Image Formats Team Lead at Vaco
Resume:
Charles Kieser
Image Formats Team Lead at Vaco
San Francisco, CA 94117
adlcyd@r.postjobfree.com
1. Great with organization and creative solutions
2. Fast and self-motivated learner
3. Follows directions to the letter
4. Excellent communication skills
Willing to relocate to: San Jose, CA - Los Angeles, CA - Toronto, OH Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Image Formats Team Lead
Vaco @ Google - Sunnyvale, CA
November 2019 to Present
• Supervise daily operations of image extensions review team
• Review client-submitted gallery ads and then image extensions
• For quality assurance, I review team performance, and advise the other team members on how they might improve our quality rating
• Curate special gallery ads and image extensions for select clients, creating new ads from existing website content
• Inspect and upload team members' curated image extensions, ensuring that they meet our high visual standard
• Handle communications between our team and Google's clients
• Supervise and coordinate team transition from gallery ads to general image extensions Content Analyst
Vaco @ Google - Sunnyvale, CA
January 2019 to October 2019
• Work as a contractor at Google's Sunnyvale campus
• Perform quality control for the browser's advertising content by reviewing client-submitted gallery ads, text-and-image displays to be swiped through on mobile devices
• Review gallery ads every day, ensuring that they pass all of Google's guidelines and successfully promote their products
Photography Data Collection Field Agent
Vaco @ Google - San Francisco, CA
October 2018 to December 2018
• Approach people in public spaces to participate in the developing face recognition software for Google's upcoming Pixel 4 phone
• Show willing participants how to test the hardware
• Collect relevant data in short surveys and send all feedback to my managers at Vaco Lead Editor, Colorist and Ambassador
Applause for a Cause - Evanston, IL
January 2017 to October 2018
• Act as the lead editor for "The Helsings," a feature-length film whose proceeds went to a charity for domestic abuse victims
• Sync all of the audio and visual clips, and assemble each full cut of the film
• Perform color correction for the organization's next film "Vanishing Act," whose proceeds went to disaster relief for disabled individuals
• Help the organization to raise funds for its next feature, "Charge" Video Editor
Northwestern Sketch Television - Evanston, IL
September 2015 to June 2018
• Sync clips and assemble rough and final cuts for several NSTV videos, all with different styles of editing and comedy
• Work on the second-highest number of sketches, after the post-production coordinator
• Compose musical scores and work with motion graphics and color correction Editor, Colorist, and Archivist
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL June 2017 to August 2017
• Archive large volumes of Super 8 footage belonging to one of Kellogg's professors, Gregg Latterman
• Convert all footage into digital files with a special machine
• Edit, color correct, and put finishing touches on these files to create presentable-looking videos Assistant Editor, Archivist, and Pre-Production Assistant TASTE with Kevin Longa - San Francisco Bay Area, CA June 2016 to April 2017
• Handle a large amount of footage from Kevin Longa's web show
• Edit, organize, and upload over 700 clips to Pond5 for use as stock footage, most of which the website accepted
• Pull select footage for two episodes of TASTE
• Archive exclusive drone footage and upload to Pond5 as well
• Research hotel accommodations for Longa's 2016 film shoot in Southeast Asia Temporary Librarian
San Francisco Symphony - San Francisco, CA
July 2015 to August 2015
• Assist the librarians with whatever tasks needed completion
• Copy and bind musical scores
• Rearrange score boxes and their contents
• Prepare scores for shipping
• Do logistical work within the Symphony building, creating much-needed extra shelf space in the process Education
Bachelor's in Film and Comparative Literature
Northwestern University - Evanston, IL
September 2014 to June 2018
Skills
• Inventory Management (8 years)
• Archives Management (8 years)
• Editing (9 years)
• Microsoft Office (10+ years)
• Adobe Premiere (7 years)
• Final Cut Pro (8 years)
• Color Correction (3 years)
• Avid (4 years)
• Autodesk Maya (2 years)
• Sound Recording (5 years)
• Music Production (4 years)
• Project Management (2 years)
• Quality Assurance (2 years)
• French (10+ years)
Links
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7904673/
https://chaskieser.wixsite.com/chasportfolio
https://vimeo.com/275969396
https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-kieser-932264124 Awards
Bentonville Film Festival
May 2018
I co-edited a short film called "La Peluqueria" in 2017. The year after, the Bentonville Film Festival in Arkansas selected it for screening. The trailer and other information can be found at this link: http:// bentonvillefilmfestival.com/artists/lapeluqueria/. Additional Information
For reference:
Gregg Latterman
Adjunct Lecturer of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Business adlcyd@r.postjobfree.com
Kevin Longa
Director-Producer, TASTE with Kevin Longa
adlcyd@r.postjobfree.com
John Campbell
Assistant Librarian, San Francisco Symphony
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