Matthew Mcgrath Email & Phone Number

• Worked on projects for major brands such as Brunswick Group, South James, Adidas, L’Oreal, Etsy, WeWork, Y-3, Standard Black, Levi's Belgium, Levi’s USA, Maison Kaiser, OAK NYC, McGrath II, Olive and Oak, Delta Faucet.
• Develop and maintain transparent processes and workflows to facilitate collaboration across cross-functional teams. This includes creating documentation and setting timelines to ensure everyone is on the same page.
• Work closely with in-house production managers to ensure project needs and revisions align with assigned budgets. This partnership is critical to keeping projects on track and within budget.
• Take charge of project billing to ensure timely and accurate invoicing. This involves managing budgets, tracking expenses, and communicating with stakeholders to stay on top of financial details.
• Identifying potential blockers and risks early on and proactively discussing solutions with stakeholders can keep the project on track and within budget. It also ensures effective collaboration toward a common goal.
• Source and manage relationships with stakeholders, vendors, and contractors where needed, network to develop and source new clientele

New York, NY, US

• Led and managed all Exxon Mobil campaigns, ensuring high-quality content delivery, strict adherence to brand guidelines, and seamless execution from pre-production to post-production stages, contributing to significant.
• Close collaboration with stakeholders, from entry-level to executive, ensuring seamless communication and project delivery
• Produced and directed complex travel shoots in remote locations, including Guyana, Indonesia, Utah, and Texas.
• Led daily meetings to coordinate with department heads on projects in various stages of production.
• Manage and coordinate with outside vendors on the development of digital initiatives, ensuring accurate delivery of the end product on time and within budget.

Paris, FR

• Lead producer for Air Paris NY, the NYC arm of Air Paris Agency, a marketing and branding agency operating in Paris and Shanghai as well as NYC.
• Work with the agency creative team to execute ambitious projects for our clients such as Khiel’s, Révive, Longchamp, Swarovski, among many others.
• Create budgets for photo and video shoots based on agency creative concepts and execute shoots under budget with talented and reliable vendors.
• Oversee and organize all projects across different production stages, from the first creative meeting and scope of work agreement to post-production supervision and closing out jobs, working all hours to ensure nothing.

Madison, WI, US

• Designed video content to be shoppable through Instagram and established a workflow for all video content going forward
• Repurposed campaign photography and video clips into shoppable video content on social media
• Provided in house video editing saving the organization thousands of dollars on last minute changes
• Set up protocols to ensure the health and safety of all staff was met during COVID

New York, NY, US

• Directed production from ideation through post-production and delivery
• Implemented tactics that saved the organization over $30,000
• Elevated and expanded agency’s video production capabilities on a global scale
• Key point of client contact for brands, stakeholders and partners, collaborated with legal teams to develop contracts, budgets and scope of work documents
• Managed and mobilized cross-functional teams to execute shoots across multiple continents

New York, NY, US

• Produced top-performing content including ELLE’s first editorial mini-documentary (over 1M views) and Hearst’s most highly viewed editorial video published to-date (15M views in one day)
• Worked across all Hearst magazine brands to product, direct, and over-see post-production.
• Teamed up with others to develop concepts, pitches and feedback
• Innovated creative visualization techniques to produce compelling and unique content for brand partners and create cross-promotional video series (i.e. Estee Lauder + Dove)
• Leveraged data to take actionable steps to ensure content resonated with diverse consumers, met engagement and viewership goals
• Executed concurrent shoots on time and within costs, budgets ranged from $50K +

• Spearheaded state of the art augmented reality projects for major diversity of clients including Apple, Kohler and other large corporations
• Lead project manager for “Table Crawler” AR video game concept, provided project management KPIs in line with business objectives
• Supervised projects ranging from $50,000 to over $1,000,000 budgets cross collaborating with technical experts to set realistic goals
• Researched and suggested project management tools to be used across teams (such as with coders and developers) to ease steps from ideation to execution of project plans
• Communicated updates, schedules, key dates, and action items on a daily basis

New York, NY, US

• Shot, edited and produced video and imagery for the print and digital versions of Bon Appétit and Architecture Digest
• Designed and executed some of Conde Nast’s first digital video content
• Remained up-to-date on the latest digital and social media trends and platforms and proposed changes as appropriate to engage younger demographics
• Produced content for high-visibility events, including the 2016 Architectural Digest Design Show

Brooklyn, NY, US

• Shot and produced imagery and video content for the indie food startup and website. Worked with the art director to capture photos for e-commerce, promotional materials, social media, and advertising campaigns.

• Accompanied noted photographer Ryan McGinley across the country as a key member of the production team and lead producer on commercial and studio photo shoots.
• Served as head producer and lighting designer for the “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere” book and gallery, highly reviewed by The New York Times.
• Associate produced national tours for the “Road Trip” and “Moonmilk” series.

Bfa, Photography & Imaging / Broadcast Journalism (Double Major), Photography

Producing For Augmented Reality And Virtual Reality Experiences