Russ G. Gregg
Video Editor | Director | Content Producer & Strategist

Cell: (214) 676-3953
Email: russggregg@mac.com

Video editor, director, and content producer with years of experience across advertising, corporate marketing, documentary, feature film, and academic media. Comfortable working independently or leading production end to end — from creative development and shooting through editing, motion graphics, and content strategy. Proven ability to manage high-volume output, adapt to a client’s or organization’s established brand and voice, and deliver on tight deadlines.

Skills

Video Editing & Post-Production: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Camtasia — color correction, color grading, visual effects, motion graphics, and sound design

Directing & Production: Creative development, storytelling, and dialogue across documentary, commercial, corporate, and web formats; live stream direction for large-scale events

Content Strategy & Management: Editorial calendars, campaign strategy, CMS management, YouTube channel management, large-scale video library management, client and project coordination

Technical: Video encoding (WebM), HTML/CSS, WordPress, Panopto, PowerPoint, Brainshark, SlideShare

Experience

Texas A&M University-Commerce — Multimedia Manager — Commerce, TX — 2018–Present

• Produce, shoot, and edit academic and university-messaging video content, delivering 3,000+ videos produced, directed, and/or edited
• Manage and produce content for the department’s YouTube channel (5,000+ videos)
• Direct live streams for commencement and other university events
• Content-manage and oversee deployment of the university’s entire Panopto video library (100,000+ videos)

Viewstream — Producer / Editor / Director — San Francisco, CA — 2011–2018

• Edited, directed, and produced B2B video campaigns for technology companies (clients included Adobe, Autodesk, and Microsoft), including color correction, sound design, and visual effects
• Produced and strategized content across multiple concurrent marketing campaigns

Independent — Videographer / Content Strategist — San Francisco, CA — 2009–2011

• Produced and directed marketing videos and brochures for small and mid-sized businesses
• Created, strategized, and produced multimedia packages as a freelance contractor

Symantec — Editor / Content Strategist — Cupertino, CA — 2008–2010

• Produced and directed marketing videos and multimedia packages
• Managed social media for a 500,000-member enterprise community
• Maintained the editorial calendar and wrote/published a monthly newsletter to 150,000 subscribers

Independent — Editor — San Francisco, CA — 2003–2008

• Edited numerous commercials, two documentaries, and one feature film

Education
Texas A&M University — Major: English Literature | Minor: History, Communication

Interests
Podcasting, harmonica, yoga, electronic music production and DJing, outdoor recreation