CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

YOUSTAR STUDIO SUPERVISOR
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

March 2020-Present

• Manage YouStar Studios productions, spaces, equipment, workshops, events, budgets and promotional material

• Produce, direct and edit Alkek One’s educational and promotional videos on a traditional and virtual set

• Create and teach four-part NASA micro-credential workshops about media production for students, faculty and staff four times a year

• Create asynchronous training for video and audio production hardware and software for students 

• Conduct individual consultations with faculty and staff to implement video and audio into curriculum

• Supervise and train Graphic Designer, Audio Specialist and student employees on video and audio equipment

• Major achievements include: launch of virtual production studio powered by Unreal Engine, creation of “Introduction to Video and Audio Editing” and “Make Your Own Podcast” micro-credential workshops backed by NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project program and creation of a professional development workshop for K-12 teachers with the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research’s STEM for All program

LIFESTYLE AND ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCER
KPTV

Oct. 2018- March 2020

• Expanded KPTV Marketing Department’s “MORE Good Day Oregon” to a two-hour segment

• Managed live productions from the control room, including creating and implementing new camera shots, directing on-air talent and live camera crews and timing live production

• Managed pre-production for each show including researching topics for live interviews, scheduling shoots and providing on-site supervision and guidance for on-air talent, guests and production crew

• Managed field productions for marketing and entertainment shoots, including communicating with shareholders, interviewing subjects, scouting locations, approving shots, scripting content and approving final edits

• Major stories include: First Lady Michelle Obama’s book tour, live bi-weekly segments with Going’s CEO Scott Keyes and live in-studio interviews with celebrities such as actor Lou Ferrigno and comedian J.B. Smoove

NEWS PRODUCER
KPTV

Nov. 2016- Oct. 2018

• Produced a variety of local newscasts in the Portland market, including Emmy-winning snow coverage on “Good Day Oregon”

• Managed live newscasts from the control room, including creating and implementing new camera shots, directing on-air talent and live camera crews and timing live production

• Managed “Timbers in 30” and “Fox 12’s Friday Night Lights” sportscasts from the control room,including generating graphics with updated scores, updating scripts with new and developing information and timing live productions

• Produced live special event coverage, such as the Portland Rose Festival Parade and Solar Eclipse coverage

• Trained new producers on software, hardware and station’s best practices

• Major stories include: Election Day protests, the deadly Portland train attack, several snow storms, the Eagle Creek Fire and a deadly Amtrak train derailment

NEWS PRODUCER
KPTV

Dec. 2015-Oct. 2016

• Managed live newscasts from the control room, including creating and implementing new camera shots, directing on-air talent and live camera crews and timing live production

• Managed Friday Night Lights sportscast’s score updates, graphics, live crews and script changes

• Trained new producers on software, hardware and station’s best practices

• Major stories include: 2016 election, historic flooding, the deadly Dallas police shooting and the killing of Alton Sterling