Spokane Wa Media Production

DENISE EMILY

**** * ***** *** *** * Spokane, WA *9201 *********************@*****.*** 509-***-**** https://vimeo.com/showcase/4615170 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1776261/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisevideo

EDUCATION (Fluent in Spanish)

Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art: Photography & Video emphases, University of Idaho Master of Arts, Interdisciplinary Film & Education, Eastern Washington University Bachelor of Arts, Radio & Television, Eastern Washington University CAREER SUMMARY

• Creative & collaborative director, editor, producer, writer & videographer with marketing skills

• Award winning documentary filmmaker & educator

• Personable, energetic & friendly brand ambassador

• Resourceful grant writer & fundraiser; over $250,000 in media projects funded

• Technically proficient problem solver & troubleshooter; expert communicator

• Versatile crew member adapts easily to changing technologies, personalities & environments EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE

SHOPPER Instacart Spokane WA November 2022-present

• Fulfilling grocery & other shopping orders & delivery

• Diamond cart status & 5 star rating

STAGEHAND IATSE Local 93 Spokane WA October 2022

Non-Union hire audio / video tech for SPA Physics Annual Convention & Electrical department for

“The Book of Mormon”

• A/V support for presenters & video switching live sources

• Unloading & loading equipment & working with electrical department for live theater production RUNNER CBS Sports Network (McCarthy Athletic Center) Spokane WA February 2021-present

• Assisting production for national live television broadcasts of NCAA Mens Basketball

• Supporting crew as assigned by supervising Technical Manager; CoVid19-compliance, craft service runs, loading & unloading equipment, running cable, rallying crew for meetings & relaying schedule changes, local liaison to facilities, security & catering, striking production & location References: Brad Krieger 818-***-**** Technical Manager CBS Sports Network Brent Shadoan 206-***-**** Crew Coordinator LDM Worldwide Corp. ACTRESS Adventure Games Team Building LLC Coeur d’ Alene ID & Spokane WA September 2022

• Improvisational acting for Spy Game interactive team building exercises

• High energy facilitator for Camp Summer Games team building exercises Reference: Chad Michael, owner 310-***-**** https://www.adventuregamesinc.com/locations/ california-team-building/san-diego-team-building/

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Bright Road Productions Naples ID July-August 2022

• Assisting production for Discovery Series “Homestead Rescue” Season 5 Episode 2

• Airport runner, driving cast & crew, petty cash & purchasing experience

• Supporting crew as assigned as by Production Coordinator; CoVid19-compliance, craft service runs, loading & unloading equipment, shipping, set-basecamp relay, fueling production vehicles

• Behind the scenes still photographer

References: Jeremy Gilbreath Coordinating Producer 818-***-**** BRAND AMBASSADOR

AARP Livetech LLC Hoopfest Spokane June 25-27, 2022 & ALL OF US Norton National WSU Spokane September 22-23, 2022

• Invited all members of the Hoopfest Basketball Tournament event community to participate in AARP promotions regardless of age or membership

• Distributed swag with a friendly smile & engaged with people in a friendly & genuine manner

• Provided public with information about the “All of Us” medical project & promoted participation

• Developed public relations experience without sales pressure & practiced communication skills Reference: Karrie Kropp 303-***-**** Vanessa Blacknall 972-***-**** AARP Hoopfest 2022 https://youtu.be/X2aYva8SOYA

ALL OF US https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/2022-09-22/national-institutes-of-health-looks- for-research-participants-in-spokane?_amp=true

EVENT SALES Spokane Pride Parade Rainbow Sales Team Spokane WA June 11, 2022

• Direct merchandise sales to event attendees, commission top earner

• Experience fundraising & promoting local nonprofit

• Reliable, responsible & ethical cash handling/customer service

• Demonstrated energy, enthusiasm & physical fitness required of large location

• Effective interpersonal & persuasive communication skills honed Reference: Brooke 208-***-**** Manager

ACTRESS Private Live Event Spokane Valley WA June 9, 2022

* Considerate & thoughtful collaboration for dramatic personal/private improv event

* Thorough preproduction preparation & planning including character analysis & backstory

* Emoted naturally on cue adapting performance to changes in planning, timing & unknown elements without issue

* Kept clients’s confidence through reliable, realistic & empathetic communication Reference: Theresa Rivers 208-***-****

VIDEOGRAPHER/SITE LEAD BallerTV Spokane WA March-April 2022

• Live event production/sports live-streaming

• Setting up equipment, troubleshooting & problem solving technical issues, monitoring streams

• Placing marketing materials throughout event locations & brand representation

• Experience utilizing Teamwork app for logistics & communication Reference: Jazmin Chavez 702-***-**** Head Site Lead CAMERA CREW SWX Sports Spokane WA January-February 2022

• Shooting NCAA college & local high school basketball for regional digital sub channel broadcasting

• sports throughout Eastern Washington, the Idaho panhandle & Montana

• Setting up & striking gear, camera utility assistance & other duties as assigned References: Tom Holmberg ***.********@***.*** KHQ-TV-6 Producer/Director Sarah Krum 503-***-**** Pacific Coast Crewing

CAMERA CREW Skeeterbuggins Productions Cheney WA November 2021 - February 2022

• Assisting in ESPN-Plus Livestream coverage of NCAA Mens & Women’s Basketball

• Redhat experience assisting director as liaison to referee staff timing television timeouts

