Apple's Genius Bar. ⤏ Achieved team-leading metrics in customer satisfaction
and techni- cal repair accuracy, ranking in the top 1% of Apple Genii worldwide.
Nate Berends
206 696.3116
[email protected] www.streamlightmotionmedia.com 4227 1st Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Manager
Business Manager Emerson Independent Video
Hot Bodies In Motion (Band) January 2010-Present, Seattle, WA
May 2006-April 2007, Boston, MA
⤏ Booked, promoted, and advanced sell-out shows at venues throughout Seattle, and along the West Coast.
⤏ Negotiated sync licensing agreements with Red Bull Media House
and Lionsgate Films, including placement in an A-list $40M feature ilm.
⤏ Managed all business transactions for a 250 member student production organization.
⤏ Accounted for, allocated and distributed +$50,000 in production budgets to 40+ productions.
⤏ Developed and executed a complete social media and digital strategy that has affected an average 39.6% growth in web trafic monthon-month during the irst year.
⤏ Managed day-to-day oficial business, including the iling and fulillment of work-orders and requisitions, and implemented follow-up and accountability procedures.
INFO Systems & Technology (IS&T) Supervisor
Weather Producer & SENIOR Weather Anchor
One Reel Inc./Bumbershoot July 2011 - October 2012, Seattle, WA
EIV News at 6:00
⤏ Recruited by One Reel Inc. to restore order to an IS&T department that was reeling from years of mismanagement and negligence.
⤏ Identiied and implemented more than $35,000 in savings by reducing overhead and establishing new solutions to perennial problems.
⤏ Engineered and deployed a 99% reliable data network for Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival, consisting of 600+ nodes across Seattle Center's 74-Acre campus.
⤏ Garnered praise from One Reel Executive Director Jon Stone for
having “achieved more, alone, than teams of several of [my] predecessors”.
Genius Apple Inc. November 2009-March 2011, Seattle, WA
⤏ Provided face-to-face technical and repair consultations through Apple’s Genius Bar.
⤏ Achieved team-leading metrics in customer satisfaction and technical repair accuracy, ranking in the top 1% of Apple Genii worldwide.
⤏ Participated in the development of fellow employees as a member of the store’s mentor team.
Coordinating Producer Seattle Paciic University July 2008-May 2009, Seattle, WA
⤏ Supervised a group of 30 university students in the conceptualization, planning and execution of 37 campus events over the course of the 2008-09 academic year.
⤏ Worked regularly and effectively with university departments in the planning & promotion of events.
⤏ Supervised the production of a live-event showcase at a major Se-
attle venue, including a live concert recording and high-deinition DVD of the showcase, for distribution & sale.
⤏ Developed and implemented several new programs, in turn becoming recognized as 2008-09 Organization of The Year.
⤏ Produced Associated Press-award winning meteorological content for EIV News, a university-sponsored public television station. ⤏ Trained and supervised a 7 member team of weathercasters. Associate Producer EIV News, Decision
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⤏ EMMY-Award winning live-to-air news special following 2006 general election. ⤏ Coordinated national analysis team and produced live-to-air coverage of 2006 Senate & House races. Line Producer United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
⤏ Contracted by the UNEP to produce a series of public service announcements about electronic waste.
⤏ PSAs were broadcast on television networks both domestically and overseas. Live Audio Supervisor The 26th Annual EVVY Awards Boston, MA
⤏ Supervised an audio team of 14 people for a televised 2-show, live-toair awards event. ⤏ Engineered a live broadcast audio system consisting of 96 inputs and 32 submixes. Audio Mix Engineer, "Good Morning Emerson" Emerson College Television Boston, MA
⤏ Engineered audio for a live-to-air television morning show, syndicated throughout metropolitan Boston. ProTools Surround Mix Engineer, "Thursday" Emerson Independent Video
⤏ Engineered a 5.1 surround sound mix for a feature-length (120m) action-thriller.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
1.8 MILLION+ YOUTUBE VIEWS
PRODUCTION Management, budgeting & scheduling • Talent acquisition & advancing • Audio engineering & mixing (analog + digital) • Multi-camera directing • Non-linear editing • Studio pedestal cameras • ENG shooting (MiniDV, DVCAM and DVCPRO) • Chyron Duet • Leightronix Broadcast Automation • Teleprompter • Advanced engineering skills (video + audio)
Allen Stone - Live! From His Mother’s Living Room (Director)
2008-09 STUDENT ORG. of THE YEAR Seattle Paciic University Worship Arts Ensemble (Coordinator)
3rd Place 2007 College EMMY Awards - March 2007
SOFTWARE Final Cut Studio • Adobe Creative Suite 5 • Dreamweaver • ProTools HD/LE • Ofice • Mac OS X (Client + Server) • Windows 7 • SQL/PHP/HTML
Best College TV Weathercast Associated Press/RTNDA Awards - March 2007
Best College TV Newscast Associated Press/RTNDA Awards - March 2007
Best College Public Affairs Radio News Program Associated Press/RTNDA Awards - March 2006
FORMAL EDUCATION
BA Education & Theology Seattle Paciic University, Seattle WA
BA Marketing & TV/Video Production Emerson College, Boston MA
Conferred June 2009 Transferred to SPU 96 Credits Completed
