British-American. Founder and content creator of Skinny E Media, specialising in podcasts, film reviews, documentaries, advertising enthusiasm, and everything strange and nerdy since 2013. Also was a freelance journalist working for U.S. and UK publications and digital advertising technician responsible for configuring and putting codes into Raspberry Pi devices for small businesses who advertised with the newspapers. Interviewed clients as vast as Ate de Jong (Drop Dead Fred filmmaker), Funki Porcini (James Braddell), Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation, Red Snapper (Rich Thair, Ali Friend), Richard Parry (South West 9), Bent (Simon Mills, Neil Tolliday), Gavin Salkeld (Cutting Edge censorship series), and many more.
Work history
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Content Creator / FounderSkinny E Media
United KingdomFull Time
- Film and music reviews, interviews, documentaries, countdowns, discussion on public information films, and short social media content posted via YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter often focusing on albums, films, animation, or celebrities for which I’m a fan.
- Worked with clients as diverse as BBFC, National Film Board of Canada, Annecy Film Festival (France), Warp Records, and Ninja Tune.
- Interviewed filmmakers like Ate de Jong (DROP DEAD FRED), BAFTA- nominated Prano Bailey Bond and Anthony Fletcher (CENSOR), Picha (JUNGLE BURGER, THE BIG BANG), Magnus Carlsson (Radiohead- “Paranoid Android” music video), MJ Bassett (episodes of TERMINAL LIST, ASH v. EVIL DEAD, SILENT HILL: REVELATION), Mikael Colville Andersen (LIFE-SIZED CITY), Gillies MacKinnon (LAST BUS, WHISKEY GALORE remake), Michael Davis (SHOOT ‘EM UP, MONSTER MAN), actors like Raymond Cruz (BREAKING BAD, plays Tuco), and trip-hop and electronic music bands such as Champyun Clouds, Bent, Red Snapper, Funki Porcini, Llwybr Llaethog, and Thievery Corporation.
- Creating podcasts or audio versions of my interviews about music, animation, and film classification which play on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Breaker, etc.
- Responsible for editing, creating, search-engine-optimising, advertising content via pay- per- clicks, bidding, keyword targeting, and planning campaigns, and configuring my own content to not only clients I interview, negotiate but for my own amusement.
- Formerly known from 2013 - 2016 as Visual Bureau
- LINKS: https://www.youtube.com/@SkinnyEMedia (YouTube); https:// twitter.com/ SkinnyEMedia? ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Twitter); https://www.instagram.com/skinnyemedia/ (Instagram); https://open.spotify.com/show/ 06lw0atYtjDLLC5fvGhWwD (Spotify)
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Digital Advertising Technician / Journalist / Videographer / Audio TranscriptionVerican
- Hemet, CA, USAFreelance
- Increased subscription rates 2x its annual percentage and increased its digital advertising devices for local businesses exposure that also broadcast our news content more than 70% (est.)
- Written various articles, filmed and edited broadcasts of various events for their online TV station - Assisted configuring TV controllers for various businesses - Compiled crime statistics weekly for the newspaper
- Set-up tables, lights, and cameras for the broadcasting of the Chamber of Commerce functions as well as technical equipment at conference halls (i.e. setting up PowerPoints, minuting meetings, setting up seminars, webinars, conference calls/ Zoom/Skype/Webex)
- Assisted in various customer service functions and receptionist work at the front desk
Skills
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Vector Art
- Raspberry PI
- Audio Editing
- Music Arrangements
- Sampling
- Video Editing
- Video Art
- Viral Advertising
- Salesforce
Awards
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Honourable Mention (TV Script)- AT THE PICTURESQueen Palm International Film Festival
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Finalist (TV Script)- RISKInternational Film Festival of Wales
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