Damien Somerset

Damien Somerset

Manager, Video Production at X PRIZE Foundation

Location
Greater Los Angeles Area
Industry
Online Media

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Damien Somerset's Overview

Current
  • Manager, Video Production at X PRIZE Foundation
  • Social Media Consultant at Insolent Robot Corp.
Past

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Education
  • University of Southern California Film School
Connections

500+ connections

Websites

Damien Somerset's Summary

Areas of expertise:
• Social Media Marketing Strategy
• Film and Video Production
• Social Media Optimization (SMO)
• Project Management
• Video Editing
• Graphic Design
• Metrics Tracking & Reporting
• Video Encoding & Delivery
• Community & Brand Development
• Content Development & Management
• Video SEO & SEM
• Social Network Marketing

My Twitter
http://twitter.com/DamienSomerset

My Projects Collected on YouTube
http://youtube.com/user/DamienSomerset

PORTFOLIO

Consulting
http://tinyurl.com/ylhd8xy

Producing
http://tinyurl.com/ykglu4y

Editing
http://tinyurl.com/ygqow2o

Graphic Design
http://tinyurl.com/yj7glef

Interviews & Guest Appearances
http://tinyurl.com/yl3utpg

TRIVIA ABOUT ME
• The projects I've worked on have been viewed over 126 million times
• My name is an auto-fill on Google (kinda cool right?)
• According to my DNA I'm distantly related to Jimmy Buffett & I'm 3% Neanderthal
• I sang Ebony & Ivory on stage with Stevie Wonder (no joke)

CONTACT
damiensomerset [at] gmail.com

Tags
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Specialties

Social Media Consulting, Social Media Marketing, Online Marketing, Web Video Optimization, Producing, Video Editing, Graphic Design, Metrics, Analytics, SEO, SEM, YouTube, video, Facebook, marketing, Hollywood, Los Angeles, internet marketing, google analytics, business marketing, social media, rss, podcast, consultant, Link Strategy, Keyword Strategy, iPhone, search engine optimization, tagging, Brand Development, video producer, web video, Twitter, expert, search engine marketing, SMO, mobile

Damien Somerset's Experience

Manager, Video Production

X PRIZE Foundation

Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry

April 2011 – Present (2 years 2 months) Playa Vist, CA

Managing a team of producers, editors, videographers, and crew, to create engaging video content for the X PRIZE Foundation.

Main Channel
http://youtube.com/xprize

Highlights Playlist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsIIwZtisYdpPSY7eZ5Rn-js3L25ccrXc

Special Projects

Creator/Project Manager
Offshore Oil Infrastructure Map: the only publicly available map that plots the locations of every oil drilling platform globally, as well as, oil exports, shipping routes & pipelines.
http://50.18.190.7/xprize-oil

Social Media Consultant

Insolent Robot Corp.

January 2005 – Present (8 years 5 months) Greater Los Angeles Area

Insolent Robot is a new media consulting firm that specializes in digital marketing strategy development, short form digital production, video encoding, web video distribution, metrics, search engine optimization and marketing.

Producer

About.com

Public Company; 51-200 employees; NYT; Internet industry

September 2012 – December 2012 (4 months) Greater Los Angeles Area

Re:create, produced for About.com, is hosted by the crafty maven Corinne Leigh, who helps find the perfect DIY bloggers to answer your decor dilemma emails. Each episode shows you how to transform inexpensive objects into a beautiful and unique project for your indoor and outdoor spaces. ‪#recreateDIY‬

Homepage:
http://recreate.about.com

Videographer

TEDxSoCal

July 2011 – July 2011 (1 month) Long Beach, CA

Interviewed speakers and attendees of TEDxSoCal 2011.
http://tedxsocal.org

Video Producer & Social Media Consultant

X PRIZE Foundation

Nonprofit; 11-50 employees; Nonprofit Organization Management industry

June 2010 – March 2011 (10 months)

Produced videos and consulted on social media strategy for the $10M Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to produce fuel efficient vehicles that get over 100 MPGe. Served as field producer for the one hour National Geographic Special "X PRIZE Cars: Accelerating the Future". Produced multiple web series.

