Public Affairs Media Production Specialist

John Higgins

410-***-****● *** W. University Parkway● adqw4z@r.postjobfree.com

MAG Aerospace (2016-2022)

Position: Public Affairs Specialist for PEO IEW&S

● Video Pre-production, still photo pre-production, post production for both & social media premieres and public deployments

● Speech Writing, for holidays, personnel awards, special events and crisis response

● Supervised the creation of new “in house” SharePoint based news release system for smoother approval process, designed error reporting for same and put together a step-by-step tutorial

● Supervised the production of the internal Newsletter from October 2020 to present

● Produced 27 news Spots, 4 PSA

● Served as producer/director for two animated Mission/Vision videos

● Wrote and published 75 new stories

● Social Media Management of Facebook, increased engagement by 3000% over six years

● Assisted in standing up social media for 2 sub-offices on Facebook and LinkedIn

● Trained 4 personnel in public affairs interviewing, writing and formatting Maryland Army National Guard (Drill Status) (2012-2016) Position: Broadcast Team Leader and Producer

● Managed 3 soldiers’ production pieces both print and video, from pre-production planning to production guidance to editing, to deployment and release

● Built training exercises to improve soldier skills not just during drill weekend, but set “photography goals” for the time between drills to keep skills sharp; each assignment tailored to specific soldier’s strengths and weeknesses

● Produced the monthly educational podcast video series “Maryland Guard at War” which one a Keith L. Ware Award for best

series

United States Forces Iraq, Iraqi Assist and Train and U.S. Division North (2011) Position: Broadcast Journalist

● Served as the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Iraqi Assist and Train Public Affairs at the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq

● Products were picked up by various private entities, including modern films (White House Down) and broadcasts by ABC News, The Pentagon Channel, Washington Post, NBC News and C-SPAN with audiences of millions

● Responsible for in-field support of print assets, maintaining equipment and personnel

● Gathered footage for, edited and produced 22 videos to tell the “soldiers story” Maryland Army National Guard Public Affairs Office (2008-2011) Position: Budget Analyst for the State of Maryland

● Designed new branding tools (still used by the Maryland Guard today)

● Redesigned opening sequences (modified version still used today)

● Gathered footage of every Maryland training site for a capability video

● Produced news and print stories

Digital Image and Video Distribution System Content Manager (2007 Temporary Assignment) Position: Media Editor

● Served as media editor for Central Command with Crawford Communications in support of the Digital Image and Video Distribution System Support Cell

● Applied Associated Press format to and edited submitted stories

● Verified photograph quality and edited photo captions for released media products

● Edited over 5,000 photographs and over 400 news stories, averaging between 50 to 100 photographs with captions and 10 to 15 news stories daily, all items were then made available to the public and picked up by countless news outlets, including NBC, ABC, CBS, C-SPAN, Washington Post, and MSNBC, CNN and the Pentagon Channel Central Command Public Affairs (2007-2008)

Position: Public Affairs Specialist

● Served as a Public Affairs Specialist at Central Command

● Provided direct coordination with media marketing, news writing, photography, media monitoring and community relations projects

● Connected members of the military with the media for news pieces

● Oversaw interviews, researched publication schedule for those stories

● Completed media action in main database, a dynamic log of all media interactions

● Provided equipment, overnight support and intermediary connectivity to over 50 overseas assets Maryland Army National Guard Personnel and Finance Office (2006-2007) Position: Budget Analyst for the State of Maryland

● Monitored budgets for military units

● Reallocated unliquidated funding obligations for approval by

● Analyzed quantity of deployed personnel

● Managed travel voucher system

● Supervised $5 million per military fiscal year to ensure resource availability SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS:

● Defense information School Courses: Public Affairs/Journalism Training (14 Weeks),Intermediate Photojournalism (4 Weeks), Broadcast Journalism (14 Weeks), Editors Course (3 Weeks) Software Proficiencies

Adobe Premiere (ten years)

Adobe Photoshop (twelve years

Adobe Audition (five years)

MS Word (ten year)

MS Excel (ten years)

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Arts in Film, Towson University, 2016

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