Benjamin Mennell Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Produce weekly feature segments for "ATP World Tour Uncovered” using engaging storytelling skills to craft narrative assets and deliver a polished broadcast in 150+ countries worldwide, including on ESPN and Sky Sports.- Oversee post-production, including sound editing and mixing, color grading, and motion graphic design.- Train, supervise, and provide editorial leadership and direction to junior editors on their workflow.- Selected as on-site tournament editor, responsible for conducting supervised edit sessions with clients, cutting 2-3 features per day while under pressure and within tight deadlines.- Strategically manage every phase of a project, including footage intake, data management, asset organization, post production workflows and schedules, and allocating personnel and resources.- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, performing the editing workflow from beginning to finished production for major tournaments, including U.S. Open, Wimbledon, French Open, Australian Open, and World Tour Masters.- Independently produced features that are used in company's online portfolio and have helped recruit new clients.- Assist with video production shoots, camera operation, lighting setups, and camera and audio monitoring.

Los Angeles

- Selected specifically to manage Oracle’s content because prior work for ATP aligned with Oracle’s intended creative style, and helped bring Oracle on as a client.- Produce and edit social media content packages for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat, including tennis highlights, marketing sizzles, promotional videos, weekly player features, and hype videos.- Transform footage applying finishing and packaging skills to each edit, including color correction, sound design and mixing, graphics and multi-format delivery to help make creative videos palatable for social media.- Collaborate with Oracle on-site at tournaments nationwide to produce 2 web-friendly features per day, involving quick video footage for hype videos, player profiles, fun "travel-style" features.- Pre-visualize video sequence cutting, manage highlights and wrap videos, and work closely with field producer to help obtain shot pickups, scenic footage, and follow-up questions with players as needed.- Oversee After Effects motion graphic titles, lower thirds, "call to action" end bumpers, and design assets.- Engage fans and drive website traffic through social media videos, generating 14k to 100k+ views per video.

Newport Beach, Ca.

- Collaborated with Kobe Bryant for "Canvas City: Musecage" and "Guarding the Greats" games to build motion graphic models and VFX concepts ranging from natural environmental, game action punctuation, and character interaction with elements in the game world.- Acted as editor on the “Guarding the Greats,” and “Harden and Westbrook” segments, which debuted on ESPN's NBA Countdown pre-game show.- Worked closely with engine programmers to build future tools, pipelines, and graphic potential.

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Most notable work has been featured on ESPN'S NBA COUNTDOWN and THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW.- Developed, produced, and edited promotional spots for Russian River Brewing, and numerous segments for YouTube.- Expanded background in Documentary and Educational Film production, including conducting and transcribing interviews, archival research, and editing tasks.