• Instant replay operator/editor; recording plays, live playbacks at varied speeds & editing highlights

• Graphics & score keeping experience

• Assisting camera crew, setting up & striking gear, other duties as assigned Reference: Jarod Breshears 208-***-**** Producer/Director/Owner Sarah Krum 503-***-**** Pacific Coast Crewing

VIDEOGRAPHER & EDITOR Washington State University College of Agricultural Human & Natural Resource Sciences, Pullman WA 2009-2012

• Shooting & editing promotional short documentaries to highlight degree programs, students and alumni for college marketing & communications

• Experience editing with Adobe CS & Final Cut Pro

• Adherence to messaging standards while collaborating with director of marketing Reference: James Cathey *****.******@***.*** 208-***-**** VIDEOGRAPHER & EDITOR National Music Service Inc., Spokane WA 1998-2006

• Shooting SD/HD cameras; utilize fixed & variable focal length lenses with a variety of filters

• Extensive Photoshop experience; efficient & effective touch up work to client photographs

• Technically proficient video editor quickly turning around media assets on tight deadlines

• Lighting, sound mixing, FTP/Media management & customer service skills References: Mitch Osako 509-***-**** & Sarah Engelhard 509-***-**** PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT

DEVELOPMENT READER NXNW Entertainment Spokane WA 2000-2006

• Assisted with production logistics of narrative feature films; experience running errands & with petty cash procedures, driving cast & crew, set lock ups & other tasks as needed

• Assistant to the director on fiction feature film; driver/personal/professional assistant

• Script reader for open call on screenplays

Reference: Juan Mas 509-***-**** Assistant Director (Whacked! 2000, Home of the Brave 2006) EDITOR

SWITCHER

ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

RESEARCH ASSISTANT KXLY-TV-4 Spokane WA 1998-2000

• Editing broadcast television news packages in fast paced environment within tight deadlines

• Experience switching & rolling in video live

• Audio mixing skills

Reference: Miriam Kinder 509-***-****

INDEPENDENT

DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER Independent Camera/Director/Editor/Producer/Writer 1997-present

• Creating nonfiction films for festival & public television distribution

• Fundraising, grant writing, budgeting productions, hiring/managing cast & crew

• Collaborating with participants to tell dramatic compelling stories about real life/people

• Expert interviewer skilled at building rapport with nonfiction participants References: Michael Huffstutler 208-***-**** MLH Films Greg Moller University of a Idaho *******@******.*** 208-***-**** EDUCATOR 1998-2019

VISITING PROFESSOR

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

LECTURER/ADJUNCT Taught Documentary/Travel Photography & Video courses for USAC

(University Studies Abroad Consortium) in Galway, Ireland & Puntarenas, Costa Rica & was a FIDA

(Faculty & staff International Development Award) recipient traveling to Santiago, Chile studying Latin American Photography & Spanish

• Taught undergraduate & graduate television, film & video production/writing/theory courses for the Department of Film at Eastern Washington University & in the School of Journalism & Mass Media at the University of Idaho

• Experience with curriculum development & implementation, college instruction, public speaking & lecturing, collaboration among departments, grant writing, community service & outreach

• Knowledge of higher education marketing & communications References: Kenton Bird 208-***-**** Professor UI **********@*****.*** Tom Mullin 509-***-**** Professor Emeritus EWU *******@****.***.*** VOLUNTEER

MEMBER Spokane Film Project April 2020-Present FILM CLUB MODERATOR Summer 2020

• Curated films, generated questions & guided discussions Reference: Rebecca Cook 509-***-**** SFP President SCHOLARSHIP REVIEWER & GRANT RECIPIENT Pride Foundation Seattle WA 2017-2018

• Reading & rating applications for competitive LGBTQIA scholarship programs in the Pacific Northwest

• Evaluating using foundation guidelines & adhering to privacy regulations

• Collaboration with fellow reviewers to discuss applications & make recommendation for funding GRANT RECIPIENT LGBTQIA oral history audio/video collection & digital archive “Idaho Queered: Proud Histories From the Gem State” https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/queered/ Reference: Steve Martin 208-***-**** Regional Philanthropy Officer *****@***************.*** FILM REVIEWER Breckenridge Film Festival Breckinridge CO 2017-2018

• Reviewed & rated documentary features & shorts for annual festival utilizing Film Freeway & Without-a-Box online festival submission systems & Made recommendations for programming BOARD MEMBER Contemporary Arts Alliance Spokane WA 2001-2004

• Board of Directors member for the Spokane International Film Festival

• Reviewed feature & short fiction & non-fiction film submissions, rated films & recommended selections, collaboration with the board & within the community on marketing & volunteers/interns AWARDS/HONORS

Award for Best Short Tribute Documentary, Tribute Film Festival, Abilene TX, March 2018 Teaching Excellence Award, University of Idaho 2018 Spokane International Film Festival Best of the NW Official Selection, Spokane WA February 2018 Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings Festival Official Selection, Seattle WA, September 2017 IRTS Faculty Fellow CES Las Vegas NV January 2014

Best Use of Genre-Superhero, “Super Normal”, National Film Challenge: The 48-Hour Film Challenge, January 2012

Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Faculty Fellow, Los Angeles CA, November 2012 Best Overall Short Documentary Film, “Pups”, All Sports Los Angeles Film Festival, July 2010. El Capitan Award Short Film, “Planet in Peril”, Yosemite International Film Festival, September 2011

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