Current

• Associate Editor at Break.com

Past

• Content Editor/Intern at Break.com
• Screenwriter/Producer at Mellifluent Media (Sole Proprietorship)
• Associate Producer at Stupidvideos.com

• Freelance Editor at Antidote Films, LLC
• Shift Leader at Blockbuster Video
• Freelance Video Editor at The Auction Network
• Clerk at Kim's Mediapolis
• Freelance Video Editor at Hairthread
• Intern at New York Brazilian Film Festival
• Marketing Intern at AFI Film Fest
• Multimedia Producer at Sooner Information Network

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Education

• University of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma City University
• Booker T Washington

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Recommendations

3 recommendations

Connections

93 connections

Industry

Entertainment

Summary

I am a web producer with deep roots in social media and social networking. Up to date on all current trends in social media, I want to be a part of the vanguard who make web video a part of our daily lives.

Specialties:

Experience

• Associate Editor

  Break.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  June 2010 — Present (4 months)

  As an Associate Editor at Break.com, I am responsible for the editorial focus and tone of Break Media's flagship site, Break.com, the 30th largest domestic site on the Internet.

  I pick the best content from our user uploads and across the internet to be featured on the Break.com homepage. I write the titles and descriptions to be both humorous and SEO-friendly and help develop strategies to perpetuate the growth of Break.com

  I help the other Break Media properties understand what kind of content the Break.com audience is looking for, helping the entire family of Break Media's websites grow together.

• Content Editor/Intern

  Break.com

  (Privately Held; Internet industry)

  September 2009 — July 2010 (11 months)

  I am the weekend curator of homepage content for Break Media's flagship site, Break.com.

  I discover and publish content for the "Epic Fails," "Horror," "Fights," and "Game Trailers" channels for Break.com.

  I exercise editorial control of Nothingtoxic.com, creating the site's voice through content selection, titling, and description. I am also the site's administrator, maintaining an active community experience for users.

• Screenwriter/Producer

  Mellifluent Media (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Entertainment industry)

  August 2002 — September 2009 (7 years 2 months)

  • I wrote the short screenplay, Secession, produced and directed by Kate Christensen of Sprocketsize Films. The short film has toured film festivals around the world.
  • I co-wrote and produced, Man with a Moustache, a co-production of Mellifluent Media and MLFilm. Man with a Moustache is one of the rare short films to actually turn a profit.

• Associate Producer

  Stupidvideos.com

  (Internet industry)

  April 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  *Helped mold Stupidvideos.com's editorial voice through content selection and description.
  *Edited video content for site, including weekly “Stupid Reviews” and monthly “Stupidshows.”
  *Established and maintained relationships with influential bloggers and content creators.
  *Conceived and implemented the Twitter and Facebook strategies for Stupidvideos.com.
  *Monitored and facilitated the Stupidvideos.com community.
  *Promoted to Associate Producer in April, 2009, from Content Editor

• Freelance Editor

  Antidote Films, LLC

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)

  Editing webisodes, using Final Cut Pro, to promote the documentary, Bomb It!.

• Shift Leader

  Blockbuster Video

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Entertainment industry)

  August 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 6 months)

• Freelance Video Editor

  The Auction Network

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  November 2007 — December 2007 (2 months)

  Edited HD content for The Auction Network on Final Cut Pro. I edited product promos to showcase items to be auctioned. The promos were broadcast over the internet and shown live during auctions.

• Clerk

  Kim's Mediapolis

  (Entertainment industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

• Freelance Video Editor

  Hairthread

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Apparel & Fashion industry)

  October 2004 — May 2005 (8 months)

  I edited an instructional video to be shipped with the Hairthread product line and streamed over the internet. I completed the project using Final Cut Pro and prepared the video for streaming using Sorenson Squeeze.

• Intern

  New York Brazilian Film Festival

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)

  July 2004 — October 2004 (4 months)

  I assisted in grassroots marketing for the New York Brazilian Film Festival by building awareness of the festival in New York's Brazilian and film communities.

• Marketing Intern

  AFI Film Fest

  (Entertainment industry)

  September 2002 — November 2002 (3 months)

  As a marketing intern with the AFI Film Fest, I wrote synopses of the films being shown during the festival. I also wrote interviewed directors and wrote daily content for the film festival's daily newsletter.

• Multimedia Producer

  Sooner Information Network

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  July 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 7 months)

  I wrote, produced, and edited multimedia content, targeted at a college-aged audience of 20,000 students for the Sooner Information Network. Our output ranged from informative to entertaining and appeared online and on television.

Education

• University of Oklahoma

  BA , Film & Video Studies , 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  theUndercurrent - Arts Editor

• Oklahoma City University

  English 1996 — 1998

• Booker T Washington