austin hourigan

co-founder

About

Science writer, researcher, media strategist, online personality, and business person. Produce a show that gets between 2-5 million views a month, acquired a channel of 1.2 Million subscribers, and consult on the side.

Country

united states

City

chicago

Industry

media production

Skill

social media, graphic design, editing, adobe creative suite, photoshop, web content, video editing, customer service, newspapers, blogging, premiere, avid media composer, illustrator, web design, video production, email marketing, creative writing, multimedia, high end retouching, proofreading, proof of concept, target audience, photo restoration, audio editing, podcasting, videography, web video, online news, corporate branding, content development, video blogging, technical support, branding initiatives, essayist, motion graphics, computer animation

Experience

video editor

shoddycast youtube channel

2014-9 - 2015-9 · 1 yr 1 mo

Editing audio and mixing with music, making judgments on what helps or hinders pacing, and putting out high-quality videos weekly for a popular YouTube channel.

freelance multimedia designer

osborn & delong

2014-6 - 2015-9 · 1 yr 4 mos

co-founder

quark media house

2018-7 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

I'm the lead strategist, team leader, and content generator for my online video company. Predominantly we're focused on producing one show, but we've recently acquired a derelict channel with 1.2 Million subscribers and are tasked with reviving it, and we're opening a consulting wing in 2019.

production supervisor

shoddycast youtube channel

2015-9 - 2016-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

Supervising and directing all "non-Storyteller" shows on the channel, including developing new shows for the YouTube channel. Writing, editing, video editing, and everything under the sun--a multitool of web content.

online web technician

herald & review

2011-1 - 2014-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

* Website section overhauls * Updates, tweaks, fixes in line with corporate initiatives * Collaboration with journalists and sales representatives in order to create content for the website that both generated traffic through creative content and revenue from advertising. * Shooting and editing video for web distribution * Designing and implementing new sections of the website * Building emails to be sent to thousands of subscribers to promote content and advertising * Creating and managing contests * Creating web content * Providing auxiliary support to the Journal Gazette & Times Courier and The Pantagraph * Internal and external technical support * Customer satisfaction * Advanced troubleshooting

printing manager

decatur photographic services

2009-8 - 2011-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

* Managing a full-service digital photography printing lab * Taking orders from photographers * Maintaining FTP server * Running diagnostics and color balances * Operating an industrial-grade digital printer in complete darkness * Preparing orders, cutting and mounting prints * Quality control

photo retoucher

d.r roberts photography

2009-8 - 2011-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

* General retouching, including: removing blemishes, smoothing skin tones, removing stray hairs, slimming figures, fixing wrinkled shirts, seamlessly edited multiple photographs together in order to get the optimal family portraits. * managing studio website * advanced graphic design and collage duties