Vetted Media & Creative Professionals

Stephen Coppola

Screened

Senior Video Editor & Motion Graphics Lead specializing in broadcast and digital content

Milford, CT19y exp

“Lead YouTube editor running an end-to-end longform workflow for DIY/entertainment/ads, leveraging a tightly integrated Adobe Creative Suite pipeline (Premiere + AE/PS/AI) for graphics and motion. Standardized an editing department by authoring SOPs and building After Effects template systems, drawing on prior ESPN experience. Currently supports two channels totaling ~550k subscribers, including a main channel with 48M views in the last year.”

Benjamin Hudnut

Screened

Junior Live Events & Music Operations professional specializing in booking, touring, and community events

Los Angeles, CA4y exp

“Founder/director of the music and event production company Tuned In, personally driving outbound BD to book underground LA talent and produce 25 events, including a major Lunar New Year collaboration with Alice Longyu Gao. Also ran multi-channel voter/community outreach for the Frankie Carrillo campaign (door knocking, 1,000+ SMS) and built automation tools (Apple widget; AI image-to-CSV workflow at Live Nation) to improve operational efficiency.”

Johnq Gromada

Screened

Principal Sound Designer/Composer specializing in theatre, audio drama, and broadcast media

Nyack, NY35y exp

“Music editor/composer and Pro Tools power user who handled all music editing plus original composition/production (with live musicians) for Chazz Palminteri’s "A Bronx Tale: The One Man Show" (Tribeca premiere), and supervised a 5.1 mix at Harbor in NYC. Experienced in dialogue cleanup (iZotope), music-to-picture editing (time-stretch/Melodyne), and fast-turnaround workflows supported by a proprietary FileMaker Pro tracking database; also produces audio drama/Audible Originals.”

Jay Passarella

Screened

Senior Video Production Manager specializing in sports storytelling and postproduction

Keyport, NJ18y exp

“Video editor/post-production specialist with deep Premiere Pro expertise and strong After Effects capability, currently editing for the USGA YouTube channel (features/tributes/hype content). Built the Midnight Sun Company channel from scratch starting in 2013, including a music video that surpassed 5M views, and has experience leading and mentoring a small team of editors.”

Daniel Crook

Screened

Senior Audio Engineer & Composer specializing in post-production and music for film, TV, and games

8y exp

“Music editor/sound mixer with TV episode experience and prior work mixing/editing YouTube videos at a production company. Uses a highly structured Logic Pro workflow (templates, SMPTE lock, project alternatives) and beat-marker/BPM alignment to shape pacing and emotion, with strong automation and EQ techniques to keep music and SFX clean and impactful in fast-turnaround environments.”

“Veteran music editor/mixer and musician with 20+ years in Pro Tools, specializing in broadcast advertising, television, and social media deliverables. Contributed music editing to an Emmy-winning CBS News/60 Minutes year-end sizzle reel and is known for extremely fast turnarounds using an SSL-inspired Pro Tools template and a decades-built SFX library.”

Joseph Orisino

Screened

Senior Longform Video Editor specializing in YouTube-style storytelling and post-production leadership

New York, NY18y exp

“Senior editor/post-production supervisor with extensive Premiere + After Effects experience across major media brands (Yahoo Finance, Thrillist, Yahoo News/Katie Couric) and current work producing a video suite for SkinCeuticals (L'Oréal). Known for building scalable editorial workflows (style guides, review processes) and delivering retention-focused longform YouTube edits with strong cross-functional coordination through color, audio, graphics, and social versioning.”

Jake Arena

Screened

Mid-level growth marketer and producer specializing in entertainment and live events

Los Angeles, CA4y exp

“Startup-minded operator and event-business builder who created an outbound pipeline from scratch at Beat Repeat using POS and ticketing data, driving 30% higher repeat attendance and 15% lower costs. Also founded Drinklink, a bar subscription service sold face-to-face, and showed strong market instinct by identifying and negotiating an early strategic partnership with Posh before it was widely established in Los Angeles.”

“Video editor/motion graphics specialist with ~20 years of deep After Effects experience (compositing, motion graphics, 3D camera work, expressions) and a structured longform YouTube editing workflow. Has led teams as a lead editor on branding campaigns and contributed to major channels including Univision’s YouTube/streaming presence, Sofía Vergara’s Nuevón, and travel creator David Was Here.”

Lizhuoyuan Wan

Screened

Junior Game Designer/Unity Developer specializing in systems and combat design

Boston, MA3y exp

“MMORPG numerical/economy designer who built and tuned a dual-currency system (gold/agate), progression gates, and late-game sinks using quantitative models (including exponential curves) and telemetry segmentation by player level/assets. Implemented engagement drivers like roguelike repeatable dungeons and weekly leaderboard rewards, and partnered cross-functionally to resolve economy risks such as item tradability to keep outputs stable and controllable.”

Richard Roberts

Screened

Executive TV/Film Editor-Producer specializing in reality, documentary, and broadcast programming

7y exp

“Senior video editor and post producer with deep Premiere experience (and Avid for network-style work), spanning feature documentaries, TV specials, promos, and music videos. Has led teams of 5–12 editors on high-volume schedules (5–6 shows/week) while mentoring on craft, software, music, and montage. Notable credits include work with Discovery and the YouTube channel Organic Nation (Stacey Poon Kinney).”

Donovan Mason

Screened

Senior Audio Engineer specializing in audio QA, annotation, and studio production

11y exp

“Game/audio engineer focused on Unreal Engine audio implementation and optimization, with hands-on experience building spatial/environmental and combat/weapon audio behaviors via Sound Cues and Blueprints. Has owned an end-to-end AAA-style audio pipeline (recording through Pro Tools mixing to in-engine integration) with defined sign-off criteria and playtest validation, plus strong dialogue repair experience using iZotope RX.”

Daniel Gonzalez

Screened

Mid-Level Sound Designer & Composer specializing in podcast post-production and mixing

West Hollywood, CA6y exp

“Audio professional with ~8 years in sound design who scores and edits music to picture in Pro Tools, delivering stems into DaVinci Resolve/Premiere. Experienced in fast-paced daily production (sports journalism) and uses BPM/click-track workflows to tightly sync music to edits—leveraging hard cuts and unexpected cues to boost comedic timing and viewer retention.”

Andrew Antykov

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Director-level Product & Game Producer specializing in mobile puzzle and LiveOps

Kraków, Poland10y exp

“Founder of ANTARI Studio who builds metrics-driven mobile game concepts and validates them through playable prototypes, publisher feedback, and real-market launches with platform partners. Has experience taking a niche casual puzzle opportunity from benchmarking and lean prototyping into production and launch, using engagement/retention/monetization KPIs to guide iteration and scaling decisions.”