EXPERIENCE

ART MEETS COMMERCE
VIDEO MANAGER
09|08 - PRESENT

+ Oversee comprehensive video campaigns across multiple platforms from development to distribution.

+ Edit short-form segments, theatrical trailers, video billboards and commerical advertisements using all components of Final Cut Pro Studio HD.

+ Field produce and videograph using Canon's HX-A1 HDV camera.


CBS NEWS
VIDEO AP
09|07 - 09|08

+ Shot, edited and publish video content to CBSNews.com, CBS Mobile
News and TheShowbuzz.com under tight deadline.

+ Edited video content in a dual PC/Mac environment using Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Photoshop and Soundforge.

+ Field produced and photographed news and entertainment events using Sony's PD150 camera.


LOGO BY MTV NETWORKS
FREELANCE MULTIPLATFORM EDITOR + PRODUCER
03|07 - 08|08

+ Produced and edited creative nonfiction video segments, hot reels and advertisements for distribution across a variety of platforms.

+ Edited short-from video segments in Final Cut Pro using motion graphics packages.

+ Field produce and shoot video using Sony’s PD170 camera.


TRAVEL CHANNEL, "PUPPET PLANET: CHRISTMAS IN NEW YORK "
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
10|06 - 01|07

+ Scouted locations and maintained legal documents for a comprehensive two-month shoot in and around Manhattan.

+ Coordinated talent, crew, subjects, equipment and transportation for a one-hour television special.


MIKEDP VENTURES
JUNIOR CREATIVE DIRECTOR
08|06 - 09|07

+ Oversaw the production of fitness DVDs for Juris Kupris Fitness, HTML-email campaigns and streaming video content for the web.

+ Wrote, shot and edited "Bodyworks" podcasts for RSS distribution.


"WAITING FOR ST. SARAH"
DIRECTOR + PRODUCER
05|06 - 08|06

+ Conceived and initiated production of a feature-length documentary funded by the Ross Hazeltine Foundation.

+ Interviewed Roma experts, intellectuals, and community leaders across six nations over a three-month shoot.


EDUCATION

INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON
08|02 - 05|06

+ Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, Indiana University Honors College, GPA 3.9/4.0

+ Alice Freese Scholar, Ronald Miller Scholar, Ed Hutton Scholar, Louise Hess Miller Scholar and Scripps Howard Scholar.


BUDAPEST CORVINUS UNIVERSITY
01|05 - 05|05

+ Coursework in the socio-political transition of the new EU member states,
with an emphasis on Hungary.

+ Fieldwork in Kalotaszeg, Romania.


SOFTWARE

+ Final Cut Pro
+ Avid
+ Adobe Premiere
+ Photoshop
+ Indesign
+ Dreamweaver