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Education
Skills
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Aidan G. Hulting

Digital Executive Producer
Colorado Springs,CO

Summary

Goals: Aidan seeks to continue to develop a professional career in storytelling, media, and content creation pertaining to geopolitical, pop culture, athletics, and other important aspects of communities and societies nationally and internationally. Aidan is a performance-driving individual adept at aligning cross-departmental objectives to facilitate high-quality, on-time productions and long-term customer loyalty. Creative and innovative problem-solver exercises key strengths in workflow optimization, process re-engineering and strategic scheduling techniques. Offers track record of delivering superior-quality results for industry-leading publication conglomerates.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Digital Executive Producer

Scripps News At KOAA 5
03.2024 - Current
  • Adapted quickly to changing market trends by staying informed on industry news and competitor activities.
  • Drove audience engagement by incorporating feedback from focus groups into content development process.
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors and talent, securing favorable terms that contributed to overall success of productions.
  • Consistently met or exceeded project deadlines, demonstrating effective time management and organizational skills throughout production process.
  • Optimized workflow processes through strategic delegation of responsibilities among team members based on their specific skill sets.
  • Managed budgets and resources effectively to reduce production costs while maintaining high production value.
  • Developed strategies for successful project execution, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results.
  • Supervised producer team of 3 individuals to identify problems and provide effective solutions to maintain team productivity
  • Adapted quickly to changing market trends by staying informed on industry news and competitor activities
  • Conducted thorough risk assessments before launching new initiatives, minimizing potential obstacles during production phases
  • Expanded company''s portfolio of work by diversifying into different genres, formats, and platforms of content production
  • Developed strategies for successful project execution, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality results

Digital Content Producer

Scripps News At KOAA 5
07.2022 - 03.2024
  • As a Digital Content Producer, I am responsible for a variety of core functions of the local news stations digital products and platforms.
  • As a website director, I am responsible for producing multiple written AP style stories daily, with the ability to produce four written pieces of content a day at minimum.
  • As a digital director of the website, I am responsible for curating and updating it regularly throughout the day.
  • Through the use of services like Adobe’s Creative Cloud, I work creatively and collaboratively to create engaging, accurate, and educational forms of content for a variety of social media platforms in different formats from still images, to entire video pieces.
  • Cut delivery times through proactive tracking and monitoring of project timelines and aggressive pursuit of customer approval of digital and print files.
  • Increased brand awareness through creation of innovative print and digital productions for major publications.

Host and Chief Podcast Engineer

National Security Forum of Nevada
07.2021 - 06.2022
  • Was the host and engineer of the NSF Podcast Here’s What's Happening, responsible for interviewing industry professionals, developing asynchronous stories in 20 - 30 min podcasts pertaining to educating about matters of national security.
  • This podcast is viewed by top scientists in the world who respond to national security issues concerning energy, climate change, nuclear science, national defense, internet privacy, and other issues that pertain to the safety of national interests.
  • This podcast was also briefly adapted into Nevada School Curriculum for youth to prepare students for the Annual National Youth Security Forum.

Videography Intern

Oregon State Athletics
10.2018 - Current
  • Responsible for helping team executives produce sports-driven content, operating cameras, producing videos, and executing time-sensitive tasks while creating engaging and creative content
  • Knowledge of all kinds of sports and their rules, ability to think quickly on your feet to get good footage was needed to be successful in this position
  • Knowing how to edit and produce marketing-based content that is not associated with highlight videos
  • I am responsible for producing, directing, and working with division one athletes in the NCAA at a PAC-12 school in a professional sporting environment.
  • Acquired footage and video from outside sources for editing and incorporation for broadcasts.
  • Scheduled shoots, set up for filming and assisted with implementing logistics.

Marketing Strategist

Profile By Sanford
11.2020 - 01.2022
  • SEO Digital, Responsible for the managing of the Profile by Sanford store in Tucson, AZ and their digital marketing strategy, through crafting digital ads and optimizing Google search SEO for the store
  • Managing social campaigns to generate an average of 10 new customers each month
  • This is a franchise that works with members of the community to work on their nutrition and health care needs
  • It is a for profit business.

Operations Staff

Adventure Leadership Institute
03.2019 - 02.2021
  • Facilitate the rental and sales of approximately $500 dollars’ worth of outdoor recreational equipment while managing, cleaning, and preparing it for trips.
  • Provide information about the Adventure Leadership Institute and help community members sign up for outdoor-oriented classes and trips.
  • Scheduled timely repair and routine maintenance services to minimize disruption to office production.
  • Created and maintained well-organized electronic and hard copy files to support business processes.
  • Collaborated with operations team to provide excellent customer service and foster positive work environment.

