Journalist / Media Producer

Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL    (Aug. 2005 – May 2009)

 Major: Communications/Journalism

 Minors: Law, Sociology, & Film

 Cumulative GPA: 3.8

FREELANCE      

DIRECTOR/VIDEOGRAPHER/CONTENT CREATOR             

(June 2015 – Present)

• Freelance Contractor for photography & video projects within the commercial, music video, and action sports arena
• Proficient in Adobe Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro 7, Avid, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe LightRoom, Media Encoder, and Adobe Bridge
• Recent Projects include: Ocean Spray Commercial ft. pro-surfer Erica Hosseini (Director, Co-EP, Director of Photography)

A&E NETWORK

ASSOCIATE FIELD PRODUCER / COORDINATOR

(2016-2017)

• Supervised and Coordinated all filming & budgetary production operations pertaining to the field production team for the law-enforcement media broadcast series ‘LIVE PD’
• Obtained & organized daily location, suspect, law enforcement officers, and general appearance releases during all 911 distress calls & police investigations
• Created daily/weekly schedules, call sheets, production reports, hotsheet documents, segment templates, logline overviews, and highlight story arcs utilizing individual field notes and shoot day summary’s

STOOPID BUDDY STOODIOS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

(2016)

• Served as the Assistant Director/Production Manager for 8 stop animation commercials for major clients Denny’s & Ziploc
• Prepared and created all shot list breakdowns, preliminary shooting schedules, call sheets, budgetary cost assessments, and marketing deliverables for clients & agency executives
• Devised and developed extended resources to execute video directions, camera operations and other aspects of production.

FYI NETWORK

FIELD PRODUCER

(2016)

• Created daily shot lists, hot sheets, call sheets, production timelines, story arcs, production timelines, detailed tc field note documents, wrote episodic log lines, and storyboared individual episode events
• Devised and developed extended resources to execute video directions, camera operation and other aspects of production
• Secured locations, managed talent, obtained appearance releases, conducted otf interviews , delivered creative logistics for episodes

FOX SPORTS

RESEARCHER

(2014 – 2016)

• Conducted sports research and stats for live broadcast operations for FOX NFL SUNDAY
• Worked as intermediary between highlight producers and operations providing live breaking news details & states for on-air tv hosts and fox sports analysts

BONNIE & CLYDE PRODUCTIONS    

FIELD & STORY PRODUCER    

(2015 – 2016)

• Produced & filmed all video content, tracked storylines, edited sequences and string outs/rough cuts for final video production for independent projects for Beth and Duane “Dog The Bounty Hunter” Chapman both in the field and in post/editorial
• Interviewed all subjects/talent in the field & during sit-down narrative segments
• Obtained all appearance & location releases, documented & guided story content and story arcs
• Created & documented detailed field note documents/Hot-Sheets/Episode Story Note Outline/schedule templates
• Developed, coordinated, and tracked unfolding story content & story arcs within field for one of the longest running & highest rated Crime/Docu-reality series ever created surrounding fugitive recovery & engaging in dangerous environments

ELECTUS MEDIA

FIELD PRODUCER/SHOOTER    

(Feb. – Sept. 2015)

• Developed, coordinated, filmed and tracked all story content with multiple storylines as they unfolded in the field for Crime/Docu reality series while personally operating 14 Hero4 Go Pro Cameras & Canon 5D – Mark III
• Conducted interviews, gathered information, developed leads, and designated content in dangerous and unknown field/story conditions surrounding fugitive recovery and criminal investigations/apprehension
• Obtained and acquired all location and appearance releases from on-screen subjects integrated within episode shoots

EXTRATV                    

1st ASSISTANT CAMERA                              

(Sept. 2012 – Jan. 2015)

• Assisted in all elements of prep, lighting and camera set-ups, and filming for red carpet premiers and movie junket interviews with celebrity talent

TRIPLE THREAT TV – LOS ANGELES            

PRODUCER/SHOOTER                 

(Sept. 2010 – June 2014)

• Developed show concepts, innovative pitch reels, and creative media content with management to present to clients and major television and film networks. (Clients include: ESPN, MTV, PBS, NFL, MLB, USMC, NASCAR, NBA, Spike TV, WWE)
• Managed and supervised all production activity from pre-production to show delivery
• Researched, wrote, casted, and produced segments and interviews for 8 major ESPN documentaries
• Directed and Produced PBS WWII Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw
• Directed and interviewed talent in field, studio and voice-over shoots
• Utilized computer software packages for screenwriting, editing, budgeting and scheduling

