curriculum vitae
Experience
Post Production Lead | YouTube Space LA | February 2013 – Present
Manage post production facilities and operations at YouTube Space LA, a state-of-the-art production facility for YouTube partners
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Post-Production Management & Engineering
- Maintain and support 10 iMac editing bays, 10 Mac Pro editing suites, and 4 voice-over booths
- Maintain and support Avid S6-based mixing suite and Foley room
- Coordinate efforts and responsibilities of post-production team-members
- Developed 20+ step-by-step post-production software, hardware, and workflow guides
- Developed and lead education workshops for editing, green screen compositing, Photoshop, and channel branding
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Broadcast Engineering Support
- Manage content and video routing/configuration for a 36 monitor video wall
- Set-up, configure, and test A/V equipment for priority live events and productions
- Oversee ingest & editing workflows for clients utilizing post production and networked ingests
- Maintain and troubleshoot a variety of A/V hardware and software systems
- Facilitate media delivery and content management for events, productions, and screenings
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Operational Tool Development
- Designed and deployed interactive information monitors throughout YouTube Spaces facilities
- Streamlined YouTube Spaces operations by developing (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/PHP) tools to oversee facilities/equipment reservations and centralize live feeds of robotic cameras
- Built APIs to handle various machine management tasks for our post production networks in NY and LA
Executive Producer & Educator | MFF School | August 2014 – Present
Educate and train 50+ American and European students as part of the Mediterranean Film Festival (Bosnia & Herzegovina) and Executive Produce student short films.
Engineering Assistant | USC School of Cinematic Arts | May 2012 – December 2012
Student Assistant | USC School of Cinematic Arts | September 2011 – December 2012
Skills
Post-Production
- Adobe Suite: After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere
- Final Cut Pro 7 and X
- Avid Media Composer
- Avid Pro Tools
- Sound Mixing
- Video Formats & Resolutions
- Transcoding
- Workflow Optimization
- Media Asset Management
AV Engineering & Production
- Audio & Video Routing
- Integration
- Technical Directing
- Motion Graphics
- Ingest & Playout Solutions
- Live Production
- Camera Operating
- Tape Operating
Computer Technologies
- OS X
- Linux
- Windows
- Scripting
- Git
- Networking - TCP/IP
- Hardware Assembly & Troubleshooting
- Storage Tech (NAS, SAN)
- Salesforce (SOQL/REST API)
Web & Interactive Design
- HTML & CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- APIs
- UI Design
- Front- and Back-end development
- AWS/Cloud Services
- Graphic Design
education
University of Southern California | 2010-2012
MFA--Film & Television Production
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 2004-2008
BS--Communication Arts & German