Jake Thorn
Milwaukee, WI, USAWork Experience
Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
Scoreboard Production Assistant
• Edit sponsor commercials, highlights and create motion graphics using Final Cut Pro and Adobe Creative Suite Software
• Assisted with transition from standard definition to high definition scoreboard and equipment in Early 2011
• Train staff members on the new equipment during transition.
• Responsible for video clip ingest and maintain physical & digital video archives
• Assist with solving IT issues and workflow improvement
• Operate EVS instant replay system, create in-game highlight packages, and operate cameras, among other live production duties
• Assisted with transition from standard definition to high definition scoreboard and equipment in Early 2011
• Train staff members on the new equipment during transition.
• Responsible for video clip ingest and maintain physical & digital video archives
• Assist with solving IT issues and workflow improvement
• Operate EVS instant replay system, create in-game highlight packages, and operate cameras, among other live production duties
March 2009
- Present
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
UW-Milwaukee Athletics
Marketing Media Coordinator
• Produce all videos and graphics for use in the Klotsche Center Arena and the US Cellular Arena
• Led implementation of Daktronics scoreboards and Venus systems in the Klotsche Center
• Direct live events using Newtek Tricaster 455, Tricaster Studio and Newtek’s 3Play systems.
• Coordinate with Sales and Marketing department and sponsors to create video features that fulfill sponsorship contract terms
• Create highlight videos for multiple sports teams
• Produce marketing videos to gain student interest in Athletics events
• Led implementation of Daktronics scoreboards and Venus systems in the Klotsche Center
• Direct live events using Newtek Tricaster 455, Tricaster Studio and Newtek’s 3Play systems.
• Coordinate with Sales and Marketing department and sponsors to create video features that fulfill sponsorship contract terms
• Create highlight videos for multiple sports teams
• Produce marketing videos to gain student interest in Athletics events
August 2012
- May 2014
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
UW-Milwaukee Housing
Web & Digital Media Assistant
• Produce all videos and multimedia for internal use and external marketing use
• Ran all social media platforms and web environments for 6 months in absence of a full-time, professional staff member
• Led design and conceptualization website redesign
• Ran all social media platforms and web environments for 6 months in absence of a full-time, professional staff member
• Led design and conceptualization website redesign
April 2010
- August 2012
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Education
University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: Information Technology Management
Minor: Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies
Certificate: Digital Arts and Culture
Minor: Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies
Certificate: Digital Arts and Culture
September 2007
- August 2012
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Languages
English (Native),
Skills
Adobe After Effects,
Adobe Audition,
Adobe Dreamweaver,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Muse,
Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere,
Autodesk Maya,
C#,
C++,
Cheetah 3D,
Cinema 4D,
CSS,
Database Development,
Filemaker Pro,
Final Cut Pro,
HTML5,
Java,
Motion Graphics ,
Oracle,
SQL,
Visual Basic,
Visual Studio,
Web Design,
Website Development,