• Maintain village computer hardware, software, and A/V equipment throughout Village locations and research and recommend equipment upgrades.• Responsible for video and cablecast playback equipment repair and maintenance, regulatory compliance, and overseeing maintenance services.• Responsible for website updates, design, and maintenance.• Shoot bi-weekly village board meetings and shoot and edit special events and other programming throughout the village, for playback on the government PEG channel or posting on YouTube and social media.• Assist other government agencies in the production of community programming.• Assist in other public relations such as taking pictures of community events and answering and forwarding inquiries from residents.

• Oversee portable and studio video production equipment, as well as research and recommend equipment upgrades.• Responsible for video equipment repair and maintenance and oversaw maintenance services.• Assist other government agencies in the production of community programming.• Coordinate and maintain the village outreach using social media, including YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.• Assist in other public relations functions such as website updates, design, and maintenance; taking pictures of community events; answering and forwarding inquiries from residents.• Shoot bi-weekly village board meetings and shoot and edit special events and other programming throughout the village, for playback on the government PEG channel. • Other duties include assisting in publishing videos on the web, as needed, and maintaining the playback system and equipment.

• Shoot bi-weekly village board meetings and shoot and edit special events and other programming throughout the village, for playback on the government PEG channel. • Other duties include assisting in publishing videos on the web, as needed, and maintaining the playback system and equipment.• Redesigned government playback system for the PEG channel shown on three cable systems, resulting in a more reliable and modern service.• Increased the amount of special programming from three events per year to over twenty per year.• Assisted in designing the specs for a permanent remote-controlled, multi-camera, video recording system in the board room, replacing a single camera set-up.

Media production and website design and maintenance.

• Responsible and passionate about making quality videos, audio productions, computer animations, and websites.• Produce several types of videos on a routine basis including weddings, anniversaries, sports, special events, corporate videos, and music videos.• Web projects include sites for TV shows, sports, education, medicine, et al.• Responsible for creating or converting videos for online use including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, et al.

• Shoot city produced programming of special or sporting events, in single-camera or multi-cam environments, to be played via Internet and local government PEG channel. • Edit programming, when needed, ensuring the technical requirements for playback were met and the tape delivered to the playback center.

• Produce all promotional videos and marketing materials for The Rainbow Foundation Music, Inc (aka The Rainbow Foundation), a non-profit charity dedicated to helping children and families in crisis. Ads and flyers appeared in several music magazines throughout the Chicagoland and surrounding areas.• Produced promotional video featuring several A-list actors and musicians within the entertainment industry who have appeared at events or assisted in various fundraising capacities to the charity.• Assisted in planning fundraising events to raise money for family in crisis, including the first George Harrison tribute performance in the world, performed by American English the day following his death.

Videotape and edit church services to play on local public access channel.

• Oversee all audio/visual requirements for weekly ministry meetings. • Record and stream the meetings over the Internet to remote office locations, and edit key segments for later review. • Make sure all equipment is in good working order, and troubleshoot or repair as needed.• Assist in improving the system in order to allow them to wirelessly stream media from Apple devices.

• Work individually or within a team, in various positions, in order to produce segments or episodes of series and special programming in a studio, truck, or ENG setting. • Maintain and operate the local studio and assist community members in use of the facility.• Communicate with producers, management, and other departments on a daily basis to coordinate and implement upgrades or repairs, and ensure equipment and studio reservations.• Took ownership of department web site, for use by producers and community members; taking it from a static five-page site to a dynamic site utilizing databases and other technologies. Site utilized by the greater Chicago PEG community. • Embraced new technology, contributing to a 40% increase in efficiency in department operation.

• Operate and maintain playback system in order to transmit programming to community residents.• Play programming according to schedule and maintain logs.• Assist in staff productions on an as-needed basis.

• Provide assistance to teachers, staff and students who used the Academic Computing Center. • Responsible for re-installing software, hardware installation and maintenance, printer maintenance, and network troubleshooting on PC and Mac, and maintain daily and weekly logs of repairs and supplies.