Brian Steindl
203.919.0130
www.linkedin.com/in/briansteindl
Senior Video Editor
Innovative professional with expertise in creating compelling video content on all platforms for renowned brands such as Toys R Us, Martha Stewart, and Better Homes & Gardens. Skilled in all aspects of post-production from editing and visual effects to sound design and color grading. Adept analyzing complex challenges, devising innovative solutions, and implementing efficient workflows tailored to emerging technologies.
Adobe Creative Cloud | Bebop Technology | Frame.io | LucidLink | Avid Media Composer
Evolphin Zoom | IPV Curator | VMIX
Professional Experience
TOYS R US, New York, NY 2021 - Present
Freelance Editor
Ingested, edited, colored corrected, mixed, delivered content for YouTube and social media platforms.
Edited 50 + videos, garnering over 7M views on YouTube.
Collaborated closely with marketing team, to produce high-impact sizzle reels and presentations for global board meetings. Presentations were distributed worldwide and utilized at the highest levels of organization.
DOTDASH MEREDITH, New York, NY 2016 - 2024
Senior Editor
Created video for over 20 brands, including Martha Stewart, Better Homes & Gardens, Food & Wine, Travel and Leisure, Real Simple and the Spruce.
Collaborated with hosts on adding call to actions during their segments, growing the Everyday Food YouTube channel to over 1M subscribers.
Developed workflows and best practices for emerging technologies, including Evolphin Zoom, Bebop Technology, IPV Curator and LucidLink, archiving library taking advantage of the cloud.
Managed and overhauled Meredith studios, creating 5 new shooting spaces for brands to utilize. Live streamed brands to Facebook and YouTube, generating revenue from sponsored content and onsite ad views.
Managed asset management team, establishing standard workflow for editor's deliverables, a ProRes master, ProRes textless split track master, and h264 YouTube master plus vertical cuts for social channels across 16 editors and 3 locations, unifying all deliverables and enabling easier archiving process.
Trained 100 plus staff on IPV Curator Video Asset Management System, which was a hybrid utilizing on-premise servers and cloud for instant access to high-resolution media or proxy media stored in Amazon for remote editing.
Tested and developed best practices for replacing on-premise servers with LucidLink, cloud file system, enabling remote editors to work off high-resolution media seamlessly while decreasing costs of on-premise storage.
Additional Experience
MARTHA STEWART LIVING OMNIMEDIA, Westport, CT & NY, NY
Editor
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School - PBS, 3 seasons.
Martha Bakes - PBS, 11 seasons.
The Martha Stewart Show - NBC / Hallmark Channel, 7 seasons.
Everyday Food - PBS 6 seasons.
Petkeeping with Marc Morrone - FOX / Hallmark Channel, 5 seasons.
Martha Stewart Living - CBS, 11 seasons.
Online Editor
Lidia’s Family Table - PBS, 2 seasons.
Cultivating Live - PBS 2, seasons.
Education
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communications Media Arts, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT