Social Media Video Editor

MATT MACARAEG, B.A., M.F.A.

PROFILE

A UCLA Film/TV Production & Directing graduate whose professional experience include working on major campaigns at Warner Bros., Sony Studios, and Apple Headquarters.

EXPERIENCE

Video Editor/Director/Writer/Producer, Freelance, Los Angeles, Ca. — 2018-Present

• Editor, ReelShortTV = social media ad campaign, series episode

• Editor = “House of Bloggers” social media sizzle reel

• Editor = Paris for President (Paris Hilton music video)

• Editor = #Kenstagram sizzle reel, with Ken Davitian (from Netlflix’s hit series “Cobra Kai” and “Borat”)

• Editor = Scott Barnes promo reel (Jennifer Lopez’s makeup artist, clients include Kim Kardashian Julian Moore, and Catherine Zeta Jones)

• Editor = “Kash’s Corner”, social media campaign

• Editor = Master Carver sizzle reel

• Editor = Tim Donnelly for Congress, social media campaign VIDEO SPECIALIST, APPLE HEADQUARTERS, CUPERTINO, CA. — 2021-2024

Delivered Apple TV trailers and product videos to social media channels

(Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat, Weibo) and retail stores; encoded and delivered broadcast videos to ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, various newsroom, brand channels; milestones include encoding and delivering Tim Cook's Keynote product launches (Apple TV trailers, special films, short docu series, and product films) Writer, Aloha Pictures, Del Rey Beach, FL. — 2020-2021 Adapted the complex and contradictory life story of a WWII Medal of Honor recipient who was both a priest and a thief. Created the pitch deck and curated testimonials from surviving veterans to highlight the priest’s veneration by the Vatican to Sainthood and the Army’s induction of the priest to The Wall of Heroes in Washington DC.

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Film and TV Sr. Video Specialist, Sony Studios, L.A. — 2008-2010 Encoded A-list feature films (Avatar, Watchmen, Spiderman). Innovated new workflows to alleviate bottlenecks; ingested large volumes of TV shows for encoding; scaled workflows using LANs, DAMs and ensured spec compliancy for broadcast; supervised and trained jr. staff. Film and TV Sr. Video Specialist, Warner Bros. Studios, L.A. — 2006-2007 Tested and delivered movies and tv shows for VOD, SVOD, AVOD, TVOD. OTT; trouble shot routing and connection conflicts of video hardware; evaluated multiple encoding workflow to solve VOD problems of A-list movies and TV shows (Superman Returns, 300, Transformers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings); tested multiple encoding software for efficiency and cost-to-benefit analysis; kept Warner Bros. executives abreast of emerging technology and designed best business practices; devised new ways of video encoding to solve inefficiencies. Education

University of California, Los Angeles, School of Film and TV, Production and Directing, Bachelor of Arts, Master of Fine Arts SKILLS

SONY FX Cinema line cameras, RED, Lumix S5II, Blackmagic URSA, Panasonic GH5, Aputure Lighting System with Sidus Link, RODE Audio system, Wireless Playback Systems, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut, Davinci Resolve, Adobe Media Encoder, Compressor, Telestream, Excel, Powerpoint, and Keynote

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