CARTOON NETWORK  

1st ASSISTANT DIRECTOR & UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER    

(Apr. 2012 –Aug. 2013)

• Managed and supervised all production activity from pre-production to show delivery
• Organized, documented, and monitored file inventory of all raw video and audio files, DSLR stills: Asset & Background Plates, and Digital Art Dept design layouts for editorial and VFX operations
• Prepared and created all shot list breakdowns, preliminary shooting schedules, call sheets, budgetary cost assessments, and marketing deliverables.
• Supervised and Coordinated all production operations of all various sub-discipline departments of lighting, grip, camera dept., wardrobe, make-up, sound, stage management, practical art and props, digital art dept., editorial, and VFX post

CNBC                                           

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER & WRITER                      

(Jan. – March 2012)

• Researched, wrote, produced, and created news oriented segments, short documentaries, and on-air presentations utilizing emerging medical journals and research as assigned
• Devised and developed concepts to pitch and review with management, legal, marketing and studio partners
• Effectively and efficiently directed talents on field locational shoots, studio shoots, and narrative voice-over recording sessions

WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT (WWE)

EDITOR

2011

• Edited sequences of footage and organized media content of WWE programming
• Documented and catalogued advertising sponsors and promotional content material
• Produced extensive descriptive summaries of footage through written documentation & digital logging

BRUJO ARCHEOLOGICAL COMPLEX  

ARCHAEOLOGIST APPRENTICE

(Oct. 2009 – Jan. 2010)

• Developed course curriculum & instructed English to archeologists and guides of the Wiese Foundation, one of the leading archeological organizations & national institutes of culture within Peru
• Assisted archeologists in El Brujo Laboratory in Magdalena de Cao cleaning and cataloguing Pre-Colombian era textiles, historical artifacts, mummies, and murals under the direction of lead archeologist Dr. Regulo Franco

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FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS:

*FOX NFL SUNDAY —  (Sept. 2015 – Present)

Broadcast Operations Runner

*CMT – DOG & BETH: ON THE HUNT (SEASON 3) (February – Sept 2015)

Field Producer/Camera Op

*OCEAN SPRAY COMMERCIAL  

(Ft. Pro-Surfer Erica Hosseini)  (July – Sept 2015)

Director

*VH1: “KMichelle” (SEASON 2)            

(July – Sept. 2015)

Assistant Camera/Camera Op (Green Screen Interviews)

*VH1: “Love & Hip Hop” (SEASON 2)            

(June – July 2015)

1st Assistant Camera (Hyperlapse)

*SPIKE TV: ‘Playbook 360 w/Dhani Jones

(June  2015)

1st Assistant Camera

*DISCOVERY CHANNEL: ‘Indecent Proposal’  

(June  2015)

Media Manager/1st Assistant Camera

*VICE: WEEDIQUETTE    

(May – June  2015)

Key Production Assistant

*VICE – MUNCHIES     

(Jan. – Feb. 2015)

Key Production Assistant/Asst. Field Coordinator

*FOX NFL SUNDAY

(Sept.  –  Jan. 2014)

Broadcast Operations Runner

*ESPN 30 for 30: ‘The Fix’      

(Nov. 2013 – Oct. 2014)

Associate Field Producer

*VH1: “Love and Hip Hop”

(June – Nov. 2014)

Key Production Assistant

*VH1: “Basketball Wives”

(Nov – Dec 2014)

Grip

*BET: “Nellyville”

(Dec. 2014)

Field Production Assistant

*SPIKE: 2014 GUYS CHOICE AWARDS

(Hosted by Matthew McConaughey)

Camera Assistant

*TV LAND: ‘THE EXES’

(June –July 2014)

1st Assistant Camera

*CBS ‘HOT IN CLEAVELAND’ —  [COMMERCIAL]

(June –July 2014)

1st Assistant Camera

*SPIKE TV: BELLATOR MMA (PROMO INTERVIEWS)    

(June – July 2014)

1st Assistant Camera

*CALL OF DUTY: E3 CONFERENCE —   (June 2014)

1st Assistant Camera

*TV LAND:  ‘KIBBLES N’ BITS’  —   [COMMERCIAL]      

