Sydney Agona Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Wondros Podcast, a weekly video podcast with over 230 episodes, 4.5M views, and 50K subscribers, featuring guests like Patti Smith, Christoph Waltz, Heather Booth, and Nobel laureate Kip Thorne• Create and streamline operational systems, lead budgeting conversations• Manage guest research, approval, and outreach process• Maintain footage and assets folders, and organize remote Zoom recordings• Supervise production coordinators, researchers, and editors• Oversee editorial, finishing, and distribution process• Strategize and facilitate organic and paid YouTube growth

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Track all incoming and active projects, communicate with Producers and Project Managers to ensure smooth workflow and timely delivery• Manage finishing and delivery processes including sending videos to vendors for mix, subtitling, transcription, color correction, and music licensing• Collaborate with Exec. Director of Post Production and Post Production Manager on editorial schedules, deliverable expectations, and budgets• Source and assemble gear for virtual drop kits, guide subjects remotely through setup and filming to ensure the highest possible production value• Perform administrative tasks including timecard approval, finance tracking, and ordering necessary equipment• QC all videos, files, and subtitles before delivery

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Scheduled, organized, and prompted the Chief Creative Officer with her tasks, meetings, obligations, research, and creative briefs to set CCO up for success with all (dusk-til-dawn) client relations• Managed the CCO's email accounts; wrote and answered emails, followed up on and kept track of important conversations and contacts• Scheduled internal and external meetings; booked travel and out-of-town accommodations• Proofread and QC’d decks, presentations, films, and assets

Greater Los Angeles Area

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Communicated with outside vendors to provide sound mixing, music licensing, transcriptions, translations, and other services for projects• Documented and organized finances within the post production department• Collaborated with the director of post production to ensure that the in-house editors are working efficiently and productively• Worked with project managers to allow for adequate communication between clients and the in-house post team• Facilitate podcast post production workflow including distribution of weekly deliverables across multiple platforms• Execute assistant editor responsibilities such as project set-up and exporting

Greater New York City Area

• Labeled footage and pulled selects for several projects• Corrected project notes from clients• Conducted research for various documentaries• Assembled sizzle reels, recap videos, and documentary scenes for multiple clients

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Pre-production: assembled treatments and order props for music videos, prepared information packetsfor production, and created lists of directors, projects, record labels, and agencies• Production: acted as a Production Assistant on various music video and commercial shoots, includingscene setup and managing logistics for crews• Post-production: transcribed interviews, conducted documentary research, prepared B-roll footage,organize sound effects into editors’ catalogs, created film reels for directors, and added subtitles

• Filmed and edited multiple short videos daily in Adobe Premiere• Closely managed social media accounts• Highlighted featured events, activities, and staff members• Created promotional content for online distribution

Westchester, Ny

• Led engineering classes for kids ages 4-14• Prepared lessons for STEM after-school and summer activities

• Shortened movie trailers to specified duration for The Screening Room using Adobe Premiere• Edited rough cuts for two episodes of drama series Good Company using Adobe Premiere• Photographed images for studio game show Couples Clash• Assisted in selection of pictures for social media posts

Greater New York City Area

• Used Avid Media Composer to edit entertainment news packages• Logged film footage into video archive/catalog system for future productions• Served as Production Assistant on video shoots in the field• Laid tracks for head editors onto post-production timelines• Optimized audio tracks with keyframes

Ithaca, New York Area

• Edited news packages using Adobe Premiere and Photoshop• Filmed relevant campus-related events and happenings• Winner of Multimedia Video of the Year: “Apples to Apples! – Annual Apple Harvest Festival”• Featured in Al Jazeera: footage of student political protests

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Cinema And Photography, With A Minor In Deaf Studies, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: ICTV, The Ithacan: Multimedia, Human Rights Watch Group at IC, Project Generations

Regents Diploma With Advanced Designation With Distinctions In Visual Arts And Performing Arts

Activities and Societies: Stage Management Technical Theater Film Club MSG Varsity VAASA (Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse) JV.