Scott Bell
City, ST Phone mobile email.com
Accomplished video producer and multi-media specialist with over 20 years experience providing my clients
with superior written and visual communications skills.
Wide ranging experience consistently exceeding my clients expectations while translating their needs into
goal-achieving video productions, graphics and text supporting advertising and websites.
Interacts effectively with different personality types and all levels of management. Leverages all available
resources. Fast and flexible learner. Finds a way.
Hands-on experience in mentoring, training, and resource allocation.
Graceful under pressure and a proven ability to deliver excellent results in the face of unforgiving deadlines.
Experience
Contracted Multi-Media Graphic Designer at Boeing BCA
April 2012 May 2017
Record Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), edit photos and create graphics to build technical presentation
video modules and to support e-learning course development using Articulate Presenter, Camtasia,
and Adobe software. Test, publish and archive modules and resources.
Develop and maintain over 20 websites for vice presidents, directors, organizations and events.
Provide analytics, reporting, and solutions to address changing metrics.
Lead on-site training sessions for beginner desktop video creators
Define and develop best practices to support a pool of more than 28 novice content owners in
publishing documents and videos as the super-administrator on a proprietary CMS supporting the BCA
University Alliance. Recommend KPIs, lead project teams and oversee CMS and website
improvements.
Coordinate and help over 40 inexperienced content owners publish information to an annual event
website, for which I also defined and communicated best practices and content templates.
Recommend appropriate equipment packages for video recording in multiple environments
Awarded a 2014 Knowledge Sharing award for recording, producing and publishing over 40
Structures TechTalk videos. Awarded 1st place at Everett LEANFest for the successful LEAN
manufacturing implementation of a learning technology. Over 80 additional internal awards/recognition.
Freelance Video Producer and Editor
March 2010 March 2016
Earned strong revenues as a sole proprietor producing media for broadcast, YouTube, training,
corporate and advertising
Sourced creative vendors and collaborated to complete projects
For the University of Washington: using a combination of Adobe software, Prezi, Camtasia and Final
Cut Pro, proofed scripts, sourced artwork, video and narration, assembled 8 video training modules
supporting the PEARLS program. Loaded modules to UW Canvas CMS and tested playback and
quizzes on Canvas LMS. Edited and updated modules as needed.
For the Washington Initiative for Supported Employment (WiSE): Proofed scripts, sourced artwork,
video and narration, assembled Articulate Presenter training modules for 26 web based courses,
uploaded courses to WiSE CMS. Edited and updated modules as needed.
Additional clients included the WildTangent Games, Schick Shadel Hospital
Scott Bell
City, ST Phone mobile email
Media Specialist at American Income Life Insurance
November 2008 March 2010
Lead 3-member team of videographers/editors to meet an urgent CEO-mandated deadline by
publishing over 300 hours of educational video to the companys web-based university in just 4 months
o To support this effort: interviewed SMEs to script modules, revised scripts after SME review,
recorded SME footage and created lesson documents, uploaded and tested all content and
reporting on Silverlight-based CMS/LMS.
Motivated and educated international sales force by writing, directing and editing hundreds of marketing
and instructional videos including a weekly 30-minute TV show (120 episodes). My media work
supported annual double digit profit increases
Negotiated with vendor to stay within a $40k budget in planning and directing audio/video for the best
one ever annual company convention in New Orleans, 2010
Video Producer at Comcast Spotlight
December 2007 November 2008
Top billing producer with the highest closing rate during my tenure
Interviewed business owners and SMEs to conceptualize, write and produce TV commercials and
Video On Demand campaigns within budget in collaboration with clients, account execs, editors,
graphic designer, and videographers
Awarded 2008 4-Legged Sales Call for my role in successfully signing Seattles first locally produced
On Demand client, whose production outscored viewership over category competitors by 20%.
Recognized for performance beyond standards to deliver exceptional value to stakeholders.
Freelance Producer for KIRO, Comcast Spotlight, Bullseye Creative Agency
September 2007 December 2007
Leveraged connections and skills to network with regional creative managers and successfully obtain
employment converting low budget, long distance, hard to sell and simply odd projects into revenue by
producing, writing, directing and editing video productions. Average project value $1200
Promoted from freelance Comcast producer to full time employee
Creative Services Supervisor at Charter Media
August 2005 September 2007
Managed a $40k annual equipment budget and negotiated with multiple vendors to implement much
needed upgrades to computer hardware, editing software and video cameras resulting in efficiency
gains doubling our teams output capabilities
Produced advertising campaigns for 75% of top accounts, creating hundreds of commercials for high
value clients every year. (Senior AE averaged accounts worth $500k annually with $650k peak years)
Turned $100k profit on unused local access channel by producing advertiser-supported live sports
broadcasts, Kids Club TV show and a Spanish video show
Auditioned, hired and directed talent for live broadcasts and post-produced shows.
Led, supported and annually reviewed a team of 5 producer/editors in 3 offices across a vast territory.
Our team supported 15 account execs with excellent video production that generated millions of dollars
in revenue.
Promoted from video editor/videographer, position held 2002-2005
Scott Bell
City, ST Phone mobile email
Additional broadcast and video production positions dating to 1994.
Education
BA in Broadcast Production Management, University of Nebraska Graduation 1999
Skills, Abilities, Interests
Creative that understands relationships, sales, training and technology. Achieve superior results often with
limited resources and without exceeding budget. Articulate Studio 13, Microsoft Office, Adobe CS5, Final Cut
Pro, Final Draft, Pro Video Cameras & Camcorders.
Two screenplay formatted scripts optioned to USC Peter Stark Program students in 2001
Cub Scout Cubmaster for Redmond, WA Cub Scout Pack 591, Fall 2013 Spring 2015
Video Samples and Reels - https://www.youtube.com/user/greenlemur76/playlists
