Senior Video Editor & Director of Post-Production
Resume:
COHAN ANDERSEN
SENIOR VIDEO EDITOR
C O N T A C T
ADDRESS
Maplewood NJ, NYC Area
PHONE
*****@*************.***
L I N K S
Senior Video Editor
Portfolio
LinkedIn Profile
SAG/AFTRA Voiceover
Portfolio
The Film with 3 Brains
podcast
HeiterLand, a
self-published alternate
history/speculative fiction
novel on Amazon
Aberration Type, a
short-lived Film Review
Blog
S K I L L S
Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Audition
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Media Encoder
Frame.io
Microsoft Office
Data Asset Management
Google Docs
Post Production Workflows
P R O F I L E
• Experienced creative Senior Video Editor who feels equally comfortable collaborating with a large creative team or cutting solo for the bulk of a project.
• Extremely fast. Which is a huge asset when deadlines are tight (because when are they not?).
• An avid quoter of 80's movies and host of an award-winning film-review podcast called, The Film with 3 Brains with 2 of my oldest childhood friends.
• Ardent creator of stuff... even if just building a picnic table from scratch.
• Senior Video Editor Portfolio
• LinkedIn Profile
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Senior Video Editor, Ogilvy New York City
Apr 2024 — Jul 2025
• Utilize advanced video editing techniques to create unique and engaging video content for Google Pixel, KFC, Coca-Cola, Sprite, Dove, IKEA, Powerade, CeraVe and Kiehl's.
• Edited a Dove+Men Care Force One social video with influencer, Cam Wilder that has 8.4 million views on TikTok and 1.6 million views on Instagram. Senior Video Editor, Great Machine, Deutsch NY New York City Jan 2019 — Apr 2024
• Collaborated with producers and creatives to ensure all videos adhered to the project vision and built a foundation of trust resulting in creative teams actually wanting to edit in-house.
• Offer creative options at all stages both within and outside the set parameters of a project, pushing each edit creatively to achieve that highest possible quality and results
• 100% compliance with client-mandated timelines.
• High proficiency with color spaces (LUTs, grading, etc)
• Edit high-quality and polished short form television spots, online videos, social posts and internal sizzles & pitch work
• Consulted on Great Machine shoots at the pre-production stage to ensure all edit materials are to spec.
• Provided final SAG voice-over for 8 spots in a Spectrum Business TV campaign. Read voice-over for most internal sizzle and pitch videos.
• Served as mentor to 2 junior staff video editors and 6 - 10 freelance video editors while providing professional guidance
• Follow industry trends and emerging technologies to infuse fresh perspectives into our video content and increase efficiency and impact
• Expert at sourcing video and audio clips for test rips, pitch videos and case studies
• Clients include Simple Mills, Dr. Praeger's, Lactaid, Cetaphil, Betway, Spectrum, PNC Bank, Outback Steakhouse, Busch, Michelob, Budweiser, Acuvue, Celestial Seasonings, Alba, DraftKings, Godaddy.com Ability to Work in a Team
Ability to Work Under
Pressure
Excellent Communication
Skills
Highly Organized
Final Cut Pro
Juggle (literally, balls or
bowling pins)
3 time MVP of my American
Poolplayers Association
Division (total pool shark)
Former D3 Collegiate
National Champion
Volleyball Player (I know,
right?)
Once stacked 4 golf balls
(the World Record is 9)
Appeared in a Handsome
Boy Modeling School
music video that aired
on MTV's 120 Minutes
once (still have 12 of
my 15 minutes of fame
remaining)
Senior Video Editor, Freelance New York City
Aug 2014 — Jan 2019
• Execute Senior Video Editor role on a freelance basis for a wide range of clients including:
• NBCUniversal Content Innovation Agency: Walmart Deutsch NY-
: DraftKings, Outback Steakhouse, Epiduo, Busch, PNC Bank Wieden + Kennedy: ESPN, Spotify, Bud Light, Duracell, Lyft Droga5: Chase, Mattress Firm Anomaly: Brookside, Australia Tourism, Budweiser, Kit Kat 72 & Sunny: Seventh Generation Saatchi: Sprint pitch, Spectrum pitch The Barbarian Group: Brisk Iced Tea pitch, Pepsi Sibling Rivalry: Scripps/Food Network pitch
Avalanche Creative Services: Bosley Eyebrow Restoration Ataboy Studios: Merrill Gardens IMAX Corp: 2018 Offerings Promo VMLY&R: Xerox Dinoto: Upfronts for ABC
Director of Post-Production & Senior Video Editor, Steelhead, Deutsch, Inc.
New York City
2010 — 2014
• Autonomously managed and oversaw all in-house post-production services. Created bids, actualized projects, scheduled freelancers, created and implemented all department workflows, oversaw edit suites and stations, vendor acquisition and interaction, and supervised all editorial staff & a Business Manager, while also functioning as Senior Editor.
• Edited pitch videos that helped win both Unilever’s Degree global business & Jägermeister.
• Edited over 100 GIFs for TNT’s “Mob City Twitter Script” campaign that won approximately 10 awards, including Cannes, Bronze Cyber Lion, Content Placement Cannes, Shortlist, Innovative Use of Social or Community AICP Next Award, Social Webby Awards, Honoree, Social: Entertainment Shorty Awards, Finalist, Best Twitter Campaign One Show, Merit, Best Use of Social Network.
• 74% increase in client-billable revenue in 2011
• 29% increase in client-billable revenue in 2012
• 45% increase in client-billable revenue in 2014
• Kudos to you if you've read this far.
E D U C A T I O N
Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI Graduated with 3 majors: Radio/TV/Film, Theater and English. I was an undergrad for 11 semesters (and 3 credits short of an Art Minor). Radio/TV/Film emphasis was Film, English emphasis was Writing and Theater emphasis was Acting. Cast in 1 play in college, Approaching Zanzibar... played 2 different characters, poorly.
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