I am an Edward R. Murrow award winning cinematographer and video producer with over 10 years of experience in video content for brands and editorial, specifically in areas such as corporate brand, travel, tech, news, entertainment, sports, lifestyles and finance. My passion for storytelling and cinematography fuel pride in strong collaboration and the ability to work with visual elements in a variety of environments.
Senior Video Producer
LinkedIn
Since May 2018
- Produce a variety of projects including documentary, marketing, narrative, and series, during all phases of production.
- Guide projects from creative development to pre-production, production, post production, and final delivery
- Contribute to an atmosphere of collaboration with an emphasis on delivering top notch results
- Serve as the primary point of contact for assigned projects, including leading communications with internal partners and meetings with key stakeholders
- Manage organizational and logistical tasks for a production including shoot scheduling, location scouting, crewing, creating call sheets, and obtaining permits and releases as needed
- Work closely with writer/directors to ensure the integrity of a production while adhering to budgets and meeting key milestone and deliverable dates
- Oversee organizational and logistical tasks for productions including budgets, shoot scheduling, location scouting, crewing, creating call sheets, and obtaining permits and releases as needed
Head of Video
StubHub
June 2016
to May 2018
San Francisco
United States - California
- Partner with creative directors, audience development, brand and content writers within the Brand Studio group to develop on‐brand, entertaining video content
- Provide field coverage of live events and activations, such as music festivals and sporting events.
- Create supporting content for global brand campaigns, editorial content and educational content around StubHub's product.
- Work with Social on video content for distribution to users across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Video Producer
Yahoo!
September 2007
to May 2016
Full-time
Sunnyvale
United States - California
- Create and execute the overall look and feel for many of Yahoo!'s programming with emphasis on news, tech and lifestyle shows.
- Direct field shoots with crew of 4 or more
- Author style guides for all original content to establish a consistent look for shows
- Dir. of Photography in major coverage events such as CES, Super Bowl, Olympics and World Cup.
- In field editing of daily content at major coverage events.
- Breaking news or major story camera operator
- Technical Director for studio programming and live streaming shows: Fantasy Football Live, Emmy's and various movie premieres.
- Senior role in Yahoo!'s documentary genre, creating the overall style and visual guidelines for its award winning series.
- Lead cinematographer for one of their longest running shows in tech, formerly known as "Upgrade Your Life"
Dir. Of Photography - Molly Wood Technology Segment
New York Times
February 2014
to July 2014
San Francisco
United States - California
- Dir. of Photography for overall show
- Camera Op
- Execute the vision for each episode
- Strategize on content that drives brand awareness across internal and external channels
- Lead internal teams and external freelancers
- One man band field producer
- Dir. of Photography on location
- Directing
- Editing - Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro 7 Studio
- Coloring - DiVinci Resolve
- 360º Editing
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Video Production
All aspects of video shooting from pre production to post.
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Photography
Film and digital photgraphy
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Multimedia Journalism
Utilizing the story to impose the medium
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Video Editing
Final Cut Pro, Motion, Photoshop
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Documentary
screen.yahoo.com/viewfinder
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Studio Production
Technical Director for live shows
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Field Production
"One man Band"
Understanding the precise cinematic language of motion, and how to move not only the camera itself, but also content in front of the camera. Building a solid foundation in camera movement, blocking, lensing, and sequencing, and be able to direct any crew precisely and effectively to execute vision.
Master how to shoot and light interviews and build creative sequences with focus on fine-tuning exposure, framing and lighting.
MediaStorm is an award-winning multimedia production studio, working with top visual storytellers, interactive designers and global organizations to create cinematic narratives that speak to the heart of the human condition. MediaStorm provides intensive, hands-on educational experiences through the Advanced Multimedia, Advanced Post-Production, Methodology, Storytelling, and Traveling Workshops
A video and new media center with access to technology, training, and support to artists and nonprofit organizations.
- Film photography
- Portraiture
- Street photography
- Travel photography