Brian Hensien

Collaborated with the internal design team consisting of writers, graphic designers, animators, event coordinators and department leaders to create various kinds of video content for marketing campaigns, live event coverage and product promotion. Worked with stock footage, graphics and animation to connect Wiley’s products to their clients. • Produced inspirational and impactful success story videos to highlight leadership products based on developing teams’ strengths. • Through animation (self-taught), illustrated the importance of new products when the shutdown made it difficult to shoot new testimonial video footage.

Collaborated with producers, directors, photographers and editors to produce programming for various cable television channels in White Bear Lake, MN. • Shot and edited stories based on positive community events. • Setup live broadcast productions of sporting events, community events and concerts. • Directed aerial operations program with the use of drones as a licensed FAA drone pilot.

Provided full, one-stop video production capabilities for marketing, educational, historical, and recruitment purposes. Founded the video department and subsequently produced over 200 highly regarded films focused on exploration, leadership and environmental concerns. • Built a solid reputation for NOLS for delivering adventurous, imaginative, captivating, high quality content. • Successfully filmed in wilderness locations for over 25 field weeks in Western Australia, Southern Chile, Mexico, Canada, and the US. • Increased social media presence on YouTube to more than 2M views and over 10K subscribers. • Trained, inspired, and mentored numerous production interns and assistants.

Shot, edited and produced a music video for a bluegrass band in Wyoming.

Produced, shot and edited a 10-part video series of an outdoor cooking show

Captured video footage in field for various local news stories skillfully using ENG Beta cameras, DVC Pro, and P2 High Definition camera. Collaborated closely with reporters to ensure breaking stories were swiftly and adequately reported to the public. Excelled at expertly editing stories for multiple newscasts under constant deadline pressure. Certified as microwave/live truck operator.