Recent graduate with BS in Mass Communication, Photography minor, seeks entry level position in production or post-production. 5 years experience Final Cut Pro Suite, Adobe Photoshop. Reel and Resume below. 1 year experience working production and engineering at local NBC affiliate. 1 year experience working as a professional freelancer. Willing to relocate.

Peep my reel, lemme know what you think.

Editing Reel (Quicktime): http://www.showbizreels.com/miketheis
Editing Reel (Flash Video): http://uthtv.com/umedia/show/566/
Surroundings Mini-Doc: http://uthtv.com/umedia/show/1039/

Relevant Experience:

Producer, Director, Editor 2006
House of Pain, Professional Wrestling School (Documentary, MiniDV, 15:04)
2nd Place, West Virginia International Film Festival, Student Competition

Master Control Operator March 2006-July 2006
WHAG NBC 25, Hagerstown MD
Responsible for basic transmitter operation, Recording, duplication and playback of tapes, use of DVCPRO and BETACAM SP tape decks, monitor vectorscopes, placing programs and commercials on air, & operating other technical equipment within the station.

Freelance Producer December 2005-Present
UthTV.com Internet Television
Produce and edit short documentary pieces for webcast. Currently producing a documentary series about young people and their environs. Also produce forthcoming sketch comedy series “Steam Powered Robot Army”.

Production Assistant June 2005-March 2006
WHAG NBC 25, Hagerstown MD
Primary duties include running studio and control room equipment for morning news broadcast, primarily studio camera. Assist field production unit in filming commercials for broadcast.

Co-Creator and Producer
Steam Powered Media: Sketch Comedy, Art
WWW.SteamPoweredMedia.Net August 2004-October 2005
Oversaw the creation, design, and marketing of SteamPoweredMedia.net. Worked extensively with Adobe Photoshop to design the graphics on the web site. Worked extensively with Final Cut Pro to produce regularly updated video content for web site.

Photo Editor Spring Semester 2004
Picket Newspaper
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Coordinated photo coverage efforts for the Picket. Worked extensively with Adobe Photoshop to select, crop, and color correct photos. Worked with Quark Xpress to lay photos out on the page. Wrote captions for majority of photos that appeared in the paper. Trained photographers in the use of Canon digital SLR’s. While photo editor, the Picket received a “Mark of Distinction” in the area of photojournalism from the Associated Collegiate Press.

Photographer Freelance September 2001- May 2004
Picket Newspaper
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
Shot local news, sports, lectures, and candids. Worked extensively with Canon digital SLR cameras. While working for the Pickett I also learned black and white darkroom printing techniques.

Photographer
Hallmark Photography Freelance March 2001-Present
Bowie, MD 20715
Working mainly as a sports photographer, covering lacrosse, baseball, hockey and crew. Worked extensively with Nikon 35mm SLR cameras.