Robert Blanchard

Responsible for creative development, production, and post-production of assigned projects. Use diverse skill set to create compelling, engaging, and high quality video content for broadcast, social media, corporate sponsors, and partners. Elevate department production quality using color grading, design, and animation skills. Use excellent communication skills to fully understand creative direction from project teams.

Led creative development and served as in-house Producer executing projects from concept to completion while maintaining close client relationships. Collaborated with clients and external agencies to understand and deliver on desired project goals. Managed strong creative teams by inspiring ideas and encouraging a culture of creativity and close collaboration. Proactively conceived and pitched innovative content ideas for broadcast, digital, and social media. Led development and operation of in-house production services and best practices. Developed and delivered effective project pitch presentations internally and externally. SENIOR EDITOR Completed exceptional editing work under extreme deadlines. Edited compelling long-form features for ESPN, demanding excellent storytelling ability and strong fact-based journalistic judgement. Credits: SC Featured, NFL Countdown, ESPN College GameDay, Outside the Lines, SportsCenter, Face to Face with Hannah Storm. Executed final color grading and compositing with a critical eye for detail and strong design aesthetic. Participated in staff management, mentoring, and scheduling. Researched and implemented new workflows to maximize efficiencies. Began and managed internship program.

Member of an Emmy Award winning management team overseeing production and control room operations in a complex, high pressure, live broadcast environment. Worked closely with Coordinating Producers, Directors, and Producers to prepare show production and staffing needs. Urgently and professionally resolved on/off-air technical issues, escalating serious issues for resolution.

Clients included: MLB Network, Anderson Productions, Spalding Sports, Yale University, Honeywell CPG, Travelers, UMASS, Media Connections Provided award-winning creative and production services to various broadcast and consumer product clients. Provided freelance services to area agencies, meeting the demanding standards of quality for clients such as ESPN, Pratt and Whitney, and Sikorsky.

Designed course, lesson plans, and taught Intro. to TV Production and Intro. to Digital Video Manipulation.

Awarded Telly Award: Documentary category. Conceived, produced, shot, and edited feature length documentary that chronicled the glee club’s 150th year and incredible history. Coordinated and executed shoots domestically and in South America.

Clients included: Aetna, Callaway Golf, CCMC, Church & Dwight, Cybex, GE, Honeywell CPG, Huffy, ING, LEGO, Loreal Paris, Pilot Pen, Spalding Sports, Top-Flite Golf, Travelers, Travelocity, United Technologies, Webster Bank