Matt Aidan

Writer. creator and host of "Your Necessary Delusion" podcast, the storytelling show that celebrates vulnerability and explores the fantasies that drive us to our greatest successes and greatest failures in life.

Wrote, directed and produced the launch video for "Happy Monkey" featuring Fresh AF all natural deodorant.

Content Creator and Art Director for paid media and online video content. Responsibilities include writing scripts, designing sets and directing talent onset for direct response marketing videos on Facebook and other social media platforms. Working closely with editors to provide notes and deliver final videos. As well as working closely with the Acquisition Team to hone insights and target new members.

Writer, director and video producer for sketch comedy content across all social media platforms. Working closely with comedian to flesh out original concepts, develop scripts, create shot lists and direct actors onset and edit videos.

Largest provider of urban content in the market with a cumulative audience of 8M across all social media platforms. Write, direct and produce premium and branded web series, unscripted content, and comedy sketches aired on YouTube (4.36M subscribers), Facebook (4.8M followers) plus all other social media platforms. Collaborate across a 30-member writing/producing team. Creative lead onset directing actors and crew in web series, branded content and sketch comedy productions. Working closely with internal advertising agency by: writing branded content and participating in brainstorms, and writing pitch deck copy for Sony, Warner Bros and NBC Universal. Credits: Wrote the company's first branded web series “Celsius Now!” which promoted Celsius energy drink company and gained 1.3M views on social media. Wrote the premium web series “Street Camp” (4 Ya’ll Entertainment), “Pamela Pumpkin Saves the World,” “Inside the Office,” (Riff Raff, E40, Trinidad James), “Kids Talk Like ___” and “40 Rock” (Erik Griffin and Tony Rock). Conceived, produced and directed viral music videos for “Fat Drake” (Summer Sixteen, Snack to Snack with 6M views), premium unscripted web series “Food Lessons” (Dr. Chorizo): viral video “Dance Like Nobody’s Watching with OG Pollard” (3.4 M views) as well as countless comedy sketches.

Writer and segment producer for the premiere Roast of America by All Def Digital on Fusion Network. Using the traditional Comedy Central Roast format, the host (Romany Malco) as well as a dais of comedians (Donnell Rawlings, Earthquake, Aida Rodriguez, Orny Adams, etc) aimed insults at everything that is wrong with 2016 America. Premiered on Election Night 2016 acting as interstitials to live election coverage on Fusion Network and aired afterwards on the network as a cohesive post election special. Credited with writing the opening monologue and show copy for the host as well as contributing jokes for the comedians on the dais. Produced comedy video segments that supported the onstage roast.

I wrote jokes for the opening monologue performed by Tony Rock and presenter's speeches including Snoop Dogg, Mike Epps, Robin Thicke and Ice Cube. I also wrote and produced video sketch segments with Russell Simmons, Tony Rock and Bill Bellamy that were played during the show.

I wrote a musical comedy sketch for the showcase called "The Lucious Lyon King" which was a mash up of FOX's "Empire" and Disney's "The Lion King." I also wrote a sketch for the video segment of the showcase called "Dora the Manic Depressive Explorer."