WORK EXPERIENCE

Video Production Specialist, IFPTE Local21

March 2012-Present

Conceptualize, storyboard, write, light, shoot and edit compelling visual stories
Brainstorm with stakeholders to identify video opportunities
Provide photography, videography and editing at quarterly meetings
Create motion graphic charts, graphs, lower thirds and title screens
Manage production calendar on video projects
Maintain and update Youtube, Facebook and Twitter pages with video pieces
Conduct technical assessments for video software and hardware upgrades
Manage database of all video assetss
Track and analyze metrics on all video/multimedia

Multimedia Producer, Contra Costa Times

January 2008-November 2011

Conceptualized, planned, shot and edited video packages on tight deadlines
Created best practices for video compression to DVD, web and mobile devices
Coordinated with newspaper staff to identify video/multimedia opportunities
Produced HD workflow guidelines for videographers
Maintained and updated YouTube, Facebook and Twitter pages with video pieces
Oversaw final edits of reporters’ video pieces
Created multimedia packages with Adobe Flash
Tracked and analyzed metrics on all video/multimedia

Online Producer, Contra Costa Times

July 2005-January 2008

Managed daily programming and site production for all sections, including front page
Posted breaking general news, wrote headlines and teasers for all sections
Developed reader comment sections, polls, forums, photoblogs and other reader-generated content to increase community interactivity
Created multimedia-rich content, including podcasts, blogs, video and audio
Trained colleagues on how to edit, produce audio and video

Multimedia Editor, Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism

July 2004-July 2005

Brainstormed and produced multimedia
Built templates for multimedia
Conducted technical assessments for software and hardware upgrades




EDUCATION


Bay Area Video Coalition, June 2010

Completed eighty hours of training in After Effects, advanced Final Cut Pro, and color correction courses

Barefoot Workshops, February 2008

Mississippi Delta documentary workshop
Attended a two-week program to conceive, plan, shoot, and edit a 10-minute documentary

San Francisco State University, May 2005

Bachelor of Journalism, Magazine concentration
3.31 GPA




SKILLS

Final Cut Studio
Premiere
Photoshop
After Effects
Magic Bullet
Flash
HTML
Pro Tools