Writer/Producer – Creative Services -Turns client brainstorms into solid, compelling words, video, new media & interactive narrative.
- Concepting & Scriptwriting – 10 years of generating projects from 1st word to final completed master.
- Comprehensive Video Production – familiar with all aspects of digital production and post-production including how to coach strong, on-camera performances from non-professionals
- Effective Communicator – moves easily between boardroom and design staff, gets teams quickly focused and facing in the same direction, transforms project facts to strong, visual stories that invite audiences to want to learn more, do more, or simply stop and think.
Experience
Small Epics, Seattle, Wa. 2000 – Present
A virtual studio that produces video and digital content and specializes in translating client facts to target audience insight and interaction. Radio Copy, Video Scripts & Production, Content Coordination for anyone from Microsoft’s IT Department to creating video environments for exhibits at the Seattle Art Museum. Clients have included:
- OCI / Cascade Designs
- Dr. Hope Wechkin, The Withing Project
- WA. Department of Social & Health Services
- A&E Channel
- The Seattle Art Museum
- KUOW Radio – NPR, Seattle
- KCTS Channel 9 – PBS. Seattle
- The Woodland Park Zoo
- The Point Defiance Zoo
- Choice Administrators
- City University
- City of Redmond
- Bellevue College Channel 28
- Threshold Ensemble
- Portent Interactive
- Dillonworks
- Microsoft
City of Mercer Island, Wa (Video Writer/Producer) 1/2011 – 02/2014
Five separate video projects: A Training and Orientation Video for new city employees, 2 PSA’s on youth drinking & drug abuse, and 2 Fund-raising videos for Mercer Island’s Youth and Family Services.
Art with Heart (Video Editor / Motion Graphic Designer) 5/2010 – 9/2010
Collaborated with non-profit Art with Heart to re-image existing video content and add new motion graphics for an online book promo.
X10 Wireless Technology (Video Producer: Online Marketing) 1.5 years to 2008
Worked with Marketing and Sales teams, tripled video output, created online video index of products, increased sales of high concept wireless products by quadrupling email subscriptions through short, avatar videos.
Seattle Shakespeare Co. (Director /Digital Media Designer ) 2006 & 2008
Classical Theater company was interested in expanding audience base and making classical texts more accessible to students. Adapted, created media, and directed two productions including a digital Richard III that used Power Point® presentations, email, projected video and animated graphics. The show was a critical success and the 2nd highest grossing production in the history of the theater. Richard III Slide show
Blue Stone Woodworks (Web Producer) 2007
Re-imagined existing web content for builder specializing in fine craftsmen remodels in Boulder, Colorado with web designer Thad Scott. Client tripled the number of hits to the website in the first two months it went online and directly contributed to a 32% increase in bookings that year.
Multiple Sclerosis Association of King County (Writer/Director – Video) 2003 & 2005
Interviewed MS survivors, created a 10 minute fundraising video and 30 & 60-second Public Service Announcements that explained the history of the MSA as well as imparted the emotional toll of the disease. Since 2004, these videos have increased the agencies revenue efforts by over 50%, proving the most effective marketing tool the organization has produced.
CMi Worldwide – now Salton (New Media Producer)
Managed a team of twelve to create an interactive DVD user guide for new product launch; originally budgeted at up to $100k, our small, Seattle team brought the project in at $54k and still won the Interactive Digital Association’s Gold Award in Las Vegas for Best Training Title of 1999 over Daimler Chrysler & U.S. Army.
Educations & Skills
- BFA Theater/Film/Creative Writing – Kent State University
- AA Video Production & Motion Graphics – Bellevue College
- AAAS Digital Interactive Media – Shoreline Com. College
- Adobe CS4, Final Cut, After Effects, Microsoft Office
- Video Production