Richard Lutz

Video Editor at Guitar Center where I am responsible for crafting content for both the Guitar Center and Musician’s Friend brands. This includes product videos and social content for brands like Fender, Line 6, and Focusrite. These videos have featured some of the world's top recording and touring artists like Andrew Watt, Tim Stewart, Liv Slingerland, and others. Responsibilities include creating engaging edits and implementing any producer or client feedback by incorporating any notes. I also was in charge of the color grading different projects including the Guitar-a-thon commercial and long-form video. I have also been involved as the DIT on-set. Responsibilities include transferring and backing up captured media and prepping projects for editing and post-production.

As the Video Content Producer, I have been responsible for leading the development and production of videos to help young people get to college, find their first jobs, and succeed in both. I have worked closely with the Director of Communication and marketing team to oversee the writing, development, and production of over 250 videos while making sure that they are consistent with Get Schooled’s mission and brand standards. Get Schooled YouTube Growth: • 314.4K Views • 4.5K Hours of Watch Time • +458 New Subscribers • 1.1 Million Impressions • 6% Click-Through Rate • 48.8% Average Audience Retention

While working at Gates Ventures I was responsible for the post-production and editing of nearly 450 videos for Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest to promote World History Project and Big History Project courses. During this project, I worked closely with the Social Media Manager on developing design templates and implementing a production strategy to hit certain milestones and goals. In addition to editing social videos, I also was responsible for editing several teacher testimonial videos for World History Project.

As part of the Nordstrom Live team, I was responsible for editing a number of videos showcasing what customers can expect to find at Nordstrom stores during the 2019 spring/summer seasons. These videos featured the latest collections by Birkenstock, To Boot New York, Anine Bing, Club Monaco, and others.

Worked closely with the associate creative director to edit different pitch films and create motion graphics for Facebook to promote Amica and findmyseattle.com. FindmySeattle.com social video results: The Find My Seattle social video campaign increased quiz completion from less than 1% before the campaign to nearly 50%. In the second quarter of 2019, the cost per session on findmyseattle.com decreased from $4.31 to $2.67. A nearly 62% decrease per user session. The average time spent on site increased by almost 258% from 0:43 seconds to 1:51. While working at Copacino+Fujikado I was also responsible for creating different motion graphics to be used in Instagram stories for Chateau Ste. Michelle wines.

Visual Storyteller at CreativeLive where I edited the Chase Jarvis LIVE Youtube show, podcast and social media derivatives from start to finish. Weekly responsibilities included editing a multi-camera interview show, audio, and color correction. The show featured interviews with some of the world’s leading entrepreneurs, thought leaders and creators with the goal of helping people live their dreams, in career, hobby and life. Additional responsibilities included creating a variety of social media content to promote Chase Jarvis and CreativeLive. This included creating Instagram story animations and videos, GIFs, and designing social media posts.

Assisted with the finishing and conform of the Beauty and the Beast sizzle reel and the first episode of Project Impossible for the History Channel. Worked with the Post Supervisors, Flame artist, and Colorist on preparing assets and XMLs in Adobe Premiere for Autodesk Flame and DaVinci Resolve. Assisted the Traffic Manager and the Night Coordinator on maintaining the vault which involved checking out various drives, tapes, and other media assets for internal use and to be delivered to third-party vendors. Worked with the Facilities and Traffic managers to support the editors, sound mixers, and post-production supervisors.

Runner at one of the world’s leading commercial VFX companies. Assisted producers and coordinators in taking care of any client or production requests related to different projects taking place in the Los Angeles studio. Also involved in the overall maintaince of the studio and made sure that it remains up to The Mill’s global standard.