Claire Seaton (She/Her)

Edited educational video courses, ranging from 30 minutes to 3.5 hours, in Adobe Premiere. Edited videos at the stringout, rough, fine, and master stages. Set up Premiere projects, managed proxy and multicam workflows, and created b-roll selects. Selected thumbnails for course lessons and created subtitles. Produced on-location and studio shoots. Framed and lit shots, operated teleprompter, recorded audio. Created visual treatments for courses, collated media (including music, archival, and stock footage to license), scheduled script reads with course hosts, conducted visual passes on scripts, and coordinated travel details for shoots. Credits include: Travel Journalism, How To Appreciate Art, Sailing The World Part 1: Getting Started, Van Travel, French Cheese: Mapped, Bikepacking New Zealand, Ocean Safety 101, Museums, Theatre.

Edits weekly YouTube videos about facial rejuvenation & skincare for double board-certified facial plastic surgeon.

Shot & edited MC & K's wedding video. Solo two-camera DSLR shoot. Edited full ceremony video, short social highlights video, and longer keepsake video.

Compiled research for journalist Brendan Miller's explainer video on Russian geopolitics.

In addition to shooting the event, I edited the video, adding slides from the speaker's presentation.

Compiled research for journalist Brendan Miller's explainer video on online controversies.

Produces promotional and educational videos for website and social media presence, and documents events and outreach initiatives. Advises on multimedia production needs regarding student fellows, education initiatives, and grantee applications. Plans and produces video interviews with journalist grantees, while teaching interns to shoot and edit videos.

Facilitated local film, TV, and radio production for a community media nonprofit center. Managed memberships, loaned audio and video production equipment, and performed administrative duties including processing payments and maintaining media production spaces.

Operated one of three cameras, edited the concert videos, mixed audio, and coordinated production.

Builds content and manages publishing load for Pulitzer Center website, including grantee work, blog posts, and event listings. Supports multimedia team by planning, filming, and editing videos, searching through archival footage, and providing events coverage. Designs weekly newsletter, schedules social media posts, and curates grantee Instagram takeovers for communications team.

Taught film production to 2-week camp sessions of 9- to 13-year-olds, including camera, lighting, and audio equipment handling and narrative structure. Assistant directed, co-wrote, and edited campers' short films. Led acting exercises and media literacy workshops.

Instructed campus community in the use of creative audio and visual production equipment in a college library setting. Developed the inaugural Student Training & Development Coordinator position to evaluate student employee core competencies, redevelop student employee training based on new media literacy requirements, and evaluate and assess progress. Instructed students and faculty in the use of production equipment, including DSLRs, video cameras, audio recording equipment, studio lights, and microphones, and managed analog to digital conversion projects for teaching and research.

Managed social media accounts and coordinated outreach for a student chamber choir. Grew online presence by creating an Instagram account and a YouTube page. Designed merchandise and branding material.

Directed, helped film, and appeared in the trailer for Sinfonicron Light Opera Company's production of Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Grand Duke'

Edited two product spot ads for social media distribution. Served as First Assistant Director for the shoot as well.

Taught 40 middle and high school youths elements of film production to create original 5-minute films in groups at Youth Film Institute, a weekend camp.

Filmed TEDx Conference speakers with a team of two other camera operators, mixed live.

Produced two documentary shorts through the Document Arlington Project, covering preproduction, shooting, and postproduction. Coordinated and conducted interviews, operated cameras, and logged/transcribed footage.

Assisted with audio equipment setup/takedown for church praise band, and mixed and monitored live audio feeds for Sunday morning worship services. Recorded sermons for podcast distribution, ran projected slides.