Cashier

Shonnard's Florist, Nursery
02.2021 - Current
  • Responsible for being the front of the house when it comes to providing information, exceptional customer service, and garden supplies to guests as soon as they entered the door.
  • Responsible for the average of $1000 dollars in transactional sales daily.
  • Knowledge of horticulture plants and ability to identify species of plants as well as know their biological needs.
  • Be able to assess parasites and unhealthy plant species.
  • Responsible for deliveries of products to the public
  • Ability to lift more than 50 lbs.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Political Science Focused in International Affairs

Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
09.2018 - 05.2022

Google Digital Workshop Certification -

Google
Online
01.2021 - 02.2021

Skills

Microsoft and Apple Operating Systems

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Accomplishments

  • Eagle Scout Project — Winter 2017
  • A two-month project where I completely renovated Sandia Presbyterian’s Educational Portable Building.
  • In the process, I led a group of around fifty scouts and parents in the replacement of carpet, six windows, and a new coat of paint
  • Acquiring a total of $4,000 of materials and funds all through donations and completing the project through the recruitment of individuals’ personal time.

Certification

CPR Certification

Additional Information

  • AWARDS , Eagle Scout
  • LANGUAGES French (Proficiency)

Relevant Coursework

 

International Energy Policy

  • Addresses international energy policies and politics, including trends and socio-political challenges impacting the diversity of global energy sources.

International Environmental Politics

  • Analysis of international environmental theory and politics, the development of international environmental regimes, agreements and treaties, and the process of globalization and the quality of the environment.

Writing for the Media Professional 

  • Fundamentals of gathering information, evaluating information, writing information of the media and editing media content in written form.

Media Deception Detection

  • Examines common ways media is used to deceive, and how media scholars and creators can avoid falling prey to spinners, platformed prevaricators, and purveyors of "fake news" using knowledge of production techniques, logic, and other skills.

Research Methods

  • Qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of political phenomena. The role of values, theory, hypothesis, data collection, and analysis in evaluating, data visualization and conducting political science research.

European and European Union Politics

  • A course that describes and analyzes the political situation in Europe and the European Union. Special focus is given to issues concerning European security and the European Union, its institutions, politics, and the challenges it faces since the opening of Europe to the East.

Politics of Developing Nations

  • Cours that analyzes the concepts of development and modernization. Also focuses on the economic, political, and cultural problems faced by developing nations.

Middle Eastern Politics

  • The comparative study of the Middle East and North Africa focusing on the internal political dynamics of countries in the region and the international relations among them. Examines issues of political and economic development in their post-colonial context and analyzes impact of nationalism, political Islam, ethnicity, and globalization.

Modern Political Thought

  • Major political theorists from the Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century.

Public Policy Problems 

  • The content and the politics of adoption and application of such policy areas as defense, poverty and welfare, macroeconomics, and regulation.

Case Studies in Humanitarian Engineering, Science and Technology 

  • Course focusing multidisciplinary methods and perspectives applied to case studies in humanitarian engineering, science and technology. Applications to real world issues with global implications at the interface of humanity and nature are addressed from a systems perspective using a case study approach.

Ethics in Public Policy

  • Examines ethical dilemmas in public policy, and provides the opportunity to study the ethical theories of Hobbes, Kant, Mill, and Rawls.

Politics of Climate Change

  • Covers domestic and international political aspects of global climate change. Examines global climate change through philosophical, legal, ethical, economic, social, political, institutional, and science policy contexts. Topics include local, state, and national activity as well as roles played by presidents, Congress, the Supreme Court, corporations and media. Focuses on international conventions and treaties, tensions between developed and developing nations and possible national security impacts.

Global Food Politics and Policy

  • Examines the politics and policy of global food systems as they relate to food distribution, production, and consumption. The cultivation and consumption of food is highly political, and at times, contentious. Specific focus is given to issues like social justice, GMOs, human health, environment and agribusiness.

Timeline

Digital Executive Producer

Scripps News At KOAA 5
03.2024 - Current

Digital Content Producer

Scripps News At KOAA 5
07.2022 - 03.2024

Host and Chief Podcast Engineer

National Security Forum of Nevada
07.2021 - 06.2022

Cashier

Shonnard's Florist, Nursery
02.2021 - Current

Google Digital Workshop Certification -

Google
01.2021 - 02.2021

Marketing Strategist

Profile By Sanford
11.2020 - 01.2022

Operations Staff

Adventure Leadership Institute
03.2019 - 02.2021

Videography Intern

Oregon State Athletics
10.2018 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Political Science Focused in International Affairs

Oregon State University
09.2018 - 05.2022
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