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Albany, New York Area

• Assemble, design, and handle ad builds for web and mobile applications.
• Assess and execute client needs and requests from a variety of industries and ad formats.
• Creating and maintaining video instructional tutorials for the in-house web ad builder.

• Department head in charge of a team of multimedia specialists and sales representatives in the creation of weekly video productions, local commercial shoots, and producing in-house content.
• Planned out monthly production schedules, and identified and delegated tasks to the appropriate team members.
• Directed camera, crew and talent on set in tandem with a secondary camera operator.
• Guided multiple projects to completion, oversaw the work of multimedia specialists to ensure they met quality standards, and worked to spot problem areas that needed improving.
• Held weekly check-ins to assess and strategize the direction of the department.

Albany, New York Area

• Managed a team of multimedia specialists in the creation of weekly video productions, communicating the look and style of each shot, both verbally and through storyboard and image references
• Break down shots, lighting, and blocking in detailed shot lists.
• Direct camera, crew and talent on set
• Collaborate with Senior Producer to craft and build the visual direction of company video database
• Guide multiple projects to completion and ensure they meet quality standards

Albany, New York Area

• Given the lead running video database shoots: handled storyboarding, planning, prop and location acquisition.
• Directed camera, crew and talent on set
• Provide leadership and support to the multimedia specialist team

Albany, New York Area

• Ran a second camera and small team on large client shoots
• Helped plan and execute in studio productions on a weekly basis to help create a diverse database of commercial video clips for our online video editor
• Back-upped, archived, and prepared video clips to be processed by entire department
• Edited commercials from existing material to test the usability of our video clips and find holes in our database
• Prepared and maintained equipment

Albany, New York Area

• Provided leadership and training to new multimedia specialists or additional staff that required assistance

Albany, New York

• Assisted the Producer during shoots to ensure an efficient production Assisted with the post-production process by doing basic editing and color correction to video clips
• Archived video footage and legal release forms
• Tagged all clips with descriptive data, and uploaded them to our remote database

Alfred, NY

• Set up and operated camera equipment for the School of Art and Design’s artist interview and lecture web series, Studio Visits
• Maintained recorded content and edited material into episodes for internet viewing

Alfred, NY

• Handled the conversion of archived analog video and audio content into a digital format so it may be preserved electronically.
• Carried out scanning of the library slide collection into a digital format to make it easy for students and faculty to do research.
• Catalogued digitized material to help maintain ease and accessibility to the public.