JENNIFER CUSHING
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JENNIFER CUSHING
647.471.6927 cushingjenn@gmail.com
My career and hobbies are one in the same. It has shown many
within the industry that for me it is never "just another job."
I look at everything as a creative inspiration and have the drive to
take projects to the next level using every detail that can be mustered.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Research & Interviewing
Videography
Creative Writing & Editing
Video Editing Mac/PC
Photography
Magazine & Web Writing
...And More
MEDIA HISTORY
Co-Producer & Videographer October 2011 – 2014
Cassidy Multimedia Productions (Bars & Tunes), Kitchener
Set up equipment such as (but not excluded to) lighting, microphones, variety of stand still and mobile tripods, audio connections, cameras
Conduct on and off screen interviews
Take part and oversee behind the scenes videography
Arts & Culture Writer
May 2012 – October 2013
I.R.I.S Entertainment, Velvet Rope Magazine, Kitchener
Investigate and research subjects for monthly print magazine.
Conduct interviews for online and print articles
Entertainment Photographer
Interview & photograph subjects
Used Photoshop and InDesign but also am familiar with Quark.
Guest Coordinator / Graphic’s Specialist Internship
2011- 2012
Rogers TV Kitchener, ON Prepared guests for on camera presentation.
Place on queue graphics during live and recorded shows using Inscriber / CG Extreme
Camera Operator
Use studio quality cameras to recorded television programs
Have full knowledge of operations for indoor and outdoor cameras
On truck / on site camera operations for live sporting and government events
used Adobe Illustrator for graphics creation and Premiere Pro for video editing and have experience with Final Cut Pro.
JENNIFER CUSHING
647.471.6927 cushingjenn@gmail.com
Journalism - Broadcast Diploma, School of Media & Design
Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Kitchener, Ontario
2010 – 2012
COURSES INCLUDED
News Photography Desktop Publishing
Careers in Journalism Broadcast Technology
Television News Reporting Research & Interviewing
News Writing Radio News Reporting
Journalism Law & Ethics Issues in World Affairs
Business & Economics Digital Prepress
Court & Council Reporting Television Newsroom
Broadcast Performance
SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
Developed the social skills to conduct interviews with interviewees of any background and to speak with figureheads and people with celebrity like statuses.
Some interviews and subjects I have worked with:
Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr, Waterloo Mayor Brenda Halloran, Canadian musician and actor Fred Penner, Canadian bands Courage My Love, Three Days Grace former lead singer Adam Gontier, Before the Curtain. Pan Am and Commonwealth games Boxing winner Mandy Bujold, Comedian and actress from the hit series Roseanne Sandra Bernhard and more.
Real life studio experience in sound proof recording studios, radio stations where I performed on live radio with voice overs, live readings and pre made recordings of real life news events. Television studio experience with Rogers TV.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Worked alongside Philip Bast (Former Arts Editor for The Record) in creating online news segment for Kitchener, Ontario's The Record and the Multicultural Cinema Club
Assistant Administrator for Conestoga College Journalism Association 2010 - 2012
Conestoga Orientation Leaders of 2011
Out of the cold program with St Matthews Church and United Church annual work
Currently I am working with United Talent Management as a performer.