Austin Auger

Within the Annenberg Media Center, my primarily duty is to be in-charge of the technical aspects of the radio/podcast realm, although there are many spill-overs areas.

My responsibilities include:
- Ensuring that the student's live radio show airs without technical difficulties to KXSC 1560am and YouTube, and then is cut and distributed via Anchor to Spotify, Apple Music for podcasts and social.
- Helping to prep and fix any audio issue in student's stories on the day of air via Adobe Audition.
- Teaching over 50 workshops a semester on Adobe Audition, Proper Recording Techniques, Our Studio/Board Operations, and Intro Camera Recording and Techniques.
- Last staff member to close and lockup the Annenberg Media Center daily.
Additionally, I also:
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- One of the few with constant contact between all of the staff, faculty, fellows, and students.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
- Developed team communications and information for meetings.
- Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.

• Here I worked up the ranks to be a lead technician of live production across the the U.S. and Canada. (A1/A2 & V1/V2)
• We provided all Audio, Visual, IT, & Scenic support for Conferences, Awards Shows, Telethons, Education Series... in Resorts and Convention Centers, and Outdoors Venues alike.
• I averaged approximately 20 shows a year with a broad spectrum of knowledge on Projection, LED Board Assembly & Operation, Sound Mechanics, Room-Balancing, to Lights & Scenic setup and design. (Digital-Workshop.com)
• Created plans and communicated deadlines to ensure projects were completed on time
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions

• Interacted and created great working relationships with Japan Air Lines' senior management and their corporate staff.
• Managed 2.5-day training sessions (basic and senior courses) so that training was done professionally and stayed on time.
• Organized all training handouts and event coordination throughout training phases by providing proper group discussion handouts, prepared customs and music for skits, etc.
• Conducted co-training for Japan Air Lines International audiences at Japan Air Lines head office in Tokyo, Japan.
• Assisted in creating training material to include:
• How to work successfully across business culture differences
• Communication differences and how to reduce the gap and miscommunication
• Leadership and management
• Performance management
• Delegation, performance feedback (R+, R-), mentoring, and Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)
• Created graduation certificates for all participants6
• Kept copious notes for each participant on their participation level and provided timely feedback to students with pre-agreed 9 categories … Initiative, Leadership, Interpersonal Skills, Communications, Organizational Knowledge, Logical Thinking, Motivation, Good Judgement, Self-Motivation, Decisiveness, Tact, Dependability, Calculated Risk-Taking and General Comment.

• While perusing an entertainment career, I worked as an independent contractor from 2008- 2014 for their Alternative Media department at Grandesign Media. Grandesign is based in Manhattan, and hadn't established their West-coast office yet, so I managed their campaigns and launches here on the ground. (Grandesign.com)
• With Grandesign Media based in Manhattan, and prior to establishing an office on the West-Coast, they hired me to lead many advertising campaigns in California, as well as a variety of states, to ensure success of their advertising campaigns. A few of many campaigns, that I managed were:
• · Uleashed by PetCo – Giant 10 foot plus branded helium balloons tethered to individuals, Group invisible dogwalks, Branded Segway’s in farmers markets and parking lots…
• · Universal Studio’s, Transformers The Ride – Actors wearing sandwich boards preaching the end of days on megaphones as Transformers were strolling through iconic LA locations.
• · One Direction, Take Me Home Album – I got a full sized wooden British phone booth that we would pop upand distribute collateral, then quickly pack up and on to the next spot.
• · Harrah’s, Dive Day Club –Bathing suit girls & guys walking around in bright orange down public beach andsporting locations, Branded Bike Taxis, Giveaways…
• · Rock N’ Roll Marathon Series – I was sent to get giant foam board advertisements hung in places that bigadvertisement couldn’t get into like yoga/Pilate studios, community-boards
• · Arizona Board of Tourism Mobile video projection to city buildings from a van, 3D chalk art
• In public walkways, colossal oversized melting ice cream for photo ops and giveaways…