily accessible resources for internal clients.
• Served as senior producer for photography and video shoots, managing schedules, logistics, interviews and post-production.
• Wrote compelling and accurate copy to support articles and assisted in copy development of brand messaging.
• Designed and implemented a comprehensive content management system using Airtable to track stories, assignments, leads, projects, and more, improving project tracking, analytics, and approvals for the Marketing team.
• Demonstrated exceptional photography and videography skills, producing high-quality visuals in various environments and situations.

Indianapolis, Indiana

• Led a team in the creation of high-quality visual assets, including documentary storytelling for The American Legion Magazine, reaching approximately 2,000,000 viewers a month.
• Overhauled the live stream production, increasing viewership from 200-300 to as much as 45,000, and developing a 4K capable live streaming platform that paid for its own investment in just 5 years.
• Set and maintained a heightened standard of excellence across all visual platforms, producing captivating content both in-studio and remote locations.
• Managed all equipment purchases and maintenance, budget, travel logistics and pre-production research to ensure all assignments went smoothly.
• Developed a system for tracking a freelancer network of hundreds of freelance visual journalists and utilized it to hire a diverse workforce of freelance creators.
• Built a program from a single visual journalist to a team of three working together to complete short and long-form storytelling.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Staff photographer for the IPFW Athletic Department. Photographed games, events, portraits and team photos as needed by the Sports Information Director. Comfortable editing and transmitting images on deadline after games for web use. Experienced in arena lighting, location lighting and remote cameras.

North Manchester, Indiana, United States

Visual Storyteller for Manchester University, covering everything from events, sports, news, portraits and interviews in both still and video formats.

The Communicator is a weekly student newspaper of IPFW University. Photographed daily assignments as needed, as well as managed a staff of freelance photojournalists. Prepared images for print to ensure proper reproduction.

Bachelors Of Fine Arts, Visual Communication And Design - Photography

1st Place - 2013 IPFW Visual Communication and Design Senior Exhibition - Imaging and Photography

Education record

The Missouri Photo Workshop has been documenting small town America for over seven decades.