Raymond D. Widstrand

*** **** *** **• New Brighton, MN 55112

651-***-**** • ac2udh@r.postjobfree.com

Educational Background

Bachelor of Science; Mass Communications-Television Production Sequence

ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Professional Experience

Master Control Operator/Programming Assistant, February 2011 to November 2016

Suburban Community Channels, White Bear Lake, MN

Digitizing, programming, and archiving content for Suburban Community Channels. I assisted in technical engineering of the station as well as studio and live operations. Duties included extensive data entry, data management, scheduling, content management and writing progress reports. Worked to develop programming contacts, managed producer information.

Manager: Ted Arbeiter

Phone- 651-***-****

Video Production Intern, August 2010 to January 2011

Edina Channel 16, City of Edina

Duties included shooting, editing, copying, data management and uploading videos to the web and for broadcast on Edina Channel 16. I used Tightrope Media Systems to record and program content, and assisted in directing and creating graphics for public access TV.

Manager: Scott Denfeld

Phone- 952-***-****

Camera Operator, June 2010 to July 2013

National Sports Center, Blaine, MN

Shooting games at the NSC for the Minnesota Stars, editing teases from game highlights. Shooting Women’s Hockey playoffs from the NSC. Shooting High School Hockey in the Schwan’s Cup at the XCel Energy Center. All camerawork was done for a live webcast of the games.

Manager: Scott Wittrock

Phone- 612-***-****

Programming Director, June 2009 to July 2010

UTVS CHARTER CHANNEL 21, St. Cloud MN

Programmed, scheduled, digitized, and archived every show on UTVS channel 21, working with Tightrope Media Systems. Primary duties were program scheduling and acquisition of additional programming for UTVS. Additional duties included keeping digital and written records as well as making MPEG-4 copies, and managing live stream for the website and On Demand functions. Worked to help student producers and develop station contacts.

Manager: Derrick Silvestri

Phone- 320-***-****

Activities and Achievements

• 8 years of experience working with volunteers, students, faculty and government employees in video production.

• Medal of Valor recipient from the St. Paul Police Department

• 8 years of experience operating TV production equipment, managing digital media workflow, and nonlinear editing with AVID Media Composer and Final Cut Pro.

Technical Proficiency

Environments: Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Tools: Tightrope Media Systems, AVID Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, DVD Studio Pro, Illustrator, After Effects, Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ICal