rachel rapkin

Responsible for the pre-production, field production and post production across two episodes of the fourth season of Death Row Stories, a documentary series which investigates the inner workings of the criminal justice system by profiling unique capital cases around the country.

Lead production duties on the development team of an Emmy and Peabody award-winning independent production company specializing in feature documentaries, event series and global transmedia projects. Researched story ideas, potential talent, potential partners and target outlets for development slate. Coordinated logistics and produced creative materials during the pre-production, production and post production of sizzle reels.

Contributed to the development and production of 7 Days Out, a new six-part documentary event series which chronicles the lead up to the most significant cultural events in the worlds of food, sports, science, fashion and entertainment.

CONDE NAST ENTERTAINMENT Cowrote creative treatments and assisted in the field across six web series that launched Vogue magazine’s first digital platform. BANK OF AMERICA Supported the production of two internal branding videos for Bank of America directed by Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger.

Conducted research for Executive Producers, supporting development of documentary series and feature films. Contributed to the production of The Sundance Channel’s Iconoclasts series, including episodes “Christy Turlington Burns and Tory Burch”, “Jamie Oliver and Paul Smith,” and “Chuck D. and Kareem Abdul Jamar”.

Supported production staff of high-profile entertainment channel. Created and produced two original short segments on the year’s top videos featuring celebrity interviews. Worked directly with producers throughout production of countdown series VH1’s Top 40 Videos of 2013.

VICE.COM Worked on a two person team to develop and produce over twenty-one documentaries on Vice.com, including “Male Doll,” which has generated over 35 million views to become the most watched VICE video of all time, and “No Access: Young, Black & Positive,” which was nominated for a 2017 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism - Multimedia. BROADLY Contributed to the launch of Broadly, VICE’s women’s interest vertical, supporting the day-to-day development and production of premium tentpole programming including, “The Power Suit,” which won a 2016 Webby for Best Fashion & Beauty Video. THE CREATORS PROJECT Collaborated on the production of over thirty short-form documentaries forThe Creator’s Project, VICE’s arts and creativity vertical.

Worked with Vice Magazine’s in-house branding creative agency on a variety of projects dealing with fashion music, sports and lifestyle brands. Typical duties included market research, video production and audio transcription. Helped the Virtue team execute campaigns for ALLI – Alliance of Action Sports, PALLADIUM iconic boot company, WYBOROWA vodka, and MTV Games’ RAPSTAR.

Majors: Digital Media Production, Communication