Resume

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Business Experience

Matthew R. Briggs

www.mrbvideos.com

116 Boeing Trl, Poplar Grove, Illinois 61065

309-253-3064 MRBVideos@Gmail.com

I plan to pursue a career and continue to learn more about a variety of aspects of the communication field. I am particularly interested in filming, editing, and studio work. My experience as a teaching assistant at Northern Illinois University and my background as a team leader with both Verizon and AT&T for a combined 9 years have allowed me to work with large teams, and to help me learn how to communicate more effectively when teaching new things. I enjoyed my time when I was teaching someone else something new and am pursuing an opportunity that will help me do that.

Teaching Assistant

Northern Illinois Univesity Dept of Communications, Dekalb, IL

08/2009 to Present

Teach an Introduction to Field Production Course of 20 Junior level communication students. Quizzes, tests, presentations, video exercises and writing assignments are all assigned and graded by me. The skills that they learn in this class are: The Apple Mac Operating platform, Final Cut Studio, including Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, and Soundtrack Pro; How to use MiniDV prosumer cameras properly; Audio fundamentals including microphones and pickup patterns; and Lighting essentials (3 point lighting, color temperature, and safe lighting practices).

Owner and Operator

MrBVideos; Poplar Grove, Illinois

04/2008 - Present

This business films and edits weddings, commercials, documentaries and other events for DVD release and for online delivery. Past clients include, Wades World Foundation, CB & JT Family Foundation, and Karel Murray.

Video Production Intern

Chicago Sports Management Group; Chicago, Illinois

04/2008 - 09/2008

Shot and edited video for CSMG’s clients foundations, including basketball all stars, Dwyane Wade and Dee Brown. This developed my Final Cut Studio and Photoshop skills. Learned many new skills in working with developing and maintaining websites, and continued developing my filming skills. Work has been featured at www.wadesworldfoundation.org , www.deebrown11.com and www.gboahoops.com

Specialist / Digital Provisioning Center

AT&T; Raleigh, North Carolina

08/2005 - 08/2007

Designed special circuits that came through the Digital Provisioning Center and released them to the field to work (within a 24 hour window). Conducted a daily conference call with the construction supervisors in the Raleigh area to ensure that all construction service orders were performed in a timely manner. Developed leadership skills including time management, organization and project management skills as management required that the specified dates were met.

Outside Plant Engineer

Verizon; Bloomington, Illinois

06/1999 - 08/2005

Designed special circuits and cable diagrams for construction personal to place cable and do splicing work to get our customers their telephone and internet service. Also maintained constant contact with the construction crews to ensure the work was done to my specifications or to answer any questions that they may have. Responsible for up to 3 construction crews on any given day and held a daily conference call with them to ensure all crews were working together as they needed.

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

Currently Enrolled in the Communication MA program with an anticipated graduation date of May 2011.
Teaching Assistant for Coms 358, Introduction to Field Production.
In the Summer of 2010 attended the NIU Study Abroad Program, Media and Culture in Ireland, where I was exposed to the culture, literature, arts, advertising, television, filmmaking, and history or Ireland.

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois

Attended from August 2007 to December of 2008
Recieved Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications in December 2008
Undergraduate GPA 3.15 with a 3.4 GPA in Classes within my degree

Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois

Attended from August 1996 to June 1999
Recieved Associates Degree in Architecture in December 2001

President of ICC’s Chapter of American Institute of Architecture Students

Extensive knowledge in filming, editing, and capturing footage with Apple Final Cut Pro, including experience teaching these skills to my field production course
Extensive knowledge in Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Apple Motion, Adobe After Effects, Apple Soundtrack Pro, Pro Tools, DVD Studio Pro, Adobe InDesign, and basic HTML code including CSS, Javascript, PHP, and MySQL.
Experience as a Manager and a team leader, responsible for several crews of construction personnel while working with AT&T and Verizon for a combined 9 years

Awarded highest honor in Boy Scouting, Eagle Scout, in September 1994
Attended the American Institute of Architecture Students Leadership Conference in Washington DC in July of 1998
Member of (Team Captain for 3 years), a Relay for Life team in my hometown of Chillicothe, Illinois that has raised over $78,000 since its inception in 2002. Top fundraising team for 5 of those years
Avid outdoorsmen participating in high adventure activities in such extreme sports as white water rafting, rock climbing, scuba diving and hang gliding.

Education

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Skills Profile

Awards and Notes

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