mattgorney(at)hotmail.com

Experience:

Multimedia Plus, Inc. – New York, NY
Director, Post Production
- Internal corporate communications for major fashion retail clients
- Managing all editors and new media employees
- Interacting with high-level clients directly
- Involved in budgeting and production planning and scheduling
- Responsible for all aspects of my projects from start to finish
- Designing graphic treatments to tie-in with client marketing
- Telly Award winner – Gap, Inc., Express, David Yurman, Tommy Hilfiger
- Certified Final Cut Pro Editor

WIXT Newschannel 9 – Syracuse, NY (2001 – 2003)
Promotions Producer (Avid Editor)
- Writing, shooting and digitally editing award-winning spots airing several times nightly
- Worked with producers, anchors and reporters to coordinate stories and deadlines for air
- Responsible for promotional story development
- Designing and developing proof of performance and special event promotions
- Syracuse Press Club Award winner for best news promotion

Video Resource Associates, LLC – Buffalo, NY (1999 – 2001)
Editor/Graphic Designer (Video, Web, CD-Rom)
- Designed and created corporate and commercial film & video for broadcast
- Responsible for concept, design, execution, programming, authoring and editing
- Authored micro-sites and encoded web video
- Created flash animation, interactive CD-ROMs, presentation and promotional materials
- Managed local area network for the company, installation, troubleshooting and repair
- Telly Award winner – Dunlop Tire Company.

WSTM NBC 3 – Syracuse, NY (1997 – 1999)
Senior Promotions Producer (Avid Editor)
- In charge of everything from script writing to editing the finished spot
- Created daily topicals from story ideas
- Designed and developed special promotional campaigns
- Created promotions for ‘sweeps’ months and breaking news promotions
- Creating advertisements for station clientele in the Commercial Production department.

Goldhawk Film Television and Radio – London, England (1996)
Internship through the University of North London
- Responsible for grip duties while shooting for Carlton Television in Dover, England
- Worked on call-sheets, general organization, management of equipment
- Assisted in pre-production of a novel to air on BBC Radio 4
- Worked for Oasis Television, in Soho, London for two weeks assisting editors & clients

Skills:

Non-Linear Editing/Post Production
Final Cut Pro (Apple Certified Pro), Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress DV, Premiere Pro

Broadcast Design/Animation
After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator – (since 1996 to latest CS5 release)

Web Design/Web Video
Flash, Flash Video Encoding, HTML/Wordpress, some JavaScript and PHP and XML,
Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Image Ready – Familiar with a wide range of video compression
techniques and codecs.

DVD Authoring/Compression
DVD Studio Pro, Encore DVD, Adobe Media Encoder, Compressor, MPEGStream, DVD Shrink, DVD Decrypter

Video Production
Production & Direction, Script Writing, BetaSP, DVCPro,
Panasonic P2, HDSLR cameras, Professional Lighting, Set Design,
Grip Work, Teleprompter, Studio Cameras, Switchers, etc.

Small LAN Management, Troubleshooting, Repair & Installation
Windows XP, Vista & Mac OSX

Audio Production & Music
Soundtrack Pro, Adobe Audition, Sound Forge, Acid Music, Reason,
Familiar with a wide range of music equipment, experienced guitar,
octave mandolin and bass player

Education:

University of North London – London, England (Now called London Metropolitan University)
Internship (described above), Spring of 1996

State University of New York College at Cortland – Cortland, New York
Bachelor of Arts, 1997 Communication Studies,
Concentration in the field of Television and Radio.
Involved with WSUC-FM 90.5 Cortland College Radio & Cortland College Television.