Deeply experienced content creator, director, and producer with proven track record of working with and leading teams to realize clients’ vision in a fast-paced and often ambiguous field. History of delivering high-quality storytelling across multiple platforms for global organizations under tight deadlines and budgets from strategy though distribution.
Manner of Speaking (2009 – Present) Filmmaker, Creative Director• Lead a team of 20+ as producer and director for a series of 4 national television ads for Zulily under tight budgets and deadlines.• Produced and directed several series of documentary-style customer and patient-driven stories for Microsoft, Sur La Table, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Boston Scientific, Path, Amgen, and Scientific American amounting to several hours of videos for corporate clients.• Managed teams of 40+ as field producer and writer for broadcast TV including the Emmy nominated show “Hoarders”. I’ve written over 20 hours of broadcast TV.• Produced and directed “Floored” a feature-length documentary that enjoyed major media coverage and played at festivals and theatrical runs around the world. It spanned broadcast and streaming releases, including Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. • Developed an international tour and distribution strategy for “Floored” that spanned over 2 years in 6 languages, bringing in proceeds of over $325K USD.• Contributed to films featured in festivals around the world including, Sundance, Fantasia Festival, Austin Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, MountainFilm Telluride and London SciFi Festival.DesignIt (2017 – 2020) Producer• Lead a team of 4 video professionals for the Customer Success team at Microsoft.• Lead creative and produced videos from concept to delivery for the Microsoft 365 team.• Leading by example from both the office and the field, ability to work at all levels of video production and familiar with all responsibilities across positions.• Owned end-to-end creation of as many as 8 simultaneous internal vision and marketing videos, keeping creative, leadership, and compliance in sync and on schedule.