Tag: ad

  • 2024: “Show Up”

    2024: “Show Up”

    Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes PAC approached me to make a video in support of Joe Biden for the 2024 cycle. They had a specific reference, participants and messaging in mind. I took all those elements, added a section to talk about Biden’s accomplishments in office, which I felt would be important for the audience,…

  • 2020: “Unite for Equality”

    2020: “Unite for Equality”

    I spearheaded production of dozens of Human Rights Campaign films in important swing states like Arizona around specific LGBTQ+ campaign themes for the 2020 presidential election. Partnering with a stellar outside vendor, I supervised production of the creative from conception to delivery. One of my favorites is below: Client: Human Rights Campaign Role: Supervising Producer…

  • 2018 Midterms: “Take Action!”

    2018 Midterms: “Take Action!”

    I pitched this creative, wrote the script and then produced the video start to finish with the help of a freelance animator for HRC’s 2018 midterm elections effort to flip the U.S. House of Representatives and gain a pro-equality majority. Client: Human Rights Campaign Role: Executive Producer, Writer Run Time: 0:30

  • \”Progress is on the Ballot\”

    \”Progress is on the Ballot\”

    I was tasked with making a video that would reach voters of color and emphasize what was at stake in the 2016 election. I had the idea of using a speech by President Barack Obama at the Congressional Black Caucus and combining it with Pete Souza’s White House photography to make an emotional plea as…

  • \”Brave\”

    \”Brave\”

    I waas shadowing Secretary Clinton as part of the Hillary 2016 presidential campaing when this incredible moment happened on the trail. I immediately flagged it for leadership and sent a rough cut to HQ, “You’ve really got to see this!” A wonderful colleague took the initial rough and finished it off overnight into an ad…

  • \”Equal\”

    \”Equal\”

    The Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign asked me to create a video for social media that would release the day of the Supreme Court decision in favor of marriage equality in 2015. With zero budget, I came up with the idea of combining Hillary’s speeches and emotional video I had discovered online of actual LGBTQ+ marriages…

  • \”We Need You\”

    \”We Need You\”

    I was assigned to capture President Bill Clinton’s remarks after a debate in New Hampshire as part of the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign. The narrative at the time was that Hillary had lost young voters to Bernie Sanders. I discovered a bunch of enthusiastic, young Hillary supporters chanting outside the debate, filmed them, and combined…