Digital Creative Lead
May 2024 – December 2024
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Oversaw production of over 150 digital video ads for numerous high profile political campaigns and outside groups, including working with both in-house and freelance writers, editors, audio mixers, and colorists.
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Wrote scripts for digital political ads; major clients included House Majority PAC, DCCC, and Ruben Gallego's Senate campaign.
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Edited and versioned videos for digital delivery to ad platforms, including adapting videos into square and vertical formats and exporting versions designed for each platform's unique technical needs.
Senior Video Editor
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
April 2023 – August 2023
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Edited a wide range of social media videos and ads, including our 2024 presidential endorsement announcement, videos promoting a national bus tour, and content for AFSCME’s national convention.
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Filmed members of AFSCME leadership in our office studio, including delivery of video assets.
Video Director
January 2022 – December 2022
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Worked with multiple digital agencies to script and produce hundreds of digital video ads, static graphics, social copy, and landing pages across multiple top-tier Senate races, helping every single Democratic incumbent win re-election and expanding our majority to fifty-one seats.
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Wrote and edited in-house ads in a variety of sizes and lengths, including both production spots and testimonials.
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Pitched and edited organic videos for SMP’s social media accounts, including rapid-response reactions to major news stories.
Rapid Response Video Editor
September 2020 – November 2020
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Pitched, wrote, and edited both positive and negative campaign social videos and digital ads.
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Managed a team of four editors for rapid response video clipping and distribution during major campaign events, including town halls and presidential debates.
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Edited dozens of digital ads for use in our rapid response anti-disinformation program.
Senior Digital Video Editor
Democratic National Convention
August 2020
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Researched, scripted, and edited social media videos to generate excitement around the convention.
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Rapid response during the convention; clipping, captioning, and distributing videos.
Rapid Response Video Lead
December 2019 – March 2020
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Built out an archive of clips of Senator Warren, other Democratic candidates, and Trump administration officials for use in video projects, including “throwback” videos that I created.
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Created multicam videos from campaign event footage, including footage sent back via LiveU.
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Critical member of the campaign “war room” for debates and other key events; cut and captioned clips on a very tight turnaround, and edited post-debate mashup videos.
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Edited the campaign’s in-house interview series featuring politicians, activists, and policy advisors.
Video Editor
Senate Democratic Media Center
January 2017 – December 2019
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Produced videos for individual Senate offices, including floor speeches, direct to camera recordings, and montages highlighting legislative accomplishments.
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Pitched, scripted, and edited rapid response videos for the @SenateDems social media accounts, press releases, and the Weekly Democratic Address.
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Created motion graphics animations for Senate social media accounts.
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Photography and photo editing at Capitol Hill events and protests.
Rapid Response Video Editor
June 2016 – November 2016
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Co-producer of The Briefing, a rapid response video series that earned more than 500 million views, half the total video views of the campaign.
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Pitched, scripted, researched, edited, and produced rapid response videos for Clinton campaign social channels, television commercials, and digital ads.
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Contributed 10 opposition videos that aired during the Democratic National Convention.
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Helped the campaign experiment with video formats, including direct to camera explainers and motion graphics.
Video Systems Administrator
May 2015 – June 2016
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Developed, maintained, and promoted Project Vantage, the internal Democratic Party video archive of over 300,000 videos spanning more than thirty years of research.
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Provided access and training to Democratic campaigns and committees
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Oversaw and maintained cable and video recordings systems.
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Video and computer technical support.
Video Research Associate
April 2014 – April 2015
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Clipped national and local news reports on political figures and issues of interest.
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Created daily reports summarizing and linking to critical recent news stories.
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Found and saved web videos, archival footage, and event livestreams.
