Ray Tarara

Experience

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  SF Station

  Mar 2010 - Oct 2010

  Video Editing Intern

  Worked as a video editing intern at the events website SF Station. Put together promotional videos for well known artists such as Infected Mushroom, Fedde Le Grand, and Zion I. Worked as production assistant for our weekly events video.

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  Iron Mountain Films/Indie Episodic

  Jul 2010 - Feb 2013

  Dark Pool, Web Series: Video Editor/Sound

  Work as video editor and sound recordist on Iron Mountain Films and Indie Episodic's collaborative project Dark Pool. Dark Pool recently won multiple awards at LA Webfest including Best Editing in the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror division.

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  KOFY TV

  Jun 2013 - Mar 2014

  Street Team

  Promoted KOFY-TV at various events around the city and worked as PA when needed on studio productions.

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  San Francisco State University

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2015

  Served as production coordinator and teaching assistant for a San Francisco State University Broadcasting class that works with a non-profit abroad during the summer. Helped students plan and carry out production on two videos for the KMR foundation. The videos aim to draw more partnerships to the organizations goal of improving healthcare and education in villages within southern India. Provide production support to students producing videos for the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability. Work with groups to develop a plan for production and post-production. Prepare students to spend a month in India filming videos for the non-profit KMR foundation. Served as the technical director filming large-scale faculty events, promotional content, YouTube episodes, educational videos, and live broadcast events, including a Q&A with Robert Reich streamed to 200+ campuses.Partnered with instructional designers to create video content for online and blended classrooms, expanding access to educational materials and increasing academic engagement across multiple departments. Teach undergraduate students how to record, edit, and mix audio in Pro Tools 10. Teach undergraduate students television studio production in the Broadcast Electronic Communication Arts Department. Familiarize students with how to use the studio equipment and lead groups through four different productions.

  • Production Coordinator/Teaching Assistant

    Jun 2015 - Jun 2015

  • Graduate Assistant - Electronic Media and Social Justice

    Jan 2015 - May 2015

  • Media Student Assistant

    Nov 2012 - May 2015

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant - Pro Tools

    Sept 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant - Studio Production

    Jan 2014 - Nov 2014
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  Advanced Systems Group, LLC

  Oct 2014 - Sept 2015

  Video Editor

  Edit videos and create motion graphics using Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Photoshop. Videos are published on Google Developers, Chrome Developers, and Android Developers YouTube channels.

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  Advanced Systems Group at Google

  Sept 2015 - May 2018

  Led a team of 7 FT video editors producing 1,000+ videos per year for the Google Developer Relations Team.Managed all post-production editing for large-scale developer events, including Google I/O, Cloud Next, Chrome Dev Summit, and Android Dev Summit, with teams of up to 20 editors. Events ranged in scale from 500 to 5000 attendees. Defined and executed the production workflow strategy to maximize quality and efficiency at scale. Built out shared storage editing environment, templatized repeatable formats, created project tracking and resource management system.Improved content quality by editing videos, creating motion graphics, and providing feedback on submissions. Show less Managed all post-production editing for large-scale developer events, including Google I/O, Cloud Next, Chrome Dev Summit, and Android Dev Summit, with teams of up to 20 editors.Events ranged in scale from 500 to 5000 attendees. Defined and executed the production workflow strategy to maximize quality and efficiency at scale. Built out shared storage editing environment, templatized repeatable formats, created project tracking and resource management system.Improved content quality by editing videos, creating motion graphics, and providing feedback on submissions. Show less

  • Post Production Manager

    May 2016 - May 2018

  • Post Production Lead

    Sept 2015 - May 2016
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  Google

  May 2018 - Jul 2023

  Studio Operations

  Manage global studio operations and Google-wide video infrastructure tooling with a team of 60 contract staff supporting an internal creative team that produces 2,500+ videos annually for 15 YouTube channels.Serve as the video production lead at Google I/O creating 140+ videos for each annual event with a team of 75+ production, design, and post-production staff, managing budgets, and delivering all edited content.Led the design of a $3.4M 6,000 sqft video production space with 2 studios, a control room, a podcast studio, 5 private edit bays, a server room, livestream capabilities, and an audio/video patch bay for signal routing. Transformed the video team structure by hiring and onboarding an event production manager and 5 dedicated producers to support 15 planned digital events in 2021 and meet the growing demand in 2022 and 2023.Streamlined global video editing workflows and created one of the largest Google media archives by launching iconik cloud-based asset management system with 250K+ metadata-tagged video files and 250+ active users.Developed and implemented a remote video program with 200+ rental kits shipping globally to create thousands of high-quality videos and maintain content creation while studios were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.Developed budget guidelines, workflow, and templates to eliminate project delays and maximize ROI. Show less

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  Self Employed

  Aug 2023 - May 2024

  Freelance Video Editor

  Storytelling through video? I'm your editor! From concept to final cut, I craft engaging visuals and impactful narratives for businesses, creatives, and educators.www.raytarara.com

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  Advanced Systems Group, LLC

  May 2024 - now

  Senior Account Manager

  Working as a Senior Account Manager to help support managed service clients.