Sidney L. Jackson, Jr.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Associate Producer for ESPN winning two Emmy Awards for Best Anthology sports series for the documentary series SportsCentury (2000 – 2006)
Archive manager and production assistant for CNBC Researching political video and footage for award winning live broadcasts
Freelance videographer for All Jersey Studios responsible for compiling and editing clients’ personal footage, and designed and produced packaging materials
Video licensing assistant for NBA Productions responsible for ensuring video compliance with league licensing agreements, maintaining the video footage library and monitoring local media coverage of league stories
Writer for the New Jersey publication The Trentonian responsible for conducting interviews, collecting statistics and researching local news stories
WORK EXPERIENCE
Air Import/Export Coordinator
DB Schenker (2018- Present)
Responsible for maintaining statistical logs of client shipping information
Responsible for organization, indexing and maintenance of physical files related to shipping procedures
Responsible for assisting clients and warehouse personnel in daily shipping procedures
Content Insertion Assistant
Bamtech Media (ESPN + Live Streaming Network) - New York, NY (2018)
Responsible for inserting breaks, bumps and teases into live broadcasts on the ESPN + streaming network
Responsible for assembling and recording metadata associated with each live broadcast
Customer Service Associate
Xerox, New York, NY (2017-2018)
•Responsible for daily customer service interaction to cater to all client needs
•Providing mass volume document printing and duplication. Poster design and generation
•Responsible for record management of client financial presentation books
Customer Service Associate
Ricoh, New York, NY (2016-2017)
•Responsible for daily management of all client assets
•Responsible for shipping and receiving of client mail and materials including documents, displays and product samples
•Provided mass volume document printing, binding and duplication.
Archive Manager
Deluxe Media/Adstream - New York, NY (2012-2016)
Responsible for management of all data relating to materials stored in the house library and in outside vendor storage facilities
Responsible for data input of codes for location of client stored materials, client transactions of billing information, and responding to clients’ needs in regards to stored materials
Designed the internal production material storage system
Assisted producers in the retrieval of stored materials
Digital Archive Assistant Manager
Digital Media Research (DMR) - New York, NY (2017)
Responsible for housing and shipping digital media archival assets used for demographic market research
Responsible for organization and storage of physical assets.
Archive Manager
Deluxe Media / Adstream - New York, NY (2012-2016)
Responsible for overseeing client stored assets used in television commercial production including hard drives, digibeta and beta masters, LTOs, props, scripts and other media production materials. Also responsible for billing information of client transactions and responding to clients’ needs in regards to stored materials
Assisted producers in the research and retrieval of stored materials. Also responsible for the shipping and receiving of said materials using Aspera for digital assets and all conventional shipping methods such as FedEx, UPS, and DHL for physical assets.
Senior Media Librarian
THE MILL - New York, NY (2010-2012)
Responsible for overseeing client stored materials such as hard drives, digibeta and beta masters, props, scripts and other production materials. Also responsible for the storage of footage, film negatives and equipment.
Assisted producers and handled outside client requests for all production assets.
Cataloged and housed all assets entering and exiting the facility.
Digital Ingest Assistant
WABC – New York, NY (2010)
Input of data capture for incoming satellite feed material.
Footage ingest and distribution for the Good Morning America show and ABC News programming
Editing of footage for archival storage
Archives Associate/Production Assistant
CNBC – Englewood Cliffs, NJ (2008-2010)
Responsible for assisting in video footage management; logging and storage.
Assisted producers in search and retrieval of stored media assets.
Staff Sportswriter
The Trentonian- Trenton, NJ (2007 - 2008)
Responsible for writing features and wrap ups for local sporting events such as High School sports and adult recreation leagues
Assisted in recording statistics for local sports events
Production Assistant
NBA Entertainment- Secaucus, NJ (2006 - 2007)
Responsible for assisting production teams in footage research for marketing projects
Responsible for logging and screening footage for both long format and live shows
Associate Producer; Production Assistant
ESPN – Bristol, CT (1999 - 2006)
Responsible for assisting in the production of the Emmy Award winning series SportsCentury (the precursor to 30 for 30)
Assisted producers in search and retrieval of stored media assets.
Responsible for logging and screening footage for both long format and live shows
Responsible for producing highlight packages for SportsCenter, ESPNnews and other live broadcasts
Conducted live interviews; scouted locations for B-Roll shoots and assisted producers with the layouts for both long format and live programs
EDUCATION
Hampton University, Hampton, VA
Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Mass Media Arts and Broadcast Communication
PROGRAM PROFICIENCIES
Microsoft Word l Excel l PowerPoint l Outlook l Aspera l Adobe Photoshop l Premier l Lotus Notes l Quark Xpress l Internet Explorer l Firefox l Print Production Fiery technology