Rob Dolan Email & Phone Number

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Video Producer for Tier 3, Tier 2, and Retail clients.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Managed daily business operations including invoicing, scheduling, and company promotion
• Supported customers by providing crew coordination services such as booking and scheduling
• Acted as technical expert, providing customers with equipment suggestions and alternatives
• Operational management including hiring, firing, scheduling, shop operations, and shop safety compliance
• Primary contact for all business communications including crew and equipment rental inquiries, quotations, invoicing, insurance, contracts, and customer service
• Managed equipment maintenance such as truck maintenance, safety inspections, purchasing of expendables, and equipment repair

Elgin, Illinois, United States

• Managed camera and lighting inventory of a multi-million dollar photo and video studio
• Executed equipment maintenance or contracted external repair. For example, kept cameras in good working order in a studio in which individual cameras might take thousands of photos in a day
• Purchased expendables and new equipment as approved by Studio Manager
• Made recommendations regarding new equipment purchasing and depreciation path
• Implemented quality control measures for production-to-post path by introducing color chart procedures, which greatly aided the post production team when finishing photography and video projects

Elgin, Illinois, United States

• Managed video lighting stage operation, safety, and schedule, and maintained studio for all shooting projects by keeping the bay orderly and clean.
• Maintained video equipment, keeping instruments clean and operating properly
• Lit, operated cameras, and recorded audio on all video projects for Sears brands such as Craftsmen, Kenmore, and Die Hard
• Made recommendations regarding purchasing of cameras and lighting for all video productions
• Worked with post production team to develop best shooting practices for all video projects
• Continued with these responsibilities while also taking on the role of Equipment Manager in 2015

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Checked out and maintained equipment for all student productions
• Acted as TA to all lighting classes, teaching students how to operate all stage equipment and proper safety practices
• Maintained stage in clean and orderly fashion for all projects and classes utilizing the lighting stage
• Worked at the stage for the duration of my education at DePaul Universtiy

Supervised student worker tasks, assigned projects and tickets, and assisted student workers in project execution.Utilized VMWare vSphere to build Server templates, a single computer image for deployment on multiple hardware platforms, and a virtual Windows Deployment Server for automated computer image deployment.Initiated and contributed to process.

Provided over-the-phone, email, and on-site computer support to students and faculty of Miami University

Organized and gathered data for research group; specifically, gathered and interpreted data from the Synchrotron at Brookhaven National Labs National Synchrotron Light SourceEdited academic posters and presentations for the research group and composed abstracts and an Intellectual Property Release to assist the group in communicating main ideas and primary.

Master Of Science - Ms, Digital Cinema Production

Bachelor Of Arts, Strategic Communications Major

Strategic Communications

Project Management And Computer Science