TRENTON STARKS
Dallas,TX
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Audio Video Production Teacher
Dallas Independent School District, DISD
2023.08 - Current
- Lead students in video production projects, guiding them through project planning, execution, and post-production while fostering creativity and technical skills.
- Achieved a 100% pass rate in Adobe Premiere Pro certification for students by delivering targeted instruction and hands-on practice to ensure industry-ready competencies.
- Collaborate with community partners to enhance student learning, securing resources and opportunities that connect classroom content with real-world experiences.
- Developed a comprehensive video production curriculum from scratch for three different class preps, aligning lessons with industry standards and ensuring diverse learning experiences for students at varying skill levels.
Freelance Videographer & Photographer
StarksShotIt - Self Employed
2021.05 - Current
- Produced original video content by working collaboratively with producers, designers, and art specialists to facilitate multimedia production. This includes videos that have totaled 552,000+ combined views and counting.
- Delivered edits with multiple camera angle choices, titles, graphics, audio, and special effects.
- Managed and coordinated post-production video editing, motion graphics design, compositing, and quality assurance reviewing using Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects
- Developed and managed storyboards, post-production editing and final delivery formats.
Assistant Director of Creative Services
University Of Texas At Arlington
2022.09 - 2023.07
- Serve as primary men’s and women’s basketball content creator. Projects include hype videos, highlights, player features, and season previews/recaps that have generated 500,000+ views in 5 months.
- Collaborate with athletics external relations team to develop marketing plans to support social media and web distribution needs ( graphic pieces, highlight packages, features, motion graphics, etc.) as well as live video streaming.
- Supervised creative team in brand, image, and daily promotion across social media platforms.
- Managed digital projects end-to-end, from initial conceptualizing through final implementation and live monitoring.
Director of Media & Business Teacher
Huntington High School
2020.01 - 2022.08
- Supervised class of 24 students for weekly school news coverage and determining priority for stories within each broadcast, and designing business marketing curriculum for intro & second year business students in magnet program.
- Rebranded marketing content that included 8th-grade open house videos, high-end video & photo content for various sports, educational films, and advertisements for school website and social media pages.
- Boosted brand awareness by establishing strong web and social media presence that assisted with record-setting freshman enrollment for Fall 2022.
- Created engaging lesson plans, fostered culture of discovery and provided well-organized classroom structure to help students succeed in program.
Education
Bachelor of General Studies - Social Sciences; History
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA12.2019
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Content Marketing
- Instructional Design
- Student Development
- Project Management
Certification
- Google: Foundations of Digital Marketing & E-Commerce
- Adobe Certified Professional - Digital Video using Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Certified Professional - Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Certified Professional - Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator
Timeline
Audio Video Production Teacher
Dallas Independent School District, DISD
2023.08 - Current
Assistant Director of Creative Services
University Of Texas At Arlington
2022.09 - 2023.07
Freelance Videographer & Photographer
StarksShotIt - Self Employed
2021.05 - Current
Director of Media & Business Teacher
Huntington High School
2020.01 - 2022.08
Bachelor of General Studies - Social Sciences; History
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
- Google: Foundations of Digital Marketing & E-Commerce
- Adobe Certified Professional - Digital Video using Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Certified Professional - Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Certified Professional - Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator
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