Freelance Videographer & Editor Ben Rich Freelance Videographer Experience Creative Services Video Designer University of Nevada, Las Vegas – July 2017 to Present Established new budget and managed purchasing as first staff videographer for Creative Services. Managed freelance videographers and content creators for larger projects. Installed multi-terabyte SAN storage system and setup cloud backup systems. Transitioned Creative Services video workflow to full 4K capability. Live Events Video Director New York Public Library – Sep 2013 to June 2017 Hired and directed team of 4 videographers in 60+ live streamed, multi-camera events each year. Managed intricate approval process involving NYPL staff, stakeholders and celebrity guests. Improved delivery of nightly shorts for web distribution by streamlining production workflow. Managed Drupal website postings of multimedia content. Designed new portable live video production rig to provide 4K live streaming capability. Freelance Videographer & Editor Nel Shelby Productions – Nov 2012 to Present Filmed 300+ dance concerts, workshops, conventions, lectures, and interviews. Managed personnel, communications and media for large multi-day festival projects. Engaged in one-on-one post-production and video editing sessions with clients. Facilitated workflow transition from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere for team of 5. Advised on software and equipment solutions, including livestream & media playback services. Assistant Video Producer & Virtual Pillow Video Coordinator Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival – 2010 to 2016 Generated 250+ hours recorded HD footage in each 4 month festival. Managed & trained 2 interns and an apprentice each season. Produced video for web and social media, ensuring quality control. Authored thousands of DVD & Blu-Ray discs for archives, artists & students. Digitized and re-mastered decades of archival footage. Established a new HD / digital video workflow from scratch. Customized and managed 24TB Final Cut Pro Media Server. Principal Ben Rich Film – 2010 to Present Freelance videographer providing production, switching, projection, IMAG, direction, editing, live streaming, and load-in / load-out services. Clients include Tribeca Film Festival, World Leaders Forum, Nevada Ballet Theatre, PEN Awards, Rainforest Foundation, Women For Women Intl., Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and Columbia University. Technical Skills Adobe Premiere editor, Final Cut Pro 7 editor; Final Cut Server administration; Cameraman; Sound engineer; Live multi-cam switching; Web Livestreaming; Digital projectionist; Simulcasting; Media conversion and encoding; Analogue video digitization; Video for web; DVD and Blu-Ray authoring; PC and Mac competency; Web publishing Software Proficiencies Adobe CC (Premiere, AE, Photoshop); Final Cut Studio (FCP 7, Server, DVD Studio Pro); Microsoft Office; MPEG Streamclip; Screenflow; Toast Titanium; QLab; Playback Pro; Drupal Equipment Proficiencies Cameras: Sony (PMW 200, EX 1, EX 3, NX5U, A99, A7sII), Canon (C100, 5D) Panasonic (PTZ, AG-AC 160A); JVC; DJI; GoPro Switchers: Newtek Tricaster; Analog Way Eikos; Blackmagic ATEM; Livestream Studio HD; Wirecast; Sony Anycast System Encoders: AJA Kona media digitizer; Canopus; Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle and H.264 Encoder; Teradek Cube Other: Digital Projectors; Field Recorders; Microphones; Analog tape and media 2012 Études Françaises Undergraduate - Concordia University, Montreal 2010 Bachelor of Arts Cum Laude in Dance - California State University, Sacramento 2006 Undergraduate Cinema Studies Junior Standing - San Francisco State University 1998 Youth Video Production Program - Access Sacramento Cable TV Other Skills CPR certified, First Aid certified, Supervisor experience, Technical trainer/teacher, Search engine optimization, Choreographer, Dancer, Fitness teacher, Rock climbing; Scuba diver