Honors
• Emmy Nomination: 30 Years From Here
• Telly Award for Entertainment: Just Josh – Fuerza Bruta
• Telly Award for Documentary: 30 Years from Here
• Slamdance Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature: Unsettled
• Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival selection: 30 Years From Here
Professional Experience
The Dodo, Managing Video Producer & Editor, October 2017 - Present
• Manages a team of several video editors, working closely with them on each video they create and mentoring them through 1:1 check-ins, group brainstorms and best practices meetings
• Develops processes to ensure that story selection, scripting, editing and packaging of each video is on-brand and optimized for brand's social audience
• Uses video editing techniques and rigorous storytelling to create my own videos that exemplify the Dodo voice and brand
The Dodo, Senior Producer & Video Editor, May 2016 - October 2017
• Creates content for social platforms that showcases animals at their best and most dynamic.
• Assists with video edits on associate pieces, makes improvements to operational processes as well as big picture thinking.
VICE Media, Freelance Video Editor, 2015
Original Media, Video Editor, 2015
• Editor on the truTV series "Road Spill."
Freelance Video Producer and Editor, 2006 - Present
• Shoot, produce and edit content for various clients including Rue La La, Century 21, Old Navy, Face Stockholm, NYU, Mother New York, Birchbox, and Karmaloop TV.
Original Media, Video Editor, 2015
• Edited Brand Campaign Submission videos for the 2015 Cannes Lions Awards.
NBC, Freelance Video Producer and Editor, 2014
• Edited content for New York Live, 1st Look, Talk Stoop and Open House.
Guggenheim Productions, Freelance Video Editor, 2014
• Edited video content for various clients including StriVectin, Kate Somerville, Cartier, Lancome, and Living Proof.
Here Media, Producer and Editor, 2009-2013
• Producer, director, shooter and editor of video content for Here Media brands: Here TV, Gay.com, The Advocate, and OUT Magazine.
• Content included long and short form documentaries, sizzle reel/promos, interviews, fashion behind-the-scenes, musical performances, and scripted narratives.
• Produced, shot and directed feature length documentary “Pride and Groom.”
• Edited an Emmy-nominated documentary “30 Years From Here.”
Moped Productions, Video Editor, 2009
• Shot and edited video content for non-profit, documentary, web, and broadcast. Clients included Clinton Global Initiative, NYU, The Knot, Hospice & Community Care.
Five Eyed Films, Assistant Video Editor, 2008
• Captured, logged, troubleshot, and edited video. Worked on music videos for The Jimmies, Loreena McKennitt.
Fig Media Inc., Producer, Shooter, Editor, 2006 - 2008
• Shot and edited documentaries, events, corporate videos and weddings. Clients included Playboy Magazine, AIDS Legal Council of Chicago, Chicago Social Magazine.
Resonance Pictures, Production Assistant, 2005
• Production Assistant on Award-Winning Documentary “Unsettled.”
• Premiered at 2006 Slamdance Film Festival.
“Half Nelson” Production Assistant, 2005
• Art Department assistant on location for feature film starring Ryan Gosling.
• Premiered at 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
• Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor.
“Trembling Before God” Intern, 2003
• Interned and transcribed audio for award winning film.
• Teddy Award for Documentary Film, Berlin Film Festival 2001.
• Best Documentary Award, Chicago Film Festival 2001.
Technical Proficiency
Final Cut Pro – AVID - Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects) – QuickTime – Compressor - Soundtrack Pro
Education
University of Michigan School of Art and Design, 2001-2005
• BFA Graphic Design and Multi-Media Studies
• Minor in Art History
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude