Jed Castro

1628 Providence Boulevard | Christiansburg, VA 24073 | JedCastro1@gmail.com | 540.808.7251

Relevant Skills
20 Years of experience with video production, live game and studio production.
18 years of managerial and mentoring skills
18 Years AVID Media Composer; 14 Years Final Cut Pro; 3 Years Adobe Premiere
experience
After Effects & Shake Compositing; Cinema 4D & Zaxwerks 3D Animation

My Experience
Senior Director
HokieVision, Virginia Tech Athletics | Blacksburg, Virginia | January 2017-Present
Managed staff of 5 full time and 1 part time employees
Managed budget of $169,000
Member of Athletics Department Senior Staff

Director, Big Screens & Student Programs

Interim Senior Director
HokieVision, Virginia Tech Athletics | Blacksburg, Virginia | August 2016-January 2017
Standardized training for new student videographers and production assistants
In charge of staffing and management all home events for HokieVision
Instituted HokieVision Student of the Quarter Award & created student manual
External Leadership Team Teammate of the Month

Associate Director, Production & Big Screens/Entertainment

HokieVision, Virginia Tech Athletics | Blacksburg, Virginia | May 2014-August 2016
Managed and trained staff of up to 11 undergraduate interns and graduate assistants
Created and managed student wage pool of 16-18 additional workers
Project management & freelance worker coordinator, including wage employee
management
Served on 4 athletic department hiring committees
Athletics Department Core Values Teammate of the Quarter
HokieVision Teammate of the Quarter
Producer
Virginia Tech Athletics Video | Blacksburg, Virginia | September 2005-May 2014
Director, Technical director, replay, GFX, and camera operator for in-arena HokieVision
videoboard shows & internet broadcasts.
Created graphics and voiceovers, shot and edited videos for athletics department website,
marketing campaign, in-arena shows and internet broadcasts
Director of Video
Kairos Los Angeles | Hollywood, California | July 2003 September 2005
 Managed production team of six
Project management for all marketing, website, and in-house productions
Managed video team budget & oversight of field Staff budget and fundraising oversight
Digital Effects Artist
Outsource Short Film | Marina Del Rey, CA | May September 2005
Digital Compositing

Created intricate rotoshapes, garbage mattes, Color keys, and image stabilization
Video Coordinator
Virginia Tech Athletics | Blacksburg, Virginia | March 1999 June 2002
Managed student staff of four
In charge of video scouting for defensive coaching staff

Producer/Reporter/Anchor
WSLS-TV and Fox 21/27 | Roanoke, Virginia | October 1996 March 1999
Primary Sports reporter/producer/videographer and fill-in weekend anchor
Produced shows, edited stories, wrote scripts for nightly newscasts

Executive Producer
Virginia Tech Sports Today | Roanoke, Virginia | October 1997 March 1999
Produced, wrote, edited weekly sports magazine for Virginia Tech Athletics

Technical Experience
Ross Vision Switcher Ross Carbonite Switcher Ross Xpression
Grass Valley K2 Dyno Final Cut Pro (7) AVID Media Composer
AVID Interplay Adobe After Effects Adobe Media Encoder
Adobe Photoshop Cinema 4D Zaxwerks
Apple Motion Panasonic AG-HX500 P2 Camera Sony FS700
Canon Mark III DSLR Ikegami HDK 77EC SMTPE Camera Adobe Premiere CC
Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint

My Education
Bachelor of Arts, Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, Virginia | May 1997
Master of Arts, Virginia Tech | Blacksburg, Virginia | Anticipated Completion: May 2017
Jed Castro
1628 Providence Boulevard | Christiansburg, VA 24073 | JedCastro1@gmail.com | 540.808.7251
Professional References:
John Ballein (Former Supervisor)
Tom Booth (Former Supervisor) Senior Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations
Director of Coaching Video and Technology and Sports Performance
Virginia Tech Athletics Virginia Tech Athletics
226 Merryman Center 253 Jamerson Athletic Center
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0502 Blacksburg, VA 24061-0502
tbooth@vt.edu jballein@vt.edu
540.231.9990 540.231.9991
Megan Caligiuri (Former Supervisor) Stefanie Hale (Former Graduate Assistant)
Senior Director, Visual and Broadcast Communications Accounting Manager
Virginia Tech Athletics Freewave Technologies
221F Merryman Center 9755 Quay Loop
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0502 Westminster, CO 80021
cali@vt.edu shale@freewave.com
540.231.9535 703.851.8789
Eric Frey (Colleague/Former Grad Assistant) Michael Russell (Former Graduate Assistant)
Senior Production Manager - SEC Network Senior Associate
C104 Broadcast Services/Communications Center Grant Thornton
Bud Walton Arena Charlotte, NC
1270 Leroy Pond Dr. Michael.Russell@us.gt.com
Fayetteville, AR 72701 301.904.8662
ericfrey@uark.edu
217.390.4021

Jimmy Skiles (Former Co-worker)

Assistant Athletic Director, Fan Development
UCF Athletics
4000 Central Florida Blvd
Building 39
Orlando, FL 32816
jskiles@athletics.ucf.edu
407.823.3198

Personal & Professional References:

Tim Fescoe (Former colleague) Joe Racek (Former Supervisor/Advisor)
Digital Compositor Pastor
Shade VFX New Life
Santa Monica, CA Blacksburg, VA
tfescoe@shadevfx.com JoeRacek@gmail.com
310.966.0086 540.808.3624

Personal References:
Joel Kilby (Friend) Jordan Gladwin (Friend)
Interaction Designer Project Manager
GutCheck USAN, Inc
Denver, CO Leesburg, VA
Joel@gutcheckit.com Jordan.Gladwin@usan.com
704.577.7061 703.517.3917