Professional Experience:

University of California Office of the President

2011 - Present
Senior Multimedia Producer

  • Develop content strategy around video and social media content by shaping how storytelling is done for the systemwide brand.

  • Co-created a web video series that features animated explainer videos about science and research in our everyday lives.

  • I’ve collaborated with media companies to produce video explainer content on both Discovery Channel and Vox.

  • I co-created one of the top science blogs on Tumblr for the university that translated research in new ways for younger audiences.

Micro Documentaries

2012
Field Producer

  • Multi-tasked as a producer/editor and where I had to ensure the onscreen talent was prepared to give their sound bites while also filming their interviews.

AirBnb

2011-2012
Video Editor

  • Edited video content for the AirBnb platform that included customer testimonials and home listings. 

TurnHere Inc. 

2009-2010
Associate Producer

  • I developed faster ways to edit documentary style content for small business listings on Yellow Pages and Yelp.

  • Managed a high volume of various post-production work flows and carry out final edits for various projects.

Speaking Engagements: 

SwissNex - The Digital Campus
Zurich / 2018

  • Keynote presentation on the art of storytelling for social media and video content.

CASE Social Media Conference
Chicago / 2016

  • Panel discussion on how to make better video content for social media in higher education.

  • Presentation on the role of video on social media platforms such as Youtube and Tumblr.

Awards: 

Silver Award for Social Media
CASE
June 2014

Silver Award for Video
UCDA Design Competition
July 2014

Gold Award for Website
UCDA Design Competition
July 2014

Excellence Award for Social Media
UCDA Design Competition
July 2013

Education: 

2008
The Cleveland Institute of Art – Cleveland, OH – Bachelors of Fine Art in Film

Exhibitions:

2015
Workaround
Duo show exhibition at Gallery 114 (Portland, OR)

2014
Photography V
Juried exhibition at Foundry Art Centre (St. Louis, MO)

2014
Pedal Brisbane
Film screening at Queensland Museum and Science Center (Brisbane, AU)

2014
Immortal Combat
Video installation at SPACES Gallery (Cleveland, OH)

2013
Plus one
Film screening at Gallery 114 (Portland, OR)

2013
Mountaineer Short Film Festival
Official selection (Morgantown, WV)

2012
exDox Experimental Documentary Film Festival
Official selection (Cologne, DE)

2011
The Mistake on the Lake
Video installation at Art Hospital (Bloomington, IN)

2010
The Kinsey Institute 5th Annual Show
Film screening at Sofa Gallery (Bloomington, IN)

2009
There Goes the Neighborhood
Video installation at Museum of Contemporary Art (Cleveland, OH)

2009
New Filmmaker’s Series
Official selection at The Anthology Film Archives (New York, NY)

2008
E.M.I.T. Short Video and Animation Festival
Official selection at Cleveland Cinematheque (Cleveland, OH)

2007
SPACE Lab
Performance and installation at SPACES Gallery (Cleveland, OH)

2007
Larry Tee’s Dance Music Invasion
Performance at Studio B (Brooklyn, NY)

2005
Storefronts at the Artcade
Duo show and Installation at Survey Gallery (Cleveland, OH)
 

Residencies

2015
Sparkbox Studios
Artist in residence for month of May (Picton, ON)