Work Experience
Freelance Video Editor | Workflow Specialist | Trainer April 2015 - Present
Created & Edited a variety of video content for Broadcast, Web & Social Media.
Freelance Video Editor at Hearst Digital Media (Editing a variety of video content for various Hearst Divisions).
Designed & Delivered Workshops & Training Programs covering a range of Broadcast & Post Production Systems & Workflows including: Proxy/Hi Rez Workflows - Media Management & Archiving - Logging & Metadata for Sports Production - Newsroom Video Production & others.
Conducted Acceptance Testing & provided Training & Support for newly installed Post Production & Content Management Systems.
Created documentation & video tutorials for Post Production & Content Management Systems.
Provided onsite product & system demos for various Broadcasters and Facilities; as well at Broadcast Shows including NAB & IBC.
Clients included: Sony Professional Solutions | TV2, Denmark | RTS & TPC, Switzerland | BR Munich, Germany | Royal Opera House, Madrid HL Group, NYC | RaceTech, UK | Noujaim Films, NYC | Katsha Films, NYC | Sobey, China | Czech TV, Prague | POLSAT TV, Poland & others.
Product Manager - Sony Professional Solutions USA July 2013 - March 2015
Responsible for Sony’s Network Production & Content Management System in the US Market (Media Backbone Production System).
Duties: Identified existing and potential clients’ Production and Workflow requirements to provide the best fitting solutions within available budgets (for a range of environments including Production, Newsroom, Medical, Education & Sports).
Managed new feature requests, 3rd party integration requirements, customer installations & upgrades, Training & Support Processes.
Conducted Competitive Analysis.
Freelance Video Editor and Trainer January 2012 - July 2013
Contributing Editor - The Square – Academy Award nominee for best documentary.
Contributing Editor - Cairo Drive – Winner of NYC Doc. Grand Jury best documentary award.
Designed and delivered Network Production system training (Ingest to Playout) to RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) for London 2012 Olympics and UEFA Euro 2012 tournaments.
Solutions Manager - Sony Professional Solutions Europe November 2008 - January 2012
Responsible for Sony’s Video Editing and Content Management Solutions in Europe (XPRI, HDXCHANGE & Sonaps/Media Backbone).
Duties: Recommended& prioritized new features and workflow requirements. Managed System Installations, upgrades & Demos.
Assisted Development Team by writing & reviewing Functional Design Specifications. Provided Real World QA for release approval.
Workflow Manager - Sony Professional Solutions USA January 2007 - October 2008
Met with a range of production facilities to study their workflows practices & needs.
Provided the “Voice Of Customer” with respect to developing new Workflow Requirements, Feature Enhancements and Plugins for various Sony Applications and Systems (Sony XPRI, HDXCHANGE, Sony Vegas, Cinemon, XDCAM Browser, and others)..
Applications Specialist - Sony Professional Solutions USA December 2005 – December 2006
Wrote functional specifications for video editing & Media Management applications.
Provided Training and Technical Support to customers.
Gave product demos.
Wrote Documentation and Release Notes.
Performed QA Testing.
Applications Engineer - Autodesk March 2004 – November 2005
Performed QA Testing (Function and Integration) for Editing and Compositing software (Edit, Combustion and Smoke).
Wrote documentation and release notes.
Performed product demos.
SKILLS
In depth knowledge of tape and file based workflows (from Acquisition and Production through to Distribution and Archive).
Skilled in troubleshooting, problem solving & finding workarounds.
Good Working Knowledge:
Video Editing suites (Adobe Premier/Prelude/Encoder - AVID MC - FCPX/Compressor)
Video distribution channels (Broadcast, Web and Social Media)
Media Asset Management Systems & workflows
Encoding/Transcoding (Formats, Platforms and Practices)
Digitizing, Logging and Metadata management
Multicam Editing
macOS & Windows environments and admin.
Video Production Equipment (Cameras, Lenses, Mics, Lighting, etc...)
Adobe Photoshop
Digital Photography
Good Basic Knowledge:
Adobe After Effects
Color Grading
Audio Sweetening
FTP operations
Shared/Network Storage.
Video Archive Systems
Languages:
Bilingual Native Speaker of English and Arabic.
Professional working proficiency in French.
Education
BA Economics/Television Production, American University (AUC).
Film and Video Production Program, Columbia College Chicago.