Experience

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  Cars & Bids

  • San Diego, California, United States

  • Head of Content

    • Feb 2023 - Feb 2024
    • San Diego, California, United States

    - Head of Content for Doug DeMuro and Cars & Bids YouTube and social media channels. Leading to 300 million plus views across the platforms.- Lead and execute partnerships with other creators for top of funnel users resulting in material growth on the auction platform.- Managed complex budgets across multiple projects, ensuring optimal allocation of resources.- Analyze YouTube metrics and make appropriate changes for increased performance.- Meet with cross-functional teams to establish goals for assisting business development via content business.- Managed editing team for 5 times a week long form video delivery with feedback including supporting short formcontent.- Liaised with agency for brand partnerships

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  Hoonigan Industries

  • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

  • Creative Director

    • Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

    - Lead creative of the live action/video production and photography division. Leading to 270 million plus views across YouTube and Instagram media channels.- Collaborate and conceptualize with brand athlete Ken Block on projects.- Direct and execute long form videos for a variety of projects from concept to completion. Film and photography studios On location domestically and internationally- Meet with cross-functional teams to establish goals and provide visual direction by developing production assets, e.g., mood boards, storyboards, and shot lists. - Direct the cast and large crews through production covering web-based content and social media.- Confident working with editors in post-production and providing creative feedback. - Ideate and execute social media posts live for racing season.

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  ANDON Creative Design

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Project Manager

    • Feb 2020 - Jan 2023
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    - Lead creative of the live action/video production and photography division. - Directed and delivered high quality content in high value projects, such as :UAE Government, Emirates Airline, Dibba Bay Oysters Fujairah, Dubai Police, Emirates SkyCargo. - Meet with cross-functional teams to establish goals and draft estimates as well as provide visual direction. - Direct the cast and crew through production spanning a variety of brand videos, documentaries, and TVCs. - Planning, scheduling, and organizing talent and crew/equipment for upcoming production.- Creating and actualizing budgets. - Tracking expenses for productions.

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  Smoking Tire

  • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Director and Producer

    • Sep 2010 - Jan 2023
    • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    - Collaborated to build brand from 50k subscribes to 1m+.- Director/Producer of 2 feature-length off-road films.- Developed segments in preproduction and shot on location.- Develop, produce, shoot and edit digital video content (including editorial and sponsored video) - Edit and format weekly videos shot by staff- Use existing research, scripts, and props from other productions innovatively to create new videos- Ideate and develop new formats and concepts for short- and mid-form digital video- Ensure that all newly-created video is accurate and consistent with the look, feel, and information presented across the brand.

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  WSF Creative

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Creative Director

    • May 2017 - Dec 2019
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    - Lead creative of the live action/video production and photography division. - Direct the cast and crew through production spanning a variety of brand videos, documentaries, and TVCs. - Develop visual strategy, technical aspects (light, lenses, film, filters, camera settings) cinematography and editing to best communicate the message. - Supporting /working with the creative team & client service team- Attending and leading brainstorms- Taking briefs and client/ colleague feedback- Client and pitch presentations- Hiring and briefing third party suppliers (Directors, Crew, Art Department, Styling and Editors)- Work with client-service team to ensure projects remain on-time and on-budget- Create and manage production schedule- Preparing quotations and managing working budgets- Overseeing location recce and managing freelance team to secure location permits- Organizing and overseeing casting- Post-production Management and ensuring all projects are delivered as per the production schedule

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  /Drive

  • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • Director/Camera Operator

    • Jan 2012 - Jan 2016
    • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    - Oversee production of our weekly video releases.- Work with the different departments to solve problems and bottlenecks the video team might experience during the production process.- Review and optimize our editing system regularly.- Review and prepare scripts. - Coordinate with different stakeholders the tasks and needs for the video shoots.- Source and coordinate, locations, freelancers and crew to guarantee a successful video shoot.- Create and manage a master schedule to follow during the recording days.- Manage budget for video shoot.

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  Whitcome Inc

  • Camera Operator

    • Apr 2011 - May 2012

    Shot scenes for promotional video for Fast and Furious 5 movie.

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  Jay Silverman Productions

  • Freelance Assistant

    • 2010 - 2012

    Assisted in all aspects of production for motion and still shoots. Building sets, lighting and gaffing, behind the scenes shooting, organization of props, and camera assistant.

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  The Car Show

  • Los Angeles, CA

  • Camera Car Operator and Camera Assistant

    • Apr 2011 - Oct 2011
    • Los Angeles, CA

    Drove camera car safely and quickly around the track with rear mounted jib, and technical camera assitance, field producing, story development.

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  P&L Marble

  • Photographer

    • Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

    On location architectural shoots, small set building, product photographs, color correction, image back up, image resizing, archiving and organization