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CV

SKILLS

  • Proficient in Avid Media Composer, Photoshop and After Effects

  • Working knowledge of Adobe Premiere, Audition and Illustrator

  • Adobe Encoder (UHD, HD, Facebook, Vimeo & YouTube)

  • Strong Online Editor and colourist skills with an eye for detail

  • Hands on production experience including camera operation, lighting and audio recording

  • Exceptional team player and creative thinker with keen attention to detail

  • Excellent Written & Interpersonal Skills

EDUCATION

Advanced Diploma: Film and Television Production, 2011

Humber College, Toronto, ON

 

Bachelor of Arts: History, 2002

University of Western Ontario, London, ON

PRODUCTION/POST-PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

Video Editor / Motion Graphic Designer

Spotlight Productions - Calgary, AB (Jan. 2015 - July 2019)

 

  • Independently edited over 50+ short documentary style videos for broadcast on all of TELUS Communications' media platforms

  • Assisted Senior Editors on long form documentaries; Living Proof, PainKiller: Opioid Crisis and Eviction Notice

  • Managed the daily media tasks in a 4k production environment from ingest and proxy creation to syncing second system audio

  • Collaborated with producers and directors to craft stories and to

  • deliver exceptional content

  • Designed motion graphics for videos, such as lower thirds, title and end boards

  • Performed sound design, sound mixes and colour correction for locked cuts

  • Researched story and pitch ideas that reflected the TELUS brand

  • Supervised film shoots to ensure brand guidelines and continuity

 

Video Editor

The Banff Centre - Banff, AB (July 2012 - Dec. 2013)

 

  • Responsible for the creation of all of the 2012 Banff Mountain Film Festival and Radical Reels trailers and subsequent video promotional materials

  • Edited a wide range of Multicam productions from "A Night with Christopher Plummer" to "Whitehorse: Live at the Shaw Amphitheatre"

  • Performed Online Editor duties for a variety of projects including an Icelandic Film titled “Time and Time and Again”

  • Mentored arriving Video Editor Work Studies on post-production procedures and workflow under the guidance of the the Post-Production Manager

 

Assistant Editor

My Great Big News Canada 2 Production Inc. - Toronto, ON (September 2011)  

        

  • Responsible for the creation and verification of EDL’s for episodes of “What’s Your News” - Season 2

  • Verified the synchronization of animation and edit points

  • Created and exported viewing copies

  • Performed other essential tasks as required under the guidance of the supervising editor

 

Video Editor/Production Intern

FrameBlender Inc. - Toronto, ON (January 2011 - May 2011)

 

  • Edited various projects from music videos and EPK’s to recruitment videos

  • Set up lights and operated cameras for interviews, and capturing B-roll footage for a Rap Battle television show called “Ultimate MC”

  • Facebook Round
  • Vimeo Round
  • YouTube Round
  • Twitter Round

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