Hello, and welcome to my portfolio for the position of Multimedia Manager.
It include examples of my experience working as photographer, writer, director, producer, and editor. I’ve worked with national corporations on commercial projects, on corporate projects, narrative and reality programs released on mainstream streaming platforms, and on my own short films.
I’ve worked on over 80 live productions at the Hopkins Bloomberg Center since joining the staff in 2023.
Photo
Truly | Orange Slices
commercial digital photography
worked as a BTS photographer for a national campaign featuring one of Truly’s newest flavors of hard seltzer in partnership with US Soccer
Washington Commanders
Gameday Sponsorship Photographer
Captured fans and event attendees interacting with major brand sponsorship, e.g. Pepsi, FedEx, United Airlines, inside FedEx Field stadium bowl, concourse, and outside grounds during 9 home games
Traveled to Norfolk, VA (Virginia State High School League Class 5 and 6 championships) to capture team representatives, Commanders alumni, and fans interacting with OrthoVirginia sponsorship
Film Noir
analog photography
A project celebrating film noir influences, featuring Black subjects. Historically, Film Noir was about breaking the rules of filmmaking: using jarring editing techniques and bold experimentation in technique.
Taking place largely from the mid-1904s through the 1960s, it would have been the perfect genre within to feature Black actors. Yet—it didn’t.
This project recreates shots from films, as well as original images. Film Noir is a celebration of Blackness with the stylistic approach of the genre.
I conceptualized this project, creative-directed it, shot it in a studio, on analog film, and developed the film and prints myself.
Tank and the Bangas
digital photography: concert photography
At the Charleston Pour House, with Maggie Koerner and Alfred Banks
I shot these on a Nikon D5300 with 50mm and 35mm lenses. The D5300 has a cropped sensor, and the 50mm is a full censor lens. Using the 50mm produced cropped/zoomed-in images, allowing them to appear as if they were shot on a telephoto lens.
Video
The Story of: Advanced Directing
videography
Produced, directed, wrote, and edited a story about award-winning graduate film students and the challenges they faced making films during COVID
#AUSOC Celebrates Black History Month: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Zora Neale Hurston
videography
Wrote, produced, and edited a series of eight short videos for Black History Month featuring figures of note in film, literature, music, and other communication fields.
Used archival and news footage, historical records, etc. to make explainer/”mini docs” on the subjects, and copy wrote appropriate captions for each.
American University Strategic Communications Master’s Digital Communications Concentration
videography
Second camera, helped light and run sound recording for the interview
The Wharf: A Local Legacy
videography
A first year film student explores the relationship between food, the water, industry, and development in Southwest Washington, DC.
I wrote, directed, produced, and provided the voiceover for this project.
Short Film
Still Here
assistant director
I helped hire crew, organize shoot days, keep shoots running on time, and edited the script.
Swann Queen is about William Dorsey Swann, the first recorded person in the United States to self-identify as a drag queen. Born enslaved in Maryland in 1860, Swann went on to organize clandestine drag balls in the District of Columbia.
Indigo Child
cowriter, codirector, coproducer, coeditor
An experimental student film co-created myself
The Murk
assistant director, producer, and behind the scenes photographer
I organized shoot days, keep shoots running on time, edited the script, managed and fed a crew of 10. I also took all of the set stills, which became the film poster.
Swann Queen
assistant director
I helped hire crew, organize shoot days, keep shoots running on time, and edited the script.
Swann Queen is about William Dorsey Swann, the first recorded person in the United States to self-identify as a drag queen. Born enslaved in Maryland in 1860, Swann went on to organize clandestine drag balls in the District of Columbia.
Voice Over
Virginia Department of Education
voiceover
I completed a internal project concerning Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) and Taxonomy of Transition guidelines
Voiceover for American University’s “Off-Campus Living Online Orientation”
voiceover
I completed the voiceover for the online course/orientation mandatory for AU students living off-campus during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The orientation has not yet been released. These are slides from that orientation.
Writing
SOC Hosts Advance Screening of Netflix’s Unbelievable
journalism
This piece was written for American University School of Communication.
“SOC Panel Discusses How To Make Writing About Race, Culture, and Ethnicity Tactful and Not Taboo”
journalism
This piece was written for American University School of Communication.
The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
copywriting
WOKE Rack Card
Wrote promotional material for art exhibit on behalf of the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
The City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
copywriting
WOKE Press Relese
Wrote press release for art exhibit on behalf of City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs
Podcasts
WAMU 88.5: Kojo Nnamdi Show Intern
Pitched story, interviewed experts surrounding subject, selected guests, line-produced segment
Wrote the interview script for the show, edited by producers
Media in the Mix
podcast
Producer, responsible for writing interview questions, copywriting show description and show notes, and transcribing final episode
Media in the Mix
podcast
Producer, responsible for writing interview questions, copywriting show description and show notes, and transcribing final episode