Homepage
http://progressiveautoxprize.org

YouTube Playlist
http://bit.ly/Auto_X_PRIZE

National Geographic Special
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/x-prize-cars-accelerating-the-future-5848

Five Trends I Learned From the Future
http://bit.ly/5_Trends

Social Media Consultant

Revision3

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry

January 2010 – March 2010 (3 months)

Managed video optimization for searchability (SEO), related video discovery, social media functionality, and for viewer interactivity on Tekzilla's CES 2010 coverage. Also trained new Audience Development Manager in YouTube optimization.

http://revision3.com/

Creator

Shift Logic

October 2009 – February 2010 (5 months)

Shift Logic s a green video web series that let’s it’s viewers program the show by allowing them to submit and vote on relevant and ridiculous environmental news. The top stories become the show!

Shift Logic has literally received tens of views and has taken my home internet connection by storm... really, you haven't heard of it... wow, you really need to get out more.

http://shiftlogic.org

Also, you can see special Shift Logic segments I do for Planet100, a weekly green news show for Planet Green on the Discovery Network.

http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=312BC74B1D880560

Project Manager

AFI Digital Content Lab

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry

September 2009 – January 2010 (5 months)

Managing collaborative teams of digital & television professionals, designers, developers and industry leaders to develop innovative digital entertainment prototypes for television, film, mobile, and game producers.

Since 1998, the AFI Digital Content Lab has been organizing volunteer teams of mentors from first-tier design, production, strategy, business, and technology companies collaborate to envision and strategize tomorrow's media solutions today.

Homepage
http://afi.com

AFI DigiFest Videos
http://youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1C6F9F983413E4F3

Consultant

Next New Networks

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry

June 2007 – May 2009 (2 years) Greater New York City Area

Developed, launched, and managed ViroPOP, an online environmental video network. Managed employees in operations, network promotion, and community development.
http://nextnewnetworks.com

Creator

ZapRoot

June 2007 – April 2009 (1 year 11 months) Greater Los Angeles Area

ZapRoot was the web’s most popular green web series for two years. It had over 80 episodes and was viewed over 20 million times. ZapRoot was an unconventional bite-sized news show that covered the fast changing world of the modern Green Revolution. With sarcasm, silliness, & sanity, host Jessica Wlliamson encouraged you to have a better time while making a better world.
http://www.youtube.com/zaproot

Editor

Ask A Ninja

November 2006 – April 2009 (2 years 6 months)

Post Production, editing, and video delivery optimization. Ask A Ninja is an award winning and incredibly successful comedic web series that pioneered web video entrepreneurship.
http://askaninja.com/

CEO

7Robot

April 2007 – January 2009 (1 year 10 months)

7Robot is a digital consulting firm that helps brands, networks, and studios develop engaged audiences and social networks online.
http://7-robot.com/

Consultant

Generate

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry

September 2008 – December 2008 (4 months)

Provided expert consultation on post-production processes, optimization, and distribution of web video content, as well as audience development and community incubation. Hired and trained employees on optimization and distribution processes.
http://generatela.com/

Writer

Whole Life Times

February 2007 – July 2008 (1 year 6 months)

Specializing in Alternative Transportation.
http://wholelifetimes.com/

Producer

Ecorazzi, LLC

Partnership; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry

March 2007 – February 2008 (1 year)

Producer of video content.
http://ecorazzi.com/

Curator

Pixelodeon Festival 2007

June 2007 – June 2007 (1 month)

Curator for the "Green" block of programming.
http://pixelodeonfest.com/

Editor

Disney ABC Television Group

Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DIS; Entertainment industry

May 2007 – May 2007 (1 month)

Editor for National Bingo Night.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0990402/

Writer

Worldchanging

Nonprofit; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry

February 2007 – May 2007 (4 months) Greater Los Angeles Area

Specializing in issues important to the Los Angeles area.
http://worldchanging.com/

Editor & Web Video Consultant

GOOD Magazine

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry

October 2006 – February 2007 (5 months)

Strategized on web video distribution & technology development for GOODMagazine.com. Prepared research brief on the current state on all available web video platforms, including advantages, limitations, and predicted developments.
http://good.is/

Editor

Alive in Baghdad

January 2007 – January 2007 (1 month)

Part time Editor for Alive in Baghdad.
http://aliveinbaghdad.org/

Editor

Hope is Emo

November 2006 – January 2007 (3 months)

Executive Producer

TreeHugger.com

Public Company; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry

March 2006 – January 2007 (11 months)

Channel development, production department management, in addition to producing a majority of the content.
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/treehugger-tv/

Producer

Current TV

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry

September 2006 – September 2006 (1 month)

Produced "pods" exclusively for Current's Television outlet.
http://current.com/

Editor

Keith & the Girl

September 2006 – September 2006 (1 month)

Editor for a live show.
http://keithandthegirl.com/

Editor

World of Wonder

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry

August 2006 – August 2006 (1 month)

Editor for Perez Hilton Reality Pilot.
http://worldofwonder.net/

Editor

Style Channel

August 2005 – October 2005 (3 months)

Editor for Foody Call.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0462102/

Assistant Editor

HBO, MTV, A&E, PBS, DreamWorks, Fox, Bravo, SpikeTV, UPN, ESPN, Etc.

