Assistant Personal
Resume:
Lee Schatzman
Video Editor, Producer, Photographer & Illustrator
New York, NY 10021
***.***********@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
Kingdom of Roach, Queens, NY — Founder, Producer & Editor OCTOBER 2018 - PRESENT
As a founding partner, I oversee pre-production, production, and post-production, fulfilling multiple roles including production manager, editor, cinematographer, photographer.
We produce roughly 10-15 videos per year ranging from advertising to entertainment with budgets up to $20,000 and teams of creative professionals anywhere from 3-25 employees.
Shutterstock, New York, NY — Customer Support Specialist FEBRUARY 2017 - PRESENT
Customer Care & Platform Support
Handle customer support cases for Shutterstock’s emerging product lines: Offset, Premiumbeat, Bigstock & Rocketstock (43,000+ interactions annually) and maintain a customer happiness score of 83.7%.
Create and assign JIRA tickets for bug fixes on these four platforms, working with the development team, product managers and product operations to document and prioritize issues, create workarounds and test resolutions.
Generate support templates for more technically complicated cases
(vector exports, video alpha channel explanations, video overlay effects, and After Effect Templates) to better assist my team’s response time and accuracy.
Refer enterprise Offset and Premiumbeat accounts to the sales for further indemnification (250+ referrals quarterly). Shutterstock Community Support
Film and edit internal Shutterstock videos including their Hack to the Future promo for their annual Hackathon, and Stanstock, a fun introductory video for Shutterstock’s new CEO, Stan Pavlovsky. I also facilitate, record and edit our quarterly social, Open Mic Night.
Designed the ShADEs logo — (Shutterstock Afro-Descendant Employees) an ERG dedicated to the retention, development, advancement and empowerment of Black Employees.
AWARDS
“Best of” NYC
Independent Film
Festival — produced
and edited short film
later turned web series
Under the Bridge (2020).
“Select Content” Philip
K. Dick Film Festival —
filmed and edited the
short film A Mouthful of
Flesh (2016).
“1st Place Short Film”
Galway Film Fleadh —
filmed and edited the
short documentary
Something Borrowed
(2016).
“Director’s Choice
Award” University of
Cincinnati/DAAP —
filmed and edited the
short documentary
Creating Place: Busking
(2015).
EXPERIENCE
Patti Cake$, Brooklyn, NY — Assistant Video Editor MAY 2016 - JUNE 2016
Assisted in editing the highly praised Sundance Film Festival select feature-length film Patti Cakes$. Directed by Geremy Jasper. Starring Danielle Macdonald.
Copied and saved daily footage from the mobile set hard drive to the main editing hard drive and backup.
Assembled pre-edit sequences, labeled and logged metadata, and synced audio to video.
Sat in on every session with the editor and director and was able to take part in their discussions when asked to voice my opinion.
Organized test screenings.
A**holes, Brooklyn, NY — Assistant Video Editor
MARCH 2016 - APRIL 2016
Assisted in editing the SXSW award-winning feature-length film A**holes. Directed by Peter Vack. Starring Betsey Brown.
Assembled pre-edit sequences and synced audio to video.
Organized test screenings, recorded feedback for each screening, and partook in the discussions about that commentary.
SeeThink Films, Brooklyn, NY — Intern
OCTOBER 2015 - DECEMBER 2016
Assisted with various stages of production, distribution and logistics for two feature films (Goat, Breaking a Monster), and a wide range of commercial productions serving as assistant editor, assistant cameraman, production assistant, and personal assistant.
Administered the office and studio space in a secretarial role on a daily basis.
EDUCATION
Thomas More University, Crestview Hills, KY — Bachelor of Arts
& Associates of Arts Degrees
AUGUST 2009 - MAY 2013
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a focus in Studio Art and a minor in Art History maintaining a 3.71 GPA.
A member of the Thomas More Saints football team for two years, taking first place in the Presidents Athletic Conference both years.
Resident assistant and active member of resident life for three years creating four programs a semester — two educational and two social. SKILLS
Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2020
Adobe After Effects CC 2020
Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Adobe Illustrator CC 2020
Final Cut Pro X
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