michael switzer
Director Of Photography, Creative Director
Brooklyn | United States
Skills
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Interests
sports
art
Digital arts
Skiing
Surfing
Summary
Activity
Work experience
TH3RD COAST STUDIOS
TEAM LEAD, CONTENT CREATOR AND EDITOR | 11/2020 - Current
- Currently facilitating and completing high profile editing projects for our top client, Reishauser
- Have met all critical elements for the customer including Editing style, Cuts, Music Selection, Graphics, Titles, and speedy turn over time.
- Participate and provide professional guidance during weekly team/project meetings with clients. An example is giving them ideas of how to shoot the project in an efficient manner for the editors.
- Met an above expectation and goal of approval on first submissions 97% of the time.
- Management has acknowledged my leadership, meeting and surpassing requirements of all deadlines and attention to detail to all team members.
- Allowed me to become very efficient with Adobe creative cloud applications especially Premier and After Effects. Also learned to use Frame IO which allowed me to work hand and hand with the client.
SummerJax
PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT, Hollister Co. | 01/2021 - 01/2021
- Assisted head photographer Chad Unger for Hollister Co. Summer 2022 look book
- Shot on location in 29 palms
- Responsible for assisting Chad with set up, lighting, Light meters, Film loading, Shooting, capturing 16mm BTS video and directing talent.
LEMONLIGHT STUDIOS
VIDEOGRAPHER, PHOTOGRAPHER FREELANCE/CONTRACT WORK | 06/2018 - 11/2020
- Freelance work for Bubs Naturals, UNI College, Ethel Rose Flower Shop, K2Skis, Ashbury, Slash Snowboards, 0N3P Skis, Zootspace, Jet and Sierra Nevada College.
- Created serval short social media marketing videos.
- Learned how to plan and execute video projects within a short time period on my own.
- Learned how to Use all type of film equipment such as (16MM, 8MM, DSLR'S, RED, BLACK MAGIC, VHS) Sound equipment, lighting.
- Designed and created logos on Adobe illustrator for a Zootspace Clothing line.
- Used Affter Effects to create moving graphics for Zootspace marketing campaign.
- Learned how to take ideas from a brand and create an image for them through video content.
- Had to create videos/ graphics that would help with the marketing of the brand and how to reach their target market.
TH3RD COAST STUDIOS
INTERNSHIP | 05/2017 - 09/2017
- Edited beta version edits for Macys consisting of 50 training videos for employees.
- Organized and logged hours of footage and graphics for several different projects Th3rd Coast was working on.
- Learned how to work with a over whelming amount of footage and log everything neatly and efficiently.
- Learned how to work with a team on set with everyone's individual responsibilities
Education history
SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE
| 2015 - 2017
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
| 2017 - Present


