Resume

Experience

Morning Brew

Video Editor

July 2022 — Present
  • • Edited the first Maxinomics longform video to reach one million views, then subscribers grew 88% (+56,822) in one month
  • • Edited 120 social videos in 10 weeks for Morning Brew Daily's launch, including a TikTok that hit one million views
  • • Delivered a 14-part education video course and contributed to a 31-part Excel video course
  • • Support ad deals by editing and integrating ad reads into YouTube videos, adding required copy and branding elements
  • • Edit business news YouTube videos, social videos, video podcasts, branded content, and more using Adobe Premiere Pro
  • • Handle editing, b-roll sourcing, music, sound effects, graphics, color correction, and in-house motion graphics integration
  • • Collaborate with motion graphics animators to identify key graphic moments and integrate animations

The Wall Street Journal

YouTube Video Journalist

Aug. 2021 — July 2022
  • • Launched 2 topical, host-driven YouTube news channels for WSJ's "Journalists as Creators" partnership with Google
  • • Produced, edited with Premiere Pro and After Effects, and helped script 30 3- to 7-minute videos (markets, science, tech, news)
  • • Editing included creating radio and fine cuts, utilizing graphics, sourcing visuals, color correcting and applying music
  • • Remote produced, which included directing shoots over calls, adjusting interviewees' shot and taping Zoom interviews
  • • Commissioned graphics, which included conceptualizing graphics requests and guiding animators
  • • Created eye-catching video thumbnails in Photoshop, optimized for YouTube with text, host cutout and strong visual
  • • Developed (alongside associate director of video/audio strategy) YouTube community guidelines explaining philosophy and potential execution of YouTube Community posts (GIFs, polls), Stories and Shorts

The Wall Street Journal

Social Video Journalist

Jul. 2019 — Aug. 2021
  • • Launched WSJ's Twitter video team, alongside colleagues, which published 8 social videos every weekday on Twitter
  • • Created 640 reporter-fronted and text-on-screen one-minute social videos (markets, personal finance, tech, business)
  • • Produced, scripted, shot and Premiere Pro edited stock market videos (at least one every day) under tight deadlines
  • • Shot and interviewed reporters in newsroom and studio with Sony FS5 and light setup; shot over Zoom during Covid
  • • Piloted and launched a daily market update video series and weekly markets wrap "Winners and Losers" video series
  • • Wrote social copy and headlines for videos and worked with social team to distribute videos
  • • Established team's folder structure for video editing files and oversaw migration of terabytes of files to a new server

Education

University of Southern California

B.A. Broadcast & Digital Journalism

May 2018

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Gates Millennium Scholar · Director's Award for Excellence

Skills

Adobe Premiere Pro Video production Product launcher Social publishing Media management Highly detail-oriented

Organizations

SAAHJ San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists, Member
NAHJ National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Member