“Trophy Strife” Web Series | Crooked Media

PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, EDITOR AND CO-WRITER (with Louis Virtel)

• Created the flagship original video series for the Keep It YouTube channel that utilizes the passion and knowledge of comedy writer Louis Virtel in a fast-paced and extremely in-depth explainer series about acting performances throughout history.

• Each of the 3 released episodes have surpassed the typical view count for the channel (by 2x or 3x), becoming the most-watched videos of all time, with 300% engagement over each, ultimately contributing to the growth of the channel and the podcast.

Crooked Media Video Originals

WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, EDITOR (JUNE 2023 - PRESENT)

Created and executed Crooked Media’s first Culture & Entertainment video series.

• Developed multiple original concepts and lead all pre-production efforts including research, set decoration, and scripting. Test series include…

  • “Extra Credits” (a movie trivia game with podcast hosts and guests)

  • “Checkered Cast” (a ranking game with podcast hosts and guests)

  • “The Era With Ira” (an explainer series breaking down a singular popstar’s career into 4-5 “eras”)

  • “Ira vs. Louis” (two movie critics pull fantasy picks for award show nominees and predict winners)

• Designed graphics for in-video animations and thumbnails

Crooked Media Podcast Episodes

VIDEO PRODUCER (FEB 2023 - PRESENT)

Overseeing video components in weekly podcast recordings (in-studio and remote), strategizing video launches to YouTube, operating all video recording equipment in both of Crooked’s two in-house recording studios, directing video segments, editing full videos and clips, and supervising 2-3 freelance editors. A sample of my work includes:

• The record-setting Brittany Broski interview video for the Keep It podcast channel (currently at 76,793 views vs. channel average of 6k)

• All “Petty Brew” Video-First Ads for the Hysteria podcast channel (edited and co-created each)

• Podcast Lovett or Leave It’s news monologue from July 27, 2024 (currently at 90.6k views vs channel average of 20k)

• Episode snippet from June 9, 2023’s Hysteria podcast (currently at 71,446 views)

“What I Got” Snapchat Show

PRODUCED AND EDITED (AUGUST 2021 - FEBRUARY 2023)

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• grew the show from 300k subscribers to 1 million in less than 10 months

• Highest viewed video (“Not today Kylie J… not today”) company-wide on the Snapchat platform with 14m views as of October 2022

• highest grossing video (“Not today Kylie J… not today”) from Brainjolt Media (production company) at $338,091.16

• top performing show for production company Brainjolt Media with top grossing episodes consistently at ~5m views

• independently spearheaded the 2022 rebrand of the show by designing logo artwork, writing jingles, filming an original end card (“subsnap”), and selecting branded motion graphics

“Adulting” Snapchat Show

PRODUCED AND EDITED (AUGUST 2021 - APRIL 2022)

• 1.21m subscribers

• 3 episodes a week

• produced and edited episode “BF can’t lie about her salty cooking” with 4m views to date and a gross revenue of $68,559

• produced and edited episode “moms so proud of her... "massager"” with 2.25m views to date and a gross revenue of $54,871.39

“Ride” Podcast

YOUTUBE VIDEO EDITOR

First-ever full-length video version of the popular podcast “Ride” starring Benito Skinner and Mary Beth Barone

• Multi-cam editing (3 cameras) of studio footage

Clevver Style (Hearst Inc.)

EDITOR FROM MARCH 2020 TO JANUARY 2022

• Testing SKIMS "FITS EVERYBODY" Collection! *XS-4X* (236k views)

• Trying the BOOHOO x MEGAN FOX Collab Collection *honest review* (196k views)

• Women Try One Size Fits All Jeans?! (202k views)

• Women Try ONE SIZE Swimsuits?! *7 sizes in 1!* (1m views)

• Testing Luxury Items vs Amazon Dupes *what’s worth it?!* (253k views)

• We Let Strangers Thrift Shop For Us?! (153k views)

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