Njeri Sims - Editor/Assistant Editor
                415-994-0724 | info[a]njerisims.net | www.NjeriSims.net

Education
Academy of Art University 	 San Francisco, CA         BFA, 2006
Motion Pictures & Television | Concentration: Video Editing

Experience
Sole Perspective                                         Independent Production
Los Angeles, CA	                                                 May 08
On Set P2 Transfer Editor
- Transferred P2 cards to Final Cut Pro
- Organized multiple terabyte drives
- Assisted with needed post-production work flow

Why Won't Lunardi's Give An Inch?                        East Bay Animal Advocates	
Oakland, CA                                                      March 08
Final Cut Pro Editor & Assistant Editor
- Sub-clipped, trimmed, organized bins, logged clips, captured from miniDV
- Created After Effects graphics and LiveType titles
- Imported still .gif .jpg logos, music / sound FX .aiff files
- Color corrected and sound mixed for broadcast
- Exported for web viewing, .mpg4 .mov

DVD Project                                              East Bay Animal Advocates	
San Francisco, CA                                                 June 07
Final Cut Pro Editor & DVD Author
- Cut DVD splash menu
- Mixed sound
- