Resume

DKP Image + Media, 2009 – present, Chicago, IL
* Promo video for the Lingotto Hotel in Turin, Italy
* Narrative short film, Why Woman Why
* Videos for Zurich in North America
* DVD work for clients such as The Alpha Course, BCS, guitar legend Leslie West, and It’s Hip Hop, Baby

Northwestern University Advanced Media Production Studio, 2009 – present, Evanston IL
* Three half-hour documentary programs for the Big Ten Network
* Video series for Undergraduate Research at Northwestern University

Fooditude, 2010, Chicago, IL
Episodic childhood education webisodes

Bright Eyed & Bush Tail’d, 2010 Chicago, IL
Narrative short film

OSA: Sisters in Science, 2009, Evanston, IL
45 min documentary for Northwestern University

Jinmaloo, 2009, Chicago, IL
Episodic early childhood education webisodes

Hope for a Thorn, 2009, Orlando, FL
Award-winning HD feature length narrative film

Merry Go Round, 2008, Gulfport, FL
Ethics video for Stetson University College of Law

My Media Works, 2006 – 2008, Winter Park, FL
* Edited franchise videos for clients such as Quiznos, Barnie’s Coffee, and Carrs Barber
* Edited spots for clients including 4X Made Easy, American Cash Flow, and WizeTrade

Participate, 2008, St. Petersburg, FL
Series of volunteer videos for First Baptist Church

Life To Go, 2007, Orlando, FL
35mm short film, premiered at Sarasota Film Festival

The Girl Who Couldn’t Dream, 2006, Orlando, FL
16mm short film, premiered at Sarasota Film Festival

Dr. McSherry, DMD, 2006, St. Petersburg, FL
Patient video

The Search for the Mall at Millenia, 2006, Orlando, FL
Short documentary, shown at Women as Global Leaders Conference in Abu Dhabi

Beauty, Self-Perception, & the Media, 2005, Orlando, FL
Short documentary

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie, Additional Editing, Postproduction Coordinator, 2008
Documentary feature, premiered at SXSW, distributed through Oscilloscope Pictures

University of Central Florida, Graduate Teaching Associate, Teacher of Record, 2005 – 2008, Orlando, FL
* Taught film and production courses in the undergraduate film program, with up to 80 students per class
* Assisted in teaching Editing 1 and 2 by providing weekly one-on-one notes sessions of students’ edits
* Taught Final Cut Pro Lab to students in the BFA film production program

SOFTWARE

Final Cut Studio
Avid Media Composer
DVD Studio Pro
Compressor
Basic Photoshop and After Effects knowledge

SKILLS

Excellent communication skills and experience working with clients
Experience with HD and DV shooting
Well-organized

EDUCATION

University of Central Florida, M.F.A., Film, GPA 3.9, 2008 Orlando, FL
University of Central Florida, B.F.A., Film & B.A., Psychology, magna cum laude, GPA 3.8, 2005 Orlando, FL

HONORS & AWARDS

Women in Film and Television-FL Production Grant
Finalist, 2008 Lifetime Movie Network’s Every Woman Counts Film Competition
Nominated for University Teaching Award (Excellence by Graduate Teaching Assistant)
Dr. John Welch Scholarship, 2007 Sarasota Film Festival
2005 UCF School of Film & Digital Media Screenwriting Grant, Hope for a Thorn
Panavision/Kodak Film Grant, Life to Go
55 Fiction International Short Story Award, “Rainy Day Woman”

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

IFP Producers Series, volunteer and Coordinating Committee member, 2009, volunteer, 2010
Edgewater Artists in Motion, Artist, 2010 – present
Edgewater Chamber of Commerce, volunteer event photographer, 2008 – present
Women as Global Leaders Conference in UAE, workshop author/presenter, 2006, workshop author, 2008
Sarasota Film Festival, panel participant, 2007
Florida Film Festival, volunteer, 2003 & 2004