Zachary Vesledahl

Tecnical Director at Koat Action 7 News
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(386) 825-5501
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Tecnical Director
      • Oct 2019 - Present

      Technical Directing includes reviewing and checking all graphics with our HATMOS, setting up boxes on different ME channels, during the newscast advancing and punching the show, and listening to the director. Including Master Control, which prepares local and national spots for air, timing out the playlist, prepping shows, handling live shots (TVU or Microwave), taking special reports or cut-ins, assisting engineers with various projects. In addition, Director Training (Dec 2020). Includes, coding newscast in ENPS, Directing the 9pm, 10pm newscast and various weekend shows, playing the decks out of precises, communicating with producers and production team.

    • Production Assistant
      • Jul 2019 - Oct 2019

    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Researcher Assistant
      • Sep 2013 - Jul 2019

      Provides research and sales support to the team. Prepares marketing exhibits, sales presentation packages, and helps in obtaining sales comps and ownership information. Assists the team in gathering current home pricing, premiums and upgrades from various communities. Works diligently with each municipality to gather zoning and entitlement cases for new residential projects. Researches new valley improvements including freeway alignments, general plan designations, and future communities. Excels in providing our clients with high level customer service and manages changing priorities with ease.

    • Cronkite News - Professional Program
      • Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

      • Assisted with various newscasts: Cronkite New, Sports and Noticias Facebook lives. In addition of two main shows: Cronkite News and Noticias • Floor Directed: includes directing the anchors, directing the camera operators, operating the house lights, setting up microphones and IFBs, setting up prompter, Croma key.• Audio: Setting levels for various microphones and alpha channel sources, pulling sources in and out during the newscast, initiates tease and outro music.• Technical Director: listing to the director’s ques, manually switching from alpha channels, studio cameras, applies cgs/ lower-thirds, routs various sources to monitors, connects and setups playback servers • Director: Translates rundown from the producers, sets alpha channels, prints a rundown for all production team, communicates to floor director, audio, technical director and producer, calls the next action, advances the next cg• After Affects: build graphics for reporter’s stories or for the producers

    • United States
    • Internship
      • Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

      • Assisted in the full production of varies commercials, post sports interviews, and varies new packages. • Crewing: setting up various lights, flags for the lights, gels for the lights, sandbag placement, running power to equipment, c standing, wrapping cables, microphone placement, and camera placement, setting white balance, building beautiful backgrounds, moved gear for location to location. • Assisted in satellite uplink. Including running fiber optic cables and IFBs for three uplinks.

    • Internship
      • May 2018 - Aug 2018

      • Assisted on various shoots: Inside Phoenix, Cool in Your Zip, Quick Zip, City Update, and Know 99• Production: Operating camera, set up lights, assisted with interviews, wireless microphones, captured interviews, captured b-roll, audio• Editing: Used Premier to edit and create content, wrote scripts, recorded dialogue, mixed music with content, and created graphics

    • United States
    • Entertainment
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Audio Accomplice
      • Feb 2012 - Jul 2013

      Assist with various tasks around the department. Including: editing, system setup, audio tech work, and ad-hoc projects. In addition, learning and observing first-hand every aspect of the sound department at a major studio: •Proficient in Pro Tools; allowing fast and efficient editing in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)•Editing: Foley, Backgrounds, FX, and DX•Turnover: Processed audio and assembled episodes for DX and FX editors. •ADR: Prepared the room for ADR/ Loop Group Sessions •Recording sound effects for current productions and Mastering sound effects for future uses in television and movies.•Troubleshooting and technical support experience•IMDB Credits: Fort Bliss, Barefoot, Xmas Without China, Somewhere Slow, and Keep the Fire, Inuk

    • Mexico
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Team Member - Electronics
      • Oct 2010 - Feb 2012

      Target Team Member assists customers and provides customer service. I worked in the Electronics area, to assist customers with any technical information and help customers with any of their technical needs.•Team Motto: FFF – Fast, Fun, and Friendly•Stocking / Zoning: Stocking / Zoning shelves, to fill empty sheaves with new product. •Zoning: Moving products to the front of the shelves; product rotated and displayed neatly. •Phone & Call Buttons: Answering phone calls and responding to customers at call areas in the store.

    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Camp Staff
      • May 2010 - Aug 2010

      Handicraft Camp Staff assisted Scouts earning merit badges during the session they attended. Led four classes per day with a maximum of 15 Scouts per class. Guided Scouts in afternoon sessions to complete projects. Attended pre and post weeks to setup and take down Handicraft Department. •Increase responsibilities year over the years included interviewing and training new staff. (April, May)• Independently taught the Metal Working Merit Badge. Demonstrated how to work with various types of metals. Performed a rivet; punch a whole, and soldered two-pieces of metal together. Helped Scouts complete three projects using the techniques. Completed merit badge paperwork for each Scout. •Gate Duty: Monitors and controls traffic into camp during each session as assigned.•Friday Night Camp Fire: As a staff member, required to perform a skit for the campfire. Part of the team that created an executed the campfire program. •Cabin Patrol Leader: Coordinates the daily duties for cabin. Cabin duties include mopping, sweeping, making beds, bathroom cleaning, etc.

    • Camp Staff
      • May 2009 - Aug 2009

      Handicraft Camp Staff assisted Scouts earning merit badges during the session they attended. Led four classes per day with a maximum of 15 Scouts per class. Guided Scouts in afternoon sessions to complete projects. Attended pre and post weeks to setup and take down Handicraft Department. •Increase responsibilities year over the years included interviewing and training new staff. (April, May)• Independently taught the Metal Working Merit Badge. Demonstrated how to work with various types of metals. Performed a rivet; punch a whole, and soldered two-pieces of metal together. Helped Scouts complete three projects using the techniques. Completed merit badge paperwork for each Scout. •Gate Duty: Monitors and controls traffic into camp during each session as assigned.•Friday Night Camp Fire: As a staff member, required to perform a skit for the campfire. Part of the team that created an executed the campfire program. •Cabin Patrol Leader: Coordinates the daily duties for cabin. Cabin duties include mopping, sweeping, making beds, bathroom cleaning, etc.

    • Camp Counselor
      • May 2008 - Aug 2008

      Taught Basketry Merit Badge. In the class included the culture on were baskets came from and how to weave a square basket and a round basket. •Assisted in teaching the Metal Working Merit Badge. Demonstrated how to work with various types of metal. Performed a rivet; punch a whole, and soldered two-pieces of metal together. •Gate Duty: Monitors and controls traffic into camp during each session as assigned.•Friday Night Camp Fire: As a staff member, required to perform a skit for the campfire. Part of the team that created an executed the campfire program.

    • Camp Counselor
      • May 2007 - Aug 2007

      Taught Basketry Merit Badge. In the class included the culture on were baskets came from and how to weave a square basket and a round basket. •Assisted in teaching the Metal Working Merit Badge. Demonstrated how to work with various types of metal. Performed a rivet; punch a whole, and soldered two-pieces of metal together. •Gate Duty: Monitors and controls traffic into camp during each session as assigned.•Friday Night Camp Fire: As a staff member, required to perform a skit for the campfire. Part of the team that created an executed the campfire program.

Education

  • Arizona State University - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
    Journalism & Mass Communication, Broadcast Journalism
    2017 - 2019
  • Paradise Valley Community College
    Associate of Arts (AA)
    2010 - 2016
  • Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences
    Mater Recording Program II, Sound Engineering
    2011 - 2011
  • Cactus Shadows High School
    High School Diploma
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