Pam Dotson Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA

• Source high volume of contextually appropriate imagery from a variety of sources, from editorial agencies to social media; license and produce images to appear on news web portal that reaches over 410 million users.
• Chosen to train photo editors when team doubled in size. Successfully oriented them to client dynamics, MS tools, process, and audited their work.
• As a lead photo editor for the MSN homepage, I was responsible for auditing live pages for quality control, distributed assignments to staff to ensure daily deadlines were met and helped develop new workflows as client.
• Lead photo editor for entertainment vertical for live award show coverage. Curated large volume slideshows for nomination announcements on quick turn around deadlines, including a 2015 Emmy nominations gallery that was.

Santa Monica, CA

• Worked closely with composers, engineers and producers to organize and schedule recording sessions for national TV ads. Sourced and hired vocalists and musicians, negotiated payment contracts, kept costs within budget.
• Prepared all elements of the engineered mixed content and delivered it electronically to clients under tight deadlines.
• Archived compositions and maintained studio track database. Assisted with acquisition, selection and delivery of music tracks for various TV series and independent films.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Scanned archival negatives and color corrected photos for placement in Emmy Award winning film "The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club."
• Organized digital archive of historical source materials. Provided production assistance on the set.
• Assisted with field recordings and audio.

Costa Mesa, CA

• Logged, captured and edited raw video footage for national PBS series "Roadtrip Nation."
• Evaluated incoming music submissions, created music database and developed licensing arrangements.
• Helped select and place music clips and edited audio for twelve episodes.

Seattle

• Edited, color corrected and processed images/captions for web and print editions to meet daily deadlines for all sections of the newspaper, including breaking news and live sports coverage. Researched and acquired.
• Took lead role in coordinating special content projects such as election and seasonal entertainment guides, working with news editors, page designers and technical staffs.
• Maintained digital photo library database and historical print/negative library. Handled licensing permission requests and production for photo sales. Developed new workflows, trained colleagues and troubleshooted.

Ba, English/History

Audio Engineering Courses

Pro Tools seminar Final Cut workshop