(June 2014)

1st Assistant Camera

*SPIKE: ‘Playbook 360 w/Dhani Jones”     

(May – July 2014)

1st Assistant Camera

*AT&T Commercial: “World Connect & Family Share”  

(March 2014)

Assistant Production Coordinator

*ESPN 30 for 30: “Untitled Project” Directed by Matt Liston

(2014 – Present)

Producer & Writer

*2014 ART DIRECTOR GUILD AWARDS

Utility & Camera Assistant

*ESPN 30 for 30: “Requiem For The Big East”  

(2014)

Associate Field Producer

*CARTOON NETWORK: ‘THE ANNOYING ORANGE’  

(SEASON 2) (2013/2014)

Assistant Director; Unit Production Manager

*DISCOVERY CHANNEL: “DESERT OUTLAWS – LA MESA, NM”

(PILOT) (2013)

Casting/Field Producer

*NBC’S EXTRA: TV LAND ‘Kirstie”

(2013)

1st Assistant Camera                                                             

*PBS WWII Documentary: “The Flintlock Disaster”

(Narrated by Tom Brokaw) (2013)

Director; Producer; Lead Researcher

*CARTOON NETWORK: ‘THE ANNOYING ORANGE’  

(SEASON 1)  (2012/2013)

Assistant Production Coordinator, Assistant Camera; Camera Operator (BTS)

*ESPN “NINE FOR IX” Documentary: “No Limits”

(2013)

Associate Field Producer

*ESPN “NINE FOR IX” Documentary: “Run”

(2013)

Associate Field Producer

*NBC’S Extra: ‘The Last Stand’

(2013) Press Circuit Interview’s

1st Assistant Camera

*NBC’S Extra: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’

(2013) Press Circuit Interview’s

1st Assistant Camera

*NBC’S Extra: ‘Cloud Atlas’

(2012) Press Circuit Interview’s

1st Assistant Camera                  *

*NBC’S Extra: ‘Flight

(2012) Press Circuit Interview’s

1st Assistant Camera                  

*ESPN 30 for 30: “Right To Play”

(Directed by Frank Marshall)  (2012)

Associate Producer

*ESPN 30 for 30: “Catching Hell”

(Directed by Alex Gibney)  (2011)

Associate Producer                   

***Nominated for the 2012 Outstanding Sports Documentary Emmy***

*ESPN 30 for 30: “The Real Rocky”

(Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig)  (2011)

Associate Producer

*MTV TRUE LIFE: “I’m A Textaholic”

(2012)

Production Supervisor & Content Developer

*MTV TRUE LIFE: “I’m Addicted to Caffeine”

(2012)

Production Supervisor & Content Developer

*MTV DOCUMENTARY: “THUMBS”   

(2011)

Post Production Assistant

*MTV TRUE LIFE: “I’m Going To Skatopia”

(2011)

Post Production Assistant

*WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT (WWE)

(2010)

Assistant Editor

*PBS LIVE FROM THE ARTIST DEN: Elvis Costello In Concert

(2010)

Production Assistant

*FOX SPORTS NEWS: Tampa Bay Rays ‘09 Season

Production Assistant to Joe Buck & Tim McCarver

*FOX SPORTS NEWS: Tampa Bay Rays ‘08 Season & MLB World Series

Production Assistant to Joe Buck & Tim McCarver

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IMDB:

http://www.imdb.me/msheldon

LINKEDIN:

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STAFFMEUP PROFILE:

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• Ø Journalism
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• Photography
• Budgeting & Planning
• Video Encoding Platforms
• Spanish Fluency
• Public Relations
• Digital Programming
• Editing
• Multimedia Development
• Video Production
• Production Coordinator
• Content Developer
• Photoshop Expert
• Content Researcher
• HTML/CSS/JAVASCRIPT
• SEO Writing Techniques
• Social Media
• Media Properties & Metadata
• Management Skills
• Leadership Communication
• Creative Spirit
• Problem Solving
• Organized
• Time Management
• Adaptability
• Motivated & Reliable
• Team Leadership
• Sports Statistician
• Management Experience
• Customer Focus
• Critical Thinking
• Team-Player
• Project-Planner
• Analytical Skills
• Client Relations Building
• Conflict Management
• Conceptual Thinking
• Employee Development/ Coaching