Experience

Westwood Community Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Content & Communications

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Director of all social, digital, print & video content. Responsible to cultivate creative teams to deliver engaging, impactful and meaningful content to further the mission of Westwood Community Church. Includes direction of an awesome team of creatives in:- Graphic Design- Film- Video Production- Interactive Design

• Director of Creative Production & Media

  • Jan 2022 - Nov 2022

  Director of all live audio, lighting, broadcast & video content production across the organization. Responsible to cultivate teams of production professionals & creatives to produce experiences that further the mission, vision & purpose of Westwood Community Church. Encouraging, supporting and releasing people to do what they love for something bigger than all of us is the best part of this job.

• Video Content Director

  • Apr 2021 - Nov 2022

  Oversee and execute all produced video content for Westwood Community Church. - Responsible for ideating with organization partners, pitching and budget- Oversee video content brand integration across the organization- Lead production in a team environment - bringing together creative vision between all assets and options for each production- Lead in all aspects of video production: Video capture, lighting, editing, animation, audio, visual effects, digital asset management, etc.- Train & elevate skills & performance of a team of young professionals - adding to their value, and the organization’s, with each project.

• Video Production Manager

  • Jun 2020 - Apr 2021

  As part of the Communications team this role leads all aspects of creative content video production across the organization. Responsibilities include managing the production process from initial concept design with client ministry partners through delivery via our multi-channel marketing strategy with the ability to leverage expertise in creative ideation, project management, directing, filming, editing, and motion graphics.

• Video Producer

  • Jun 2017 - Jun 2020

  As part of the internal communications team, this role was responsible to direct & produce all pre-produced creative content for distribution via broadcast and social media channels. Project work included documentary story telling, video integrated with music performance, promotional, educational video, advertisement, etc. Responsibilities included hands-on filming, editing, directing, producing, motion graphics design & animation.

• Video Specialist

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2017

  Responsibilities include producing a weekly event-based broadcast online by directing a team of production staff and volunteers. Broadcasts consisted of live music directing, live presentation and multi-venue deployment. This role also included directing and producing all creative, pre-produced video packages for broadcast, live event and social media.Highlights:+Leading the new effort to broadcast worship services online - which included training & building a volunteer team and maintaining the technical engineering related to video broadcast systems.+Producing personal story-based documentary style video+Producing new category of video for the organization that represented teaching series brands



Dan West Productions

• Director & Producer

  • May 2008 - Present

  As a freelance based director & producer, I've had the opportunity to be part of a variety of creative teams & businesses seeking to advance the quality and precision of their video products. Project work has included healthcare companies (Medtronic, Boston Scientific, St. Jude, American Medical Systems), education companies, non-profit organizations and fellow media producers. As a freelance based director & producer, I've had the opportunity to be part of a variety of creative teams & businesses seeking to advance the quality and precision of their video products. Project work has included healthcare companies (Medtronic, Boston Scientific, St. Jude, American Medical Systems), education companies, non-profit organizations and fellow media producers.



University of Northwestern - St. Paul

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Stage Technician

  • Sep 2005 - Dec 2007

• NWC7 Station Manager

  • Aug 2006 - May 2007