Profile
Senior Video Editor with 9 years of experience cutting narrative, commercial, and branded content for mid-size studios and agency clients. Specializes in color-graded documentary storytelling and high-volume social media campaigns, consistently delivering on compressed timelines. Reduced average post-production turnaround by 31% at Ironclad Media through pipeline restructuring and template-driven workflows.
Work Experience
Senior Video EditorMar 2020 - Present
Ironclad Media Group, Austin, TX
- Led post-production on a 12-episode branded docuseries for a Fortune 500 client, delivering all episodes 6 days ahead of schedule and earning a contract renewal worth $480K.
- Restructured the editorial pipeline by introducing proxy workflows in Premiere Pro, cutting average project turnaround from 18 days to 12 and saving the team roughly 200 editor-hours per quarter.
- Mentored 2 junior editors, conducting weekly cut reviews that raised their average client approval rate from 64% to 89% within 8 months.
Video EditorJun 2017 - Feb 2020
Sable & Torch Creative, Chicago, IL
- Edited 40+ commercial spots for retail and CPG brands, with 3 spots achieving over 5 million organic views on YouTube within 30 days of launch.
- Built a reusable motion-graphics template library in After Effects that reduced lower-third production time by 45% across all active projects.
- Collaborated with colorist and audio mixer to deliver a 6-part mini-documentary series that won a regional Telly Award in the branded content category.
Junior Video EditorAug 2015 - May 2017
Waveline Productions, Nashville, TN
- Assembled rough and fine cuts for music videos and live-event recap content, processing an average of 14 projects per month under tight 48-hour turnaround windows.
- Synced and organized multi-camera footage from live events with up to 8 camera angles, reducing the lead editor's prep time by 3 hours per project.
- Transitioned the department from tape-based to fully cloud-based media management using Frame.io, eliminating $6,200 in annual hard-drive procurement costs.
Education
B.F.A. in Film & Media Production2011 - 2015
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Concentration in Post-Production; Dean's List 2013–2015