Services Coordinator at Comcast Interactive Media
Greater Philadelphia Area
- Current
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- Service Coordinator, Video Operations at Comcast Interactive Media
- Freelance Multimedia Designer/Editor (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Content & Video Manager at My Damn Channel
- Editor at Small World News
- Production Assistant/Assistant Editor at The MARCOM Group, Ltd.
- Production Assistant at Nancy Glass Productions
- Intern at Greater Philadelphia Film Office
- Intern/Assistant Editor at 9.14 Pictures
- Education
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- Temple University
- Drexel University
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Lauren Galanter’s Summary
I work at the intersection of video and the web.
Broad range of capabilities with a focus on video editing, design, social media and videoblogging. Deep appreciation of open source; participatory media; standards and usability; and online collaboration. Creative abilities balanced with organizational and information management skills. Proven abilities to enhance operational protocols and acquire job skills as needed.
www.laurengalanter.com
Lauren Galanter’s Specialties:
Technical Skills: Videoblogging, Video Editing & Encoding, Blog Setup, Graphic / Web Design, Content Management Systems, HTML, CSS, XML (basic)
Soft Skills: Content Management, Quality Control, Web Usability, Information Coordination, Client & Internal Communication, Social Media
Software & Platforms: Final Cut Studio; Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Premiere CS3; WordPress; CPanel; DoubleClick DART (DFP); ZEDO; MAMP; Snapz Pro X; Microsoft Office; Mac OS X; Windows; Wikis
Lauren Galanter’s Experience
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Service Coordinator, Video Operations
Comcast Interactive Media
(Public Company; CMCSA; Internet industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Web video wrangling. UI design. Video editing. Communications.
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Freelance Multimedia Designer/Editor
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Media Production industry)
May 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)
Provide video editing, DVD authoring and graphic/web design services to a variety of clients.
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Content & Video Manager
My Damn Channel
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
February 2008 — March 2009 (1 year 2 months)
Vital virtual position at Webby-winning, startup online entertainment studio airing web series such as Wainy Days and You Suck At Photoshop with 40 million unique visitors. Responsible for daily review of site as well as designing internal ads and graphics. Communicate directly on a daily basis with CEO, COO and outside partners. Traffic and troubleshoot ad campaigns via DoubleClick for advertisers such as HBO, Universal Pictures, and Southern Comfort with revenues of 15K+. Create technical standards for video content, perform QC, manage video library, and edit internal promotional spots and special episodes for series. Advise on internal productions and site usability/design issues.
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Editor
Small World News
(Media Production industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
Edit select episodes for Alive in Baghdad (www.aliveinbaghdad.org), internationally recognized citizen journalism videoblog covered by the BBC, Yahoo, Fox News, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, MTV News, Rocketboom, NPR and others.
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Production Assistant/Assistant Editor
The MARCOM Group, Ltd.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)
December 2006 — September 2007 (10 months)
Integral position at leading safety & training video company. Autonomously authored DVDs and CD-ROMs for product line; duplicate on in-house system. Spearheaded re-structuring of library of 500+ tapes; self-supervised in library and production information management. Responsible for assisting on all shoots, both on location and at in-house studio.
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Production Assistant
Nancy Glass Productions
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
September 2005 — March 2006 (7 months)
Fast-paced position at company with nationally distributed television programs. Tracked and edited production deliverables for delivery to national networks; implemented new deliverables strategy to streamline and organize process. Transcribed and logged footage, graphics creation as needed.
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Intern
Greater Philadelphia Film Office
(Non-Profit; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2004 — December 2004 (5 months)
Administrative, project, IT, and photography assistance.
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Intern/Assistant Editor
9.14 Pictures
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)
Assistant editing, research, graphics and administrative assistance.
Served as an Assistant Editor on 9.14 Pictures' 2005 documentary "Rock School," a NewMarket Films/A&E Indie Films release
Lauren Galanter’s Education
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Temple University
BA , Film and Media Arts , 2003 — 2005
Graduated Summa Cum Laude. In addition to studies in major, completed multiple semesters of Environmental Studies and high-level English classes.
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Drexel University
Digital Media / Film & Video 2001 — 2002
- Activities and Societies:
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Additional Information
Lauren Galanter’s Websites:
Lauren Galanter’s Interests:
blogging/vlogging, new distro methods, communication, video & film, new media, editing, writing, web design, photography, Final Cut Pro, Photoshop, Wordpress
Lauren Galanter’s Groups:
PIFVA, PANMA, Independents Hall
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WordPress
Lauren Galanter’s Honors:
Graduated Summa Cum Laude 2005
Certificate of Excellence, 2006 Delaware Valley Film Festival
Lauren Galanter’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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