BEN Group
Paid Media Video Editor | 2022 to Present
Los Angeles, CA
BEN (previously Branded Entertainment Network) is an entertainment AI company that integrates brands into influencer, streaming, TV, music, and film content with guaranteed ROI. BEN Group consists of the world’s largest influencer marketing business; the world’s largest product placement agency; TubeBuddy, the largest platform to help YouTube creators optimize their audience and channel growth; and Greenlight, a global rights and licensing business.
With its proprietary AI and platform, BEN is the first and only company using machine learning and deep learning neural networks to identify high-impact opportunities for authentic, non-disruptive product placement and influencer marketing. BEN combines its AI with 40+ years of data, entertainment experience, and a team of industry experts to connect brands with the right audiences and content opportunities in meaningful ways.
Learn more at bengroup.com
David Sheehan's Hollywood Close-Ups, Inc.
Producer and Lead Video Editor | Feb. 2016 to 2021
Los Angeles, CA
As producer and lead video editor to iconic entertainment reporter, David Sheehan, we produced and editing 30, 60, and 90 minutes TV shows and specials, as well as all ads for promotional campaigns.
During my tenure at Hollywood Close-Ups, we produced several series, including And the Winners Are! on FOX, Holiday Movie Magic, and Academy Awards Movie Magic for KTLA (now available on Amazon Prime Video). Throughout production, I coordinated and managed relationships and goals with our corporate sponsors, publicists, sales teams, teammates, and network executives.
Over the past 44 years David was an entertainment reporter for CBS and NBC and has had sit down interviews with over 100 of the biggest names in Hollywood history.
EXTRA - L.A. TV News Pioneer Makes History Again with Pre-Oscars Special 'And the Winners Are…'
David Sheehan, a fixture on the movie and TV star interview circuit for decades at CBS and NBC, has poured the best of his work into And The Winners Are!, a docuvideo that features interviews with 33 Oscar winners, many of whom aren’t here anymore. The video is now available on Amazon for just a $3 rental or $10 purchase, with half of it going to the charities Children of the Night, Los Angeles Mission and St. Jude’s Research Hospital for Children. It’s also available on iTunes and GooglePlay.
Sheehan said it’s a Michael Vincent-directed 90 minute summation of nearly 50 years worth of star interviews, and here are moments with Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, Robert Redford and Robin Williams.
ICA International Consulting
Media Strategy Consultant | Mar 2012 to Sep 2012
Paris, France; Kampala, Uganda; Dubai, UAE
My team and I designed and secured a contract for with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to create a media campaign following the Kony 2012 campaign on site in Kampala, Uganda. My responsibilities involving creating actionable briefs, research briefs, and analyses of figures of interest and regional socio-economic conditions for our various projects, which included preparing and coordinating President Museveni for a satellite interview for the premier of CNN International’s Amanpour with Christiane Amanpour, as well as editing and coordinating the content of the President’s personal website.
City of Los Angeles
Election Center Director | Nov. 2012 to Present
North Hollywood, CA
Managing officer of three high traffic Hollywood election centers for federal, state, and city elections, where my team and I consistently placed in top 5% of election centers in California for reporting accuracy and audit results. At the election center, I directed three election clerks, issued ballots to registered voters, registered voters, installed and monitored voting equipment, counted and transported votes.