THINGS I KNOW

EDITING SOFTWARE

Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, Photoshop, After Effects, Audition, Illustrator), Final Cut Pro, iMovie

APPLICATIONS

Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Aspera (Client, Connect), Amazon AWS, Cyberduck, Frame.io, Dropbox, Media Shuttle, WeTransfer

LANGUAGES

Fluent in Russian and proficient in Arabic and Ukrainian

WHERE I’VE BEEN

NBCUniversal, 10112 — Associate Video Editor January 2023 - Present; Contract: February 2022 - January 2023

  • Working closely with video editors, animators, producers, and distributors to create and traffic all broadcast, digital, and social deliverables for the Creative Partnerships team

  • Workflow support: media management - ingesting, reviewing, organizing, and managing deliverables and assets on servers; creating single and multi-cam sequences with synced audio; pulling audio and video selects, assembling string outs and rough cuts; creating slates and ISCIs; prepping projects for delivery to color and mix houses; sharing content for executive, client, legal, or creative review; transcribing and captioning English-language videos

  • Edited :30 and :60 advertisements for the Target Scene in Color film series, which aired on cable, network, streaming, and social channels (E! News, SYFY, Bravo, Rotten Tomatoes, Peacock, and Target), panels for the 2022 and 2023 Bravocon event (Peacock), and social media spots for Candivore and TJMaxx

  • Assisted editors and producers in translating and transcribing Ukrainian-language videos to English for the National Constitution Center’s 2022 Liberty Medal Ceremony honoring President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

iFIT, 84321 — Video Editor January 2021 - November 2022; Freelance: October 2020 - December 2020

  • Remastering audio, creating GFX; adding English captioning to Spanish-language videos, translating Russian-language workouts to English; sourcing archival and stock imagery and footage for use in content; preparing and delivering final videos 

  • Edited 100+ linear and creative immersive workout videos for programming into NordicTrack, Pro-Form, Freemotion, and other iFit company-owned exercise equipment; maintained a 4.8/5-star average rating across all published edits, with over 1.5 million daily active users on the platform 

  • Produced, scripted, and edited a 10-minute pre-roll that ran before every live workout class (13+ times a day)

  • Created GFX and edited the first-ever Sports Emmy-nominated workout film series Everest: A Trek to Basecamp

CSI Sports, 07302 — Assistant Video Editor August 2019 - January 2021

  • Wrote promo and show scripts; recorded and directed voiceover talent; quality-checked shows and requested revisions before final delivery to programming; found, flagged, and reported company-owned and copyrighted content and streams found on the Internet; translated and created scripts and GFX in Arabic; digitized and logged tapes and reels

  • Edited promos and long and short-form TV episodes for the FIGHT SPORTS international broadcast network, streaming and social platforms, and various regional sports networks (RSNs)

  • Worked directly with internal executives on the conception and launch of the FIGHT SPORTS OTT app in 13+ countries

  • Produced 10+ combat sports events (including Ruiz vs. Joshua II) - communicated with producers, technicians, master control, and editors in the field before, during, and after live broadcasts; ensured proper file delivery once the broadcast ended and flagged incoming revisions to editors working on the VOD and OTTs

Freelance — Video Editor October 2018 - Present

  • Developing, pre and post-producing, and delivering long or short-form content under strict deadlines for individual or group clients, including a music video for actor and producer Gerald ‘Slink’ Johnson, a sizzle for the National Association of Broadcasters, and the 2020 New York Independent Film festival’s first-ever online stream

WHERE I LEARNED

New York University — Bachelor of Science in Media, Culture, and Communication 

 January 2017 - May 2019; GPA: 3.7; University Honors Scholar, Founders' Day Award