William S. Mutschler
43 Maple Lane, East Burke, VT 05832
802-626-6002 home office

coppermoose@charter.net

Condensed Employment Overview

Copper Moose Productions, Inc. 1998 – current. Continue as a meeting services computer graphics freelance. Additional experience includes meeting design and production, on site candids (still and video) and other video functions from production to shooting and editing. Clients include both corporations and service entities such as GlaxoSmithKline, American Express, *** in NYC (under non-disclosure) Todd Street, PineRock Productions and more. Produce and manage meeting projects, design & edits, Mac and PC staging, marketing, meeting and candids video production, on-site services, Design and author DVDs. Work directly with corporate management and creative personnel. Set-up and maintain successful craft products web commerce site in conjunction with partner, serving as Webmaster, pr, print advertising production, and more. Produce and distribute “How To” video/DVD series.

VidEOS® Multimedia, Inc., Managing Director; 1989 - 1998. Sold and produced technical, medical, award, and marketing/sales electronic presentations, video, interactive, some print materials. Utilized internal staff, freelancers, outside vendors, and direct project groups numbering up to 15 and larger indirect project groups. Directed a marketing campaign for Megamation, established corporate branding/design for Dow Jones Continuing Education. Developed an extensive creative, production and staging experience for business meetings (including JMP Productions, GlaxoWellcome, Caribiner, PineRock Productions, MJM Creative Services) on a national and international basis. Produced corporate video and commercials for Princeton area ad agencies and end users such as GE American Communications. Hired, trained, and managed both creative and administrative staff. Worked directly with senior corporate management, technical and creative personnel, as well as agency creative and account executives. Set up work groups within corporations, and meeting on-site teams. Responsible for our own corporate marketing and public relations, accounting, office management.

Custom Slides, Inc., Project Manager; 1982 - 1989. The responsibilities of sole Account Executive with program design and managing producer. Account servicing for up to $100,000 in monthly revenue – in 1980s dollars. Developed extensive experience in technical, marketing, and motivational A/V for pharmaceutical, hardware/software, financial, consumer, and other industries. I initiated and developed continuing client relationships in central New Jersey, solving creative and production challenges to the CEO level. From a venture base, I increased sales volume 900% and oversaw growth from 2 to 9 employees.

Systems/Software Experience
Accomplished Windows user — Microsoft Office, Photoshop, OS skills, etc. Macintosh: Excellent technical skills, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Quark Xpress, Dreamweaver/Fireworks, MSOffice - Microsoft Word & PowerPoint, Final Cut Pro, accounting software. Superior presentation and video experience. Adept and quick learner.

Education
Princeton University, B.A. 1982, History of Arts in the Visual Arts, Minor/admitted in Engineering Sciences. Micro and Macro Economics courses as electives.

Portfolio/Demo reel
Video demo reel and commercial video reel available, additional and custom portfolio samples upon request. Career highlights, awards and project list overview also available.

Honors
Numerous First Place through Honorable Mention NJ CAMA (Communications and Marketing Association) Astra Awards. 1985 bronze medalist in Multi-image, International Film and Television Festival, New York, for the independent design and production of All We Cannot See We Call Invisible, a visual environment for an electronic dance band. Featured in Macromedia¹s Producer¹s Showcase video for an AIDs animation for Merck, guest speaker at NYC Imageworld and Viscomm, quoted in New Media and Digital Creativity magazines. Produced music CD and concert video of Yes and Moody Blues keyboardist Patrick Moraz & rated the "best acoustic piano recording I've seen and heard"by Boston's Progression magazine.