ThomasMSmith Resume2022
ThomasMSmith Resume2022
ThomasMSmith Resume2022
Smith
Tom.Smith11891@gmail.com 610-733-6528
WORK EXPERIENCE
WPHL-TV-Nexstar Media Group | Philadelphia, PA | August 2021 - Present
Special Projects Producer, Morning News
● Lead, produce, shoot, edit, and booth 30 minute and hour long weekend specials
● Shoot and edit packages for the Morning News team
● Produce and shoot news and feature hits for live reporters
● Write news scripts and create graphics for newscasts
● Booked, scheduled and produced guest segments for live newscasts
● Edit raw footage for newscasts using Premiere Pro
● Produce and edit weekly community affairs program, “In Focus”
● Stack, produce and booth newscasts for absent producers
● Produce 20 hours of morning news content weekly
WPHL-TV-Nexstar Media Group | Philadelphia, PA | December 5th 2021 - January 2nd 2022
Executive Producer, 2022 Mummers Parade
● Successfully produced an 8 hour parade with less than a month lead time
● Accumulated and wrote over 100 page talent binder for Parade day
● Coordinated with City Hall, The Mummers, and external TV crew
● Coordinated with sales to ensure happiness of sponsors
● Oversaw control room truck and coordinated with crew members and talent during live broadcast
● Coordinated with traffic to ensure all paid materials ran
WPHL-TV-Nexstar Media Group | Philadelphia, PA | October 2019 - August 2021
Associate Producer, Morning News
● Wrote news scripts and created lowers for newscasts
● Desktop edited video for newscasts using Premiere Pro
● Wrote copy and post news stories to PHL17.com
● Produced guest segments for live newscasts
● Curated posts for station social media pages
Forge Apollo | Newtown Square, PA | July 2016 - October 2019
Senior Producer
● Oversaw all planning and phases of creative development.
● Supervised and produced digital assets such as video, virtual reality, live events, and live streaming
● Created, presented, managed, and maintained a variety of budgets including ones in the six figure range
● Wrote and edited copy for social media
● Successfully created marketing campaigns that received over 311 million impressions
● Managed a variety of staff and crew
● Negotiated with vendors for projects
Links: Forge Apollo Website | Forge Apollo YouTube
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Humanities
Minor in Communication, Focus on Media Production and Film Studies
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
SKILLS