Director / Unreal Engine Artist

Driven media professional with comprehensive accomplishments leading broadcast production, content strategy, television, and live programs. Demonstrated success in developing and executing plans for large-scale worldwide broadcasts, broadcast facilities, control room design, and fast-paced newscasts. Known as an innovative thinker with strong Unreal Engine skills, 3D environment creation, and graphic design.

Recognized for delivering compelling sports, entertainment, breaking news, and political content to millions of viewers across more than 25,000 hours of professional live and pre-taped television. Expertise includes overseeing outgoing program production for an internationally recognized independent news organization and Canada’s only 24-hour breaking news station. 

Accomplishments:

•Oversaw outgoing program production for an independent news organization disseminating free media across Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Central and Southwest Asia with production in 25 languages.

•On-set Unreal Engine Operator for the first feature film use of an LED volume in the Czech Republic. 

•Managed 45 employees encompassing technical directors, camera crew, and live television production staff, Russian language broadcasts, multi-camera news and discussion programs, digital media, editorial integrity, and production standard compliance.

•Engaged an audio and digital audience of 37.6M+ weekly by delivering impactful content across multiple platforms.

•Oversaw 100 newsroom and production staff, international news, political coverage, morning and talk shows, live events, webcasts, and promotional materials for Canada’s only 24-hour breaking news station with an audience of 1.5M+ daily.

•Awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RDTNA) for outstanding coverage, including the 2010 G20 summit and riots (3.6M viewers), the 2013 Toronto snowstorm (3.1M viewers), and the 2010 New York propane explosion (2.1M viewers).

3D Software:

Unreal Engine 5, Twinmotion, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini, 3Dsmax, Sketchup, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Davinci Resolve, Vmix, Pixotope.

Expertise:

Television Programming, Broadcast Engineering, Television Studio Production, Video Production, Sound Editing, Video Editing, Social Media, Photography, Broadcast Television, 4K UHD Production, Post Production, Documentaries, Broadcasting, Digital Media, Media Production, HDR Production, Content Strategy, Social Media Communications