Skills
Audio Editing/Recordings Tools: Adobe Audition, Pro Tools, Descript, Riverside, Zencastr, ZOOM H6 audio recorder
Audio Repair and Mastering: iZotope RX Elements, Accentize dxRevive, FabFilter, Waves Loudness Meter plugin
Broadcast Work Experience
Goat Rodeo Creative Audio Agency
April 2020 - Present
Advise on strategy for up to 5 different productions at a time, including developing editorial direction of new projects, generating production schedules and creating detailed outlines for upcoming narrative shows
Manage production of 6-episode narrative podcast series Fifteen: Inside the Daniel Marsh Murders, reaching the #2 position on Apple Podcast’s Top Shows, Top Series and Top True Crime charts
Work individually and alongside executive producer and host to script, line edit, track narration, sound design and master 2 full episodes
Supervise team of 3 producers to script and assemble an additional 4 episodes, guiding the team to produce a cohesive, narratively sound podcast
Provide editorial feedback to producers and host, offering guidance via script rewrites and structural revisions
Maintain production calendar to meet fast-moving internal and external deadlines
Collaborate directly with executive producers at Paramount to edit, fact-check and incorporate notes from legal & standards into each episode
Manage daily recording schedule for 20+ rotating hosts, edit timely episodes under deadline pressure and engineer remote and in-person recordings for the Lawfare Daily podcast
Edit 2-way audio in Descript and Adobe Audition and collaborate with host to write narration and episode copy for CNN’s weekly tech news podcast, Terms of Service
Run remote recordings with high profile guests, diagnose and address audio issues in a fast-paced environment and edit conversational interview audio for 80 episodes of Kelly Ripa’s weekly podcast, Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa
Assist in production on a variety of other original shows, including Project Brazen’s Fur & Loathing, Lawfare’s Chatter and narrative series Escalation, Allies, and The Aftermath, The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Politically Georgia and It’s UATL, and The Met’s Frame of Mind
Axios Media
April 2020 - January 2021
Assisted in the creation and launch of the daily news podcast Axios Today
Secured tens of thousands of downloads per episode and peaked in the top 10 shows on Apple Podcasts within 6 months of launch
Researched and pitched at least 3 news stories per day, with topics ranging from domestic and international politics to science, business and beyond
Edited newsy and conversational interview segments to fit into 10-minute episodes
Worked with host to research interview topics, script segment intros and write host questions
Booked relevant guests from within the Axios newsroom and other outside organizations
Produced remote interviews over Zoom, walking guests through appropriate recording procedure to ensure the best audio quality possible
Radio America Network
November 2014 - April 2020
Producer/Board-Op/Co-Host for nationally-syndicated radio programs with over 300 affiliates, including On Air with Doug, Jen and Victoria, The Chad Benson Show, The American Family Farmer and Good Day Health
Recorded, edited and mixed audio under tight deadline pressure
Recorded voice-overs for podcasts, promos and national spots
Engineered daily remote broadcasts with multiple hosts and guests using Comrex Access and ISDN
Monitored on-air programming to maintain high-quality broadcast standards, worked with daily operations logs and reliably executed production and distribution of live broadcasts
Generated story and interview ideas, conducted background research and pre-interviews, drafted scripts and produced accompanying digital content for social media
Booked guests in the worlds of entertainment, the arts, health, technology and sports
NPR Library Internship
June 2014 – August 2014
Digitized audio reels of archived NPR shows to preserve historical content, using Studer reel tape decks, Sony Sound Forge and Wavelab software
Supported the creation of long-term access to NPR content through research and metadata creation