• Oversee the workflow of all on-air, digital and corporate content produced by all junior producers, producers, editors, graphic artists, cameramen, talent and other production staff. Assign projects, assist/oversee creative and editorial, oversee production, and quality control all content for on-air, digital and internal purposes.
• Conduct performance reviews and goal setting quarterly of the entire team.
• Identify marketing, promotional and advertising opportunities for the network. Write long format scripts for original programming: documentaries, celebrity-hosted special programs, breaking news, and commercials.
• Edit (Premiere and Final Cut Pro) all on-air content, including short format (promos, ids, bumps, jingles), long format(documentaries and hosted marathons), sales projects, sizzle reels and vignettes, marketing and commercial content.
• Manage the redesign of the network’s on-air look/brand. Including logos, templates, marketing and promotional materials.
• Oversee the development, design and production of the brand new multicast network (launching September 2021). Includes promo production, graphics, music and voice-overs, digital components and other marketing materials.
• Manage the revamping of Antenna TV’s website and development of Antenna TV’s first mobile application.
• Write scripts for show and image promos, bumps, trivia, IDs, marathons, stunts, and other promotional materials.
• Write long format scripts for original programming: documentaries, celebrity-hosted special programs, breaking news, and commercials.
• Brainstorm, conceptualize, pitch and executed new strategies to build the network brand and the content via broadcast and digitally
• Partner with sister stations, affiliates and other media outlets to distribute content digitally in an effort to get more advertisements and help increase visibility nationally.
• Identify events, conventions and other special events to promote the brand and get in front of our audience and fans.
• Created and maintained the largest nostalgic social media sites, reaching millions daily and generating thousands a day in advertising. A consecutive leader in Share Rocket reports daily
• Produce digital content for our social media sites and website. This includes banners, rich media, advertisements,micro-sites, video promos, vignettes, documentaries, posts, live feeds, and other images. Update social media sites and websites daily, every hour on the hour.
• Train new staff members on technologies and equipment, processes, production, systems and standards
• Develop relationships with talent, publicists, agents, PR firms, management teams, businesses and institutions, in an the effort to obtain exclusives, insider information, as well as business and revenue opportunities.
• Field produce interviews, b-roll, performances, hosted marathons, set/stage shoots. Ask hard-hitting questions, capture and oversee all b-roll shoots, stage pre-production and design.
• Identify opportunities to cross-pollinate content across Nexstar’s various media businesses; including, WGN-TV, WGN America, WGN radio, and Nexstar National News and local affiliates.

• Effectively managed the schedules and roles of the entire production team (up to 30 crew members), as well as oversaw the status of existing projects: deadlines, production schedules, inquiries and budgets.
• Developed creative video and TV concepts for our clients, wrote outlines and scripts, developed storyboards, and edited projects using Final Cut Pro.
• Supervised the entire post-production process of each project, including editing, graphic/animation development, music composition, color correction and special effects.
• Directed talent and staff while shooting on-location, on-set, or in-studio (live and taped), SMTs, audio recording sessions, interviews, and media and special events.
• Calculated video estimates and oversaw each project’s budget. Proactively managed my own time and met personal billability and revenue targets. Also, submitted bids and estimates to prospective and existing clients in an effort to achieve new business.
• Managed the duplication, conversion, packaging, translation, domestic and international distribution of videos and PSAs.

• Wrote educational documentary scripts and ensured viewers understood the topic to the fullest extent without using total medical jargon.
• Field-produced b-roll and interview shoots, host stand-ups and green screen shoots.
• Hired, managed and directed entire teams of crew members for each production; grips, gaffers, DPs, assistants, craft services, technicians, grip trucks, studios, stylists, talent and several others.
• Conducted talent auditions for actors, models, voice-overs and stuntmen. Familiar with the union and non-union terms and stipulations. Scouted locations and sets for commercials’ scenes.
• Prepared production schedules for all production and post-production departments.

• Courses include instruction on studio and remote camera controls, shot framing, three-point lighting, television news writing, studio newscast production, live studio production, storyboarding, commercial and promo writing and production, field-production and reporting, and non-linear editing (Final Cut Pro and Avid).

• A&E’s “American Justice” hour-long crime documentaries hosted by Bill Kurtis.
• A&E’s “Biography” hour-long documentaries.
• The Weather Channel’s “Storm Stories, half-hour long documentaries hosted by Jim Cantore.

Producer for Clear Channel Communications (2009-2010), TEO Creative (2009-2011), Williams Quinn Unger & Partners (1999-2012) and several independent films (1999-2011); Intern at MSNBC’s “Headliners and Legends with Matt Lauer” (1999) and WFAT-FM Kalamazoo, MI (1998).

Western Michigan University – B.S., Broadcast/Cable Production, 1999
DePaul University – Continuing Education Courses in digital and web development, 2010

OS/ Platforms: Mac OS X, Windows, 97/98/Vista.
Applications: Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, MS Office, Live Type, Motion, AVID, Aftereffects, Audition, Premiere, ProTools, iMovie, iDVD, StudioMaker Pro, FileMaker Pro.
Audio and Video: HD, HDV, MP3, AAC, Mpeg and Flash file compression and encoding.
Social Media Platforms: Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube, Vimeo.
Some knowledge of: Java, Javascript, C++, and CSS.

Emmy award, WorldFest International Film Festival Platinum Remi Telly awards, Telly and Aurora awards.