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Amie Dworecki

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Qualifications

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  • Multimedia production: conceiving and creating video segments, photo slideshows and multimedia projects for deadline-driven news organizations; audio and video/HD video/non-linear editing and integration; scripting and delivery of voice-overs (VO/SOT), stand-ins and packages for broadcast and online video.

  • Still photography and video shooting/editing: experience with interviewing, shot sequencing, audio equipment and gathering, Canon 1D/5D and Nikon DSLR cameras, Canon and Sony tape/tapeless video cameras, remote transmission, location and studio lighting, caption writing, printing, scanning and archiving technologies, National Press Photographers Association 1st place winner in breaking news photography.

  • Multimedia technical expertise: Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite: Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Acrobat, Bridge, Fireworks, After Effects, Media Encoder, Avid, Maven and Brightcove video platforms, QuickTime Pro, Motion, Sorenson Squeeze, Flash/QuickTime/Windows Media compression/conversion algorithms, Audacity, Snapz Pro, iPhoto, iMovie, Garage Band, Quark XPress, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Project, Access, Entourage, SAXOTECH content management system (CMS), VPN/Citrix, Macintosh, Windows and Unix platforms.

  • New media design experience: professional print, online and video graphic design experience as well as teaching graduate-level work in design theory and application, Social Media integration, extensive study of user-centered design, usability testing and metrics, GUI design, web accessibility, programming languages such as HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, ActionScript, Perl, XML, C/C++.

  • Worldwide cultural and foreign language experience: photographed all seven continents; knowledge of Italian and Spanish languages.

Professional Experience

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Multimedia Producer
Picture Multimedia

  • Multimedia production, editing, design/layout with Final Cut, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro.
  • Documentary and editorial work in still photography and video.
  • Non-profit, NGO, editorial and commercial work covering a variety of features, events and advertisements..

2001-Pres.

 

Multimedia Producer
Enquirer Media

  • Produce award-winning multimedia, video- and photojournalism for print, magazine and online editions of The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, USA Today and related news and magazine products.
  • Conceptualize, shoot, edit, and combine video, audio and still photo images/slideshows using Final Cut, Avid, Photoshop, and Soundslides Plus.
  • Coordinate deadline based daily and long-term visual coverage of breaking and general news, feature photography and essays, reporting, mobile editing and transmission.
  • Collaborate with reporters and editors to direct large multimedia journalism projects, interactivity and future direction of video/multimedia.
  • Teach audio, video, and multimedia techniques to others in the newsroom.

2007-2011

 

Photojournalism/Multimedia Communications Associate Instructor
Indiana University School of Journalism

  • Instructed students on photography, videography, print and web design and the principles of visual communications.
  • Taught InDesign, Photoshop, and Final Cut on a Macintosh platform.

2005-2007

 

Graphic Design/Computerized Publications Associate Instructor
Indiana University School of Journalism

  • Instructed design principles and application; photo editing and usage ethics; color theory; typography, page layout, logo design, designing with layers, color models and spaces, process color.
  • Taught graduate-level editorial and design skills utilizing Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and HTML/CSS including Dreamweaver.

2005-2007

 

Staff Photographer
IDS News

  • Shot daily assignments including news, features, sports, events, portraits and photo essays covering Indiana University and the south/central Indiana region.

2004-2006

 

Sports Photographer
Indiana University Athletics

  • Internship photographing all Indiana University varsity sports, as well as related press conferences, social/alumni events and portraits.
  • Photographs displayed in the CBS Sports Network, Indiana University Memorial Hall, Assembly Hall, and Indiana University media relations and promotional materials.

2005-2006

 

Senior Product Marketing Manager
Intel Corporation

  • Managed marketing, communications and product direction, with total customer base of six million+.

2000-2001

 

Design Engineer
Intel Corporation

  • Designed integrated video and graphics hardware with over 150 million units shipped.

1998-2000

Education

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M.A. Journalism, 3.97 GPA
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Photojournalism and Multimedia Communications; winner of multiple fellowships

2006

 

B.S. Computer Engineering, 3.13 G.P.A
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Graduated with honors while working two to three jobs; the only female graduate in the class.

1997

Affiliations

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References

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