Brent Kirkland, MFA

Senior Producer, Gamecocks+ at Sport & Story
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(386) 825-5501
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US
Languages
  • Spanish -

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Experience

    • United States
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Producer, Gamecocks+
      • Aug 2022 - Present

      Creating content for the Gamecocks+ platform. - Producing long form stories, behind-the-scenes, and exclusive interviews about South Carolina Athletics. - Researching story ideas. - Cinematography and video editing for wide variety of content. Creating content for the Gamecocks+ platform. - Producing long form stories, behind-the-scenes, and exclusive interviews about South Carolina Athletics. - Researching story ideas. - Cinematography and video editing for wide variety of content.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Director, Digital Strategy & Creative Services - Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics
      • Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

      Lead digital strategy and content production for Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics. - Produce content for various platforms. - Implement strategy for social media. - Direct live streaming of various sporting events in cooperation with the Mountain West Network. Lead digital strategy and content production for Nevada Wolf Pack Athletics. - Produce content for various platforms. - Implement strategy for social media. - Direct live streaming of various sporting events in cooperation with the Mountain West Network.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Editor & Producer (Office of Online Education)
      • Jul 2020 - Sep 2021

      - Coordinate with various schools on campus, deans and professors, on producing captivating content for educational and promotional purposes.- Cooperate with a team to decide storylines, editing styles and branding.

    • Graduate Assistant (Documentary Film Program)
      • Aug 2019 - Sep 2021

      - Edit videos for class instruction.- Develop ideas for Documentary Film Program website videos.- Create graphics for instructional videos.- Oversee multimedia lab for Documentary Film Program.

    • Freelance Videographer (International Student & Scholar Services)
      • Aug 2019 - Sep 2021

      - Collaborate with various organizations on campus to create relationships for media production.- Produce, direct, shoot and edit short videos and documentary shorts to prepare international students for campus arrival.- Organize media storage.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Co-Founder, Executive Producer & Director
      • Sep 2013 - Jun 2019

      - Directed and edited, Mackay Magic, about the greatest comeback in college football history. - Produced the documentary short film, Best Foot Forward, about how a university cross country athlete used running as a way to cope with seeing her father become paralyzed. - Created a two-episode documentary series about college basketball coach, Eric Musselman, and his first season at the University of Nevada, Reno. - Manage production teams of journalism students, coaching through productions and training. - Promote our production group to undergraduate students interested in documentary filmmaking. - Led production and post-production crews while working a full time job, including late nights and weekends.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Program Advisor
      • 2011 - 2019

      - Manage Spanish group visa submissions for approximately 200 students per semester. - Develop information guides about housing, program arrival, booking flights and visas. - Outreach to prospective and enrolled students, their parents, US university advisors; problem‐solving and listening to an array of travel and study‐related concerns. - Working with government agencies to acquire student travel documents under tight deadlines. - Promote USAC programs to various universities across the country.

  • Reno Gazette-Journal
    • Reno, Nevada Area
    • Editorial Assistant, Sports Reporter & Videographer
      • 2007 - 2010

      - Answer main phone line, screening customer and story idea calls. - Cover local sporting events. - Post multimedia stories with videos and written stories. - Answer main phone line, screening customer and story idea calls. - Cover local sporting events. - Post multimedia stories with videos and written stories.

    • United States
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sports Intern
      • Sep 2006 - Jun 2007

      - Interview high school, college and professional athletes for local news packages. - Assist with scripts for live anchors. - Edit packages for evening newscasts. - Interview high school, college and professional athletes for local news packages. - Assist with scripts for live anchors. - Edit packages for evening newscasts.

Education

  • Wake Forest University Graduate School
    Master of Fine Arts - MFA, Documentary Production
    2019 - 2021
  • University of Nevada-Reno
    B. A. of Journalism, B. A. of English
    2007 - 2013

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