Christopher Smith

• Organized footage, prepared and maintained project files, assets, and other various tasks related to production • Maintained regular communication with creative directors, writers, and producers to coordinate timely deliveries • Supervised and delegated work to junior and assistant editors • QC’d exports to ensure content quality, size, and placement met requirements

• Created and ensured the deliveries of projects for broadcast and archived files for international distribution • Conformed long form projects to ensure proper delivery • QC’d video exports and audio mixes, making necessary corrections and adjustments to align with broadcast media standards • Troubleshot with producers and editors on technical complications or questions within the post production workflows

• Edited a wide variety of original content including long-form interviews, promos and junkets, sketches, and staff panels covering topical news content dedicated to science fiction and entertainment • Delivered projects in necessary video formats and codecs for multiple platforms including on-air and social media under quick turnaround deadlines • Worked closely with creative directors and producers to streamline and efficiently execute concepts • Handled all aspects of the video and audio editing process to script by ingesting and synching media, organizing files, mixing sound, pulling visual assets, and creating finalized links for review • Created graphics alongside the direction of the motion graphics team implementing interesting ways to best display finalized footage • Shot and setup camera/lighting equipment for in-house productions • Cut and edited the annual season segments of “SYFY WIRE: Con After Dark” for San Diego, New York, and D23 Comic Cons

• Edited scripted web shows, exclusive features, multi-camera artist performances, and marketing sizzles for Billboard’s YouTube channel, website, and social media verticals including Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat • Aided in video shoot production in-studio and on location • Worked as a PA for events such as Billboard’s Hot 100 Festival fulfilling tasks for video directors and producers • Wrote, produced, shot, and edited the summer video intern program promotional video

• Set up, organized and maintained the project • Communicated with producers, post coordinator and lead editor • Ingested and synched media, organized footage, mixed sound, pulled assets, and created string outs for the editor

• Filmed events and projects specific to university programs and sporting activities • Edited video content and published deliverables to the BGSU website • Organized and archived footage for the team’s database system