Julia de Guzman

Brooklyn, NY USA

4 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I'm a professional writer with more than three years experience writing for online magazines, comedy websites, arts, dance, and music publications, newspapers, newsletters, and literary journals. I'm also a videographer/video editor with two years experience working with both small and large clients at every level from Production Assistant to Head Videographer/Editor.

Expertise

Content Editor (online) 3 YearsEditor (video, film) 2 YearsProducer (new media) 3 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities 3 YearsTravel 4 YearsMusic 2 Years

Industries

Online/new media 3 YearsDocumentary 2 YearsNonprofit 2 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

All That Is Interesting (10+)
ArtistDirect Network (10+)
Runt Of The Web (10+)
LionMaus Media (1-2)
Brooklyn Buzz (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Midas Inc. (1-2)

Other Work History

I've held a staff job at DCTV in NYC as an Intern and later a Production Assistant

Technical Skills

Final Cut Pro (7 & X), Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Skilled in Adobe InDesign, HTML, WordPress, Final Cut Pro, PhotoShop, SEO, .GIF Animation, and Stop Motion

Foreign Language Skills

I can speak and write in Spanish

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, Windows, Mac etc

Equipment

MacBook, Canon DSLR, Multiple Lenses (25, 50, 17-70, 70-200), GoPro, All The Fun Accessories, Multiple Microphones (shotgun and lav), Tripods (video and photo), Editing Software, Hard Drives etc.

Videography

Drive Out Hunger

(Midas Inc. 8/1/2015)

This summer we sent a social media-fueled, hunger fighting food truck across North America. The road trip was documented in real-time via Instagram on an interactive map. We provided nearly 200,000 meals to local food banks!

Death And High Society: Green-Wood Cemetery In The Spring

(All That Is Interesting 5/23/2015)

Class and social stature have been so historically important in New York "society" that the elite have even competed for a place to rot. In the words of architecture critic Paul Goldberger, "It is the ambition of the New Yorker to live upon the Fifth Avenue, to take his airings in the Park, and to s

Comedy

Airbnb: Boyfriend Edition

(Runt Of The Web 8/1/2015)

With Airbnboyfriend, you're not just a girlfriend: you're home. We believe you can belong anywhere, even when your boyfriend is at work and there's nothing to eat and you're not really sure how to work the TV and also you're worried about all that mold in the shower

Interviews

Cults, Communes, And Charles Manson: Isis Aquarian On Her Time With Hollywood's Source Family

(All That Is Interesting 9/1/2015)

After leaving the Source Family, Isis has written a book, produced a documentary, and created one of the most extensive archives of photographs and video footage depicting commune life from the 1970s. She agreed to speak with me about her life during that time. Here is some of what we discussed.

Stolar - My Own Way: Interview

(ARTISTdirect 11/23/2015)

The New Jersey native's blend of soulful melodies and pared down lyrics which has been called "a contemporary brew of soulful pop-rock" by the Village Voice. ARTISTDirect's Julie de Guzman caught up with the N.Y.-based singer/songwriter to talk about his influences, what he looks for in a writing p

Video Editing

Cooking With Kitchen Scraps: Tomato Skin & Regrown Chive Salt

(For Fun 9/1/2015)

Cut down on kitchen waste with this delicious spice recipe.

Science Writing

Are You Smarter Than A Cetacean?

(All That Is Interesting 9/22/2014)

How intelligent are whales, dolphins and porpoises? Should they be granted non-human personhood? How can we measure the intelligence of creatures we can't communicate with? The answers to these questions and more.

India, Denmark And The Road To Renewable Energy

(All That Is Interesting 11/18/2014)

India and Denmark are about as different as two countries could be, but they do have one thing in common, though: they're both making huge strides in the field of renewable energy.

Travel

Border Lands: The Forbidding Beauty Of The US-Mexico Border

(All That Is Interesting 8/8/2015)

Here, where the Rocky and Sierra Madre mountains clash, and the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts collide, vegetation and wildlife from all four regions meet. In an area which for so many represents loss and suffering is a space imbued with incredible amounts of life.

Commodifying Nature: Ecotourism And Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula

(All That Is Interesting 4/1/2015)

The Osa Peninsula juts off southwestern Costa Rica and extends into the Pacific Ocean. At least half of all species living in Costa Rica can be found here. The peninsula and has been called "the most biologically intense place on Earth." But to really understand what that means you have to visit.