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Kiory Rivera

Resume

Editor, videographer and drone pilot with a network delivery background.

SCAD graduate. Three years as an editor, T3, master control and ingest operator at Warner Bros. Discovery. Freelance since 2018 for TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, TEDx Inglewood, the Emirates NBA Cup and more. Available for freelance productions, creative collaborations and select full-time roles.

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Cut for

  • TNT
  • TBS
  • Cartoon Network
  • Emirates NBA Cup
  • TEDx Inglewood
  • Chozen Media
  • Jess With The Mess
  • DeKalb Medical

Experience

Three chapters.

Past employers are listed for experience only. No current employment or endorsement is implied.

  1. 2018 to now

    Freelance editor, videographer and drone pilot

    Los Angeles

    Promos, recaps, show opens and aerials for TEDx Inglewood, Chozen Media, Jess With The Mess, DeKalb Medical and the Emirates NBA Cup, with continued promo work for Warner Bros. Discovery through 2025.

  2. 2015 to 2018

    Editor, T3, master control and ingest operator

    Warner Bros. Discovery

    The room where promos for TNT, TBS and Cartoon Network go to air. Cuts, versioning, QC and delivery on a broadcast clock.

  3. SCAD

    BA, TV Producing and Film

    Savannah College of Art and Design

    Producing, directing, camera and post. His first reels and the Rising Appalachia music video, still his most played upload, date from this period.

Lanes

Where the experience sits.

  • Broadcast

    Promo editing, versioning, QC, master control and ingest inside a network pipeline, where the air date is the deadline.

  • Digital and social

    Recaps, show opens and cut-downs built for web and social, reframed by hand for every aspect ratio.

  • Commercial and brand

    Spots, brand features and hospital, school and nonprofit pieces, shot and cut by one person.

  • Aerial

    Drone establishing shots, flyovers and night passes across Los Angeles, graded to match the edit.

Film credits

On IMDb.

Skills and tools

What is in the kit.

  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • After Effects
  • Photoshop
  • Lightroom
  • Multi camera shoots
  • Drone aerials
  • Broadcast master control
  • Ingest and media management

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