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry

January 2001 – May 2005 (4 years 5 months)

Bella (Feature)
Wridtcutters (Feature)
East of Havana (Feature)
The Derrida Project (Feature)
American Idol
From the Top
Queer Eye for the Straight Girl
The Sports List
Wanna Come Inside?
Guy’s Ultimate Vacation
The 5th Wheel
Martin Luther King Doc
Yao’s First Year
Catch Me If You Can (DVD Featurette)
Men in Black 2 (DVD Featurette)
Biker Boyz (DVD Featurette & Menus)
Road to Perdition (Comm. Campaign)
The Ring (Commercial Campaign)
Sundance Channel (Commercial Series)
Final Destination 2 (DVD Featurette)
Friday the 13th (DVD Featurette)
Manhood (Feature)
The History of Hair (A&E)
Shock Video (HBO)
Charlie’s Angeles 2 (DVD Featurette)

Damien Somerset's Projects

  • Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENEGE

    • November 2011 to Present
    Team Members: Damien Somerset

    A $1.4 Million competition designed to inspire a new generation of innovative solutions that will speed the pace of cleaning up seawater surface oil resulting from spillage from ocean platforms, tankers, and other sources.

  • Visioneering 2013

    • May 2013 to Present
    Team Members: Damien Somerset

    Each year, corporate leaders, philanthropists, heads of innovation and XPRIZE Trustees ("visioneers") gather for a multi-day Visioneering meetup to brainstorm, debate, and prioritize which of the world's Grand Challenges might be solved through incentivized competition.

Damien Somerset's Volunteer Experience & Causes

  • Volunteer Interests

    • Causes I care about:

      • Animal Welfare
      • Arts and Culture
      • Children
      • Civil Rights and Social Action
      • Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
      • Economic Empowerment
      • Education
      • Environment
      • Health
      • Human Rights
      • Politics
      • Poverty Alleviation
      • Science and Technology
      • Social Services

    • Organizations I support:

      • Farm Sanctuary
      • The Humane Society of the United States
      • Animal Legal Defense Fund
      • Mercy for Animals
      • spcaLA
      • Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
      • American Indian College Fund
      • Women Thrive Worldwide
      • Global Fund for Womem
      • Center for American Progress
      • AMREF
      • Natural Resources Defense Council
      • Sierra Club
      • Fauna & Flora International
      • Global Greengrants Fund
      • The Moth
      • WHYY
      • Wikipedia
      • Radio Lab
      • WGBH
      • KCRW
      • Electronic Frontier Foundation
      • Charity Navigator
      • Network for Good
      • Brady Campaign

Damien Somerset's Education

University of Southern California Film School

Film Production, Film Production

1999 – 2001

Notable Achievements: One of only four people selected to direct a graduating class thesis project. Eventually sold that short film for distribution.

Damien Somerset's Additional Information

Websites:
Groups and Associations:

Motion Picture Editors Guild

Honors and Awards:

Director
••Best Dramatic Short Portland World Cinema 2001
••Best Film Cabbagetown Film Festival 2001
••Best Student Short LA First Glance Film Fest
••Best Dramtic Short Cape Fear Ind. Film Fest
••Best Student Project First Glance Film Fest. 2001
••Bronze Award Worldfest Film Fest. Houston
••Best Film Artfest 2002
••3rd Place Mercy Hot Springs Film Festival
••3rd Place Houston Film Festival

Editor
••Winner of a YouTube “Tuby” 2007
••Winner of a Webby Award 2007
••Winner of a Vloggie Award 2007

Other
••Curator for the Pixelodeon Film Festival 2007

Festival Screenings (Total 42)
Nodance Film Festival
Deep Ellum - Dallas Int. Film Festival
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Planet Indie Film Festival
Red Square Film Festival
Sacramento Film Festival
Portobello Film Festival (UK)
Foyle Film Festival (Ireland)
Magnolia Film Festival
Empire State Film Festival (NY)
Philadelphia First Glance Film Festival

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