Summary

I am an editor and producer with 10 years of industry experience. I have worked with companies such as EA Sports, Red Bull Media House, ESPN, & the World Surf League. My passion is in storytelling with a careful eye for detail.

Credits

5/21 – Current

Producer

Staff Position — Electronic Arts (EA SPORTS) Details
5/21 – Current

• Promoted from Contractor role to Full Time position in January 2022. • Working with partners across the Madden NFL, PGA TOUR, and F1teams to create AAA assets for all of EA Sports’ owned channels, as well as paid media and broadcast TV outlets. • Managed all content creation for the Madden NFL 22 All Access program, which had over 22+ million social impressions and over 560 million+ views on YouTube. • Managed project risk, overall timeline, and delivery of the Nike x EA Sports Bo Knows program, which included management of an outside vendor through the animation, visual effects, and audio mixing processes in order to deliver for all Editorial and Localization deadlines. • F1 22 rollout campaign saw the highest viewed creative, as well as set a record for the most pre sales ever in franchise history. Compared to F1 21 pre-order sales were up by 64% and video views were up by 32% YOY.

8/17 – Current

Editor

Staff Position — Brendan Zipfel Productions LLC Details
8/17 – Current

• Editor and story producer for NHS Inc. - Edited 5 episodes of the documentary series True Grit for Santa Cruz Skateboards, 2 episodes of the documentary series Lurkin’ for Creature Skateboards, and more. • Red Bull Media House Freelance Content Creator - filmed/edited at Red Bull events across the country, creating content for @RedBull social handles.

3/20 – 4/20

Associate Field Producer

Staff Position — World Surf League Details
3/20 – 4/20

• Promoted from Video Editor • Produced and edited blocks of World Surf Weekly, the WSL’s new weekly surf news and entertainment show. • Filmed interviews and major league announcements in studio. • Worked with production team to develop plan in order to best film, record, and deliver all remote interviews and Zoom based assets for use in our weekly show.

3/18 – 3/20

Editor (Adobe Premiere Pro)

Staff Position — World Surf League Details
3/18 – 3/20

• Produced and edited content for all WSL marketing, editorial, and social channels. • Produced and edited two seasons of Vision - an in depth, athlete driven breakdown of all the locations featured on the WSL Championship Tour. • Edited and produced 30+ episodes of Off The Wall Moments, a daily Vans and WSL collaboration series. • Produced, directed, filmed, and edited feature video for the WSL PURE campaign, #StopTrashingWaves. • Produced interviews and edited on site for key WSL announcements, such as equal pay among all athletes, the opening of the Big Wave Season, and event wildcards.

8/17 – 3/18

Editor (Adobe Premiere Pro)

Staff Position — ROSEWOOD Creative Details
8/17 – 3/18

• Lead editor for all content for all @iTunes social media platforms. • Supporting editor for @AppleMusic social media accounts, as well as Apple Originals documentary content. • Worked as production assistant and grip on in house shoots.

7/15 – 8/17

Digital Video Coordinator, X Games

Staff Position — ESPN Details
7/15 – 8/17

• Produced, filmed, and edited original content for XGames.com and all @XGames social platforms. • Worked with the X Games content team to plan effective content rollout strategies across all platforms. • Processed and published video to XGames.com using ESPN’s back end system, Scribe. • Managed and maintained all X Games production equipment.

6/14 – 7/15

Post Production Assistant

Staff Position — Brain Farm Cinema
6/14 – 7/15

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Education

Class of '14

Pennsylvania State University

B.A. Telecommunications (Focus in Production)/Business Minor

Skills

  • Producing
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Video Editing
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Media Encoder