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

    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

    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

    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