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CNY Central

My most recent job and where I've spent the past three and half years of my life has been at CNY Central; Central New York's best news station.  My time was spent working alongside the team of marketing consultants, generating commercial content for broadcast.  I had a lot of hands-on experience while conceptualizing and producing commercials everyday. I realized I wasn't just making commercials for the station, I was also adding value and visual appeal to the community.  I had quite the experience shooting, directing, editing, and writing video content this entire time with some exceptionally talented people. I've made some friendships from CNY Central that I believe will last for life.

The Reading League

Initiated out of a commercial shoot through CNY Central; Dr. Maria Murray, the wife of the owner of Murray's Heating and Air, asked if I could do freelance work for her non-profit organization The Reading League. It started out as producing Maria's sabbatical videos for SUNY Oswego, it then turned into shooting and editing the educational seminars for The Reading League at various schools around central New York. I also hired and managed a group of videographers who were tasked to record The Reading League's annual Conference in October 2017. The most recent work I've done for The Reading League was conceptualizing, directing, shooting, and editing two marketing videos. Both videos are mid-form, documentary style, introductory videos geared towards telling viewers what The Reading League is, what they do, and why their mission is so important. The video's were funded by a grant from the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation. These videos go out to potential donors, grant funding organizations, and schools in need of help. All of the work that I've done has been in an effort to keep the momentum going that Dr. Maria Murray and company started only two years ago. The Reading League now has outreach in cities across the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

"The Reading League's mission is to build educator knowledge of how to teach reading using evidence-based, highly effective methods of reading instruction and assessment. "

I'm very proud to have been a part of their growth and outreach, I believe in their mission, and I hope that they continue to achieve the success I know they've always been destined for!

Bean Media Productions

Bean Media Productions is a digital marketing company in Buffalo, New York. Though I had worked hands-on in the video production realm all through college; this was my first time doing it outside of school. As one part of a two-man team, I was shooting either in the studio or on location, editing long and short form media content, designing motion graphics, and writing marketing videos that would go on the web. I was also responsible for handling S.E.O. and integrating metadata into each video produced. The work that I did at Bean helped many business owners finally break onto the web for the first time; digitally allowing them to be seen and heard to a online demographic. 

SRI International

SRI International is an organization contracted out by the U.S. Government to conduct training programs for the military. My time with the Army National Guard's XCTC program is probably the most exciting story I have. SRI International will go to a military base and set up a training program where they record and play back the soldier's exercise regiments. I was a video editor in a small group who edited the exercise reviews for mistakes. Our group was also responsible for the Hero Video during the duration of the exercise which includes highlights and sequences of the soldiers training for morale boosting. I ran right alongside the soldiers during combat exercises. It was the first, and hopefully, only time I ever saw someone fire a bazooka. As exciting as it was trust me when I say I will never forget the the intense smell of sulfur that those things emit!