Assistant Director
Resume:
Charles S. Gilbert
Marietta, GA 30068
*****.*******@*****.***
Career Goal
To obtain a fulfilling position where my vast set of talents, skills, and
years of experience can be best used to serve, aide, and promote the
company while meeting it's goals and objectives
Experience
Oct. 2010 - present The
Weather Channel
Atlanta, GA
Freelance Associate Producer
Seek and write weather related news stories. Assist with line producing.
Write news tickers for live, on-air segments, Create graphics using I-News.
Coordinate live shots. Serve as video and content producer when needed
during live broadcasts
Mar. 2009 - June 2010 CNN Headline News
Atlanta, GA
Production Assistant/Field Producer/Package Producer - The Clark Howard
Show
Produce weekly segments, field produce on production days of the show.
Write and order graphics and side panels. Coordinate edit and oversee edit
sessions for segments of the show. Conceptualized branding ideas for
online media as well as on air media. Write bi-weekly blog entries for
cnn.com/living
Dec. 2008 - July 2009 CNN Headline News
Atlanta, GA
Production Assistant/Package Producer - The Morning Express With Robin
Meade
Coordinate with a third party company to generate questions for a daily
online game for the show; monitored all chat rooms that dealt with the
online game; assistant field producer the "Robin Expressed" weekly podcast;
ordered elements for on-air use; Associate producer/segment producer
responsibilities- ingested, logged, transcribed, and constructed an editing
pattern for; and produced the "Robin Expressed" podcast
Oct. 2007 - Dec. 2008 CNN
Headline News
Atlanta, GA
Production Assistant/Associate Producer - News To Me
Research and gather video content; Scriptwriting; field producing;
editing; seek, research and confirm shoot locations; producing pieces;
update the News To Me show page and newsletter; gather font information;
ASCAP and Library Music Reporting; actively generate ideas for show
segments; coordinate live Skype hits via satellites department from the
Headline News Control Room
Nov. 2006 - Oct. 2007 Turner
Broadcasting
Atlanta, GA
Video Journalist
Technical Video Journalist with CNN Media Operations. Operated
teleprompter, tape feeds operator, distributed scripts and floor directed
live and taped shows for CNN, CNN Headline News, and CNN International
News. Coordinated studio/set changes. Set up guest microphones and IFB.
Worked with production teams and other video journalist to produce
successful news segments. Served as the Atlanta Bureau Floor Director for
The Nancy Grace Show
Aug. 2003 - May 2006
WHOV-News
Hampton, VA
News Director/Studio Manager
Directed and produced news segments for television; produced, directed,
shot, and edited video segment including VO/SOT; set up and operated studio
equipment; prepared studio and talent for live broadcasts; Operated
character generator during productions, operated audio controls during
production, operated VTR during productions
Aug. 2005-Dec. 2005
The Daily Press
Newport News, VA
Online Journalism Intern
Conceptualized ideas for and wrote music and movie reviews for 7cities.com
June 2005 - Aug. 2005 MTV Networks/Viacom
New York, NY
Production Intern/Production Assistant
Production intern for mtvU, completed projects on time and within budget,
performed the duties of, but not limited to a production assistant such as
transcribing tapes, research, gathering releases for shoots, digitizing B-
roll, formulated segment ideas and shoots, studio setup, lighting setup,
audio setup, logging tapes into libraries, and dubbing tapes, keeping track
of production expense reports; writing 1-sheets for package ideas
Sept. 2003 - Dec. 2003 WHOV-FM
Hampton, VA
Reporter
Researched and wrote feature stories, hard news stories, and soft news
stories for radio segments; on-air traffic
reporter; gathered news from wire services.
Aug 2001 - May 2002 Mike L.
Productions Washington,
DC
Promoter/Event Planner
Served as an event coordinator and promoter that specialized in themed
social gatherings to the D.C. community as well as surrounding areas.
Maintained business relationships with vendors and club owners. Advertised
and promoted events via radio, and social media websites; social media
marketing and promotions
Aug. 2001- April 2002 Howard University Spotlight
Washington, DC
Assistant Audio Director
Assisted audio director in setting up lapel microphones. Gained and
maintained audio levels for packages throughout the production. Patched
audio through different routers
Aug. 1997- May 2001 Walton High School T.V Station
Marietta, GA
Television Station Operator
Produced and directed a 15 minute live daily newscast in association with
CNN Student Bureau. Worked numerous positions from producer, director,
audio director, technical director. Gained experience working with
teleprompters, lighting gel filaments, limited experience with computer
generated Imaging (Chromo key colors), operation of tape deck, floor
director. Trained other students on linear and Non-linear editing equipment
Skills, Knowledge, and Equipment
Knowledge in U-Lead Editing systems, Vortex Desk Edit, Adobe Premiere,
Final Cut Pro and Avid, Studio setup, lighting setup, Trained in Final
Cut Pro Version 7.0, audio setup, publicity writing, technical writing,
public relations technician Pre-production planning, Post-production, Good
leadership skills, multitasking abilities. Organizing prompt books,
casting, props set up, stage crafting, script writing, acting,
improvisational acting; robotic camera work; Tanburg 2500 (VTC); Imux
(VTC); WinCue; CNN iNews Wire Service; Turner Broadcast Training with Media
Source; Microsoft Word; Excel; Outlook; Power Point, providing production
expense reports, creating 1-sheets for projects; ASCAP music reporting;
familiar with user generated content websites (UGC); extensive knowledge of
social networking sites; CNN showpage updates; Skype video conferencing;
familiar with web applications for website creation and maintenance.
Extremely literate in social media marketing, promotions,
and networking and RSS websites (Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, Linkedin,
Ning), Associated Press Style Format, Chicago Style Format, Broadcast
Script Writing, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Education
Feb. 2011 - Mar. 2011 Barney Fletcher Schools
Marietta, GA
Real Estate Pre-license Sales
June 2011 Georgia Real Estate Commission
Marietta, GA
Sales Agent Licence Number: 345927
2002-2006 Hampton University
Hampton, VA
Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications
B.A. Journalism and Communications (Broadcast Emphasis) Minor in Theater
Arts (Cinema Studies Emphasis)
Organizations
Foundation Lodge #592, Prince Hall Free & Accepted Masons
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc
National Association of Black Journalists
Hampton Players Theater Group
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