Victor Ridaura Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

> Monthly budgeting and shoot planning across a wallet of 14 enterprise clients. Shoot planning is built both with my knowledge of the clients and our strategies for ad creation, anticipating different seasonal needs and campaign needs, as well as consulting with my team of strategists and our data-driven learnings to adjust shoots to respond quickly to the market. > Actively monitoring costs throughout every project life cycle, approving, adjusting, and working with my finance department, strategists, and portafolio leads to deliver all the material they need for the over 150 monthly edits we deliver to our clients.> Oversee the full production process of a diversity of shoots (from selftapes to high-end commercials) from concept development to on-set production to footage color correction, while collaborating, hiring, and managing a variety of team members and outside vendors. Any given month, I'm producing upwards of 40 shoots.> Ideate and pitch new creative approaches and shoots to Portafolio leads based on data and account performance. This includes generating scripts, briefs, lookbooks, and moodboards filled with creative references taken from a variety of sources.> Direct several high-end shoots a month with a production team I assemble.> Continuous data analysis for better understanding of client targets, key performance indicators, and factors affecting footage performance, and translate these client performance metrics and targets into actionable plans for my Physical Production teams.> Collaborate with the company's Head Of Production and Post Production to optimize the Physical Production Process and Post Production Process by identifying pain points and implementing workflow improvements.> Creation and updating of Brand Production Style guides for all clients and monitoring all my teams' adherence to them.

Los Angeles, California, United States

> Creative Video Editing using data on viewer behavior on previous edits, focusing on response to shot selection, transitions, GFX, pacing, music, sound design, and how these choices translate to viewer retention, thumbstop, and viewer click through rates. > Strategize creative direction of video edits with team based on data gathering and analyzing from all social media ads manager portals on videos performance to optimize viewers' experience.> Working daily with post-production team (Strategists, Producers, Talent Coordinators, Growth Managers, Account Executives, Editors, Graphics) and content creators to deliver the highest quality project. > Weekly account post-mortem analysis of creative testing with Senior Creative Strategist, Senior Producer, Directors, and Producers to iterate on previous A/B testing campaigns and achieve desired financial outcome.> Creating static graphics, motion graphics, sound design, color correcting, sourcing music, sourcing graphics elements, sourcing images, sourcing video clips when needed.> Guiding several Editor originated projects from conception to delivery to client.> Daily collaboration with multiple remote team members to create content and edits that result in optimal viewer response.> Manage a team of Creative Video Editors based all over the world. > Efficient time management to be able to balance several projects, at several stages of post-production, and client deliverables at the same time. > Detailed project and cloud drive organization to be able to share work with other editors on the team working remotely all over the world. > Clients have included: Prose, Fabletics, Bespoke Post, True Classic, Kitsch, Honeylove, Rocket Money, Noom, Hello Fresh, among many others.> Current slate of edited videos have surpassed $12M in DTC sales.> Vast knowledge of Premiere, Photoshop, AE, Slack, Monday

Greater Los Angeles Area

> Leading productions as Director and Cinematographer with a variety of production companies, advertising agencies, and clients around the world. > Selecting crew and post collaborators depending on the individual needs of each project to guarantee success.> Working hand-in-hand with agencies, productions companies, and post-houses to shepherd the creative from writing and the early pitching stages through delivery of traffic copies. > Creating decks, mood boards, shotlists, overheads, and more to align my vision of a project with every part of my team.> Experience with booking crew and equipment for productions of all shapes and sizes, and dealing with international crews and production companies.> Experience working with VFX (personally knowledgeable of AE and the VFX post-production workflow), motion graphics, color correcting, sound mixing, working with A-list talent, shooting cinematically, shooting interview set-ups, lifestyle, doc-style, and working with kids.> Ideating and executing commercials, branded content, branded documentaries, films, and music videos.> Strong ability to communicate complex creative ideas with a team of creatives, filmmakers, producers, and brand executives.> Experience working with multiple global clients and brands including: SONY, Sephora, AT&T, DirecTV, MANGO, and more.> Multiple award-winning screenwriter for several short scripts and feature scripts.> Ability to communicate in English, Spanish (fluently), and Italian (with a little more work) to any types of crews and post collaborators. > Creative, fun, and energetic, I always try to maintain a positive attitude to whatever comes my way.

Mfa, Peter Stark Producing

Master In Fine Arts, Directing

Bs, Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Lifetime Member of Phi Kappa Phi, National Deans List 2 years in a row, Tau Beta Pi, Golden Key Honor Society..

High School Diploma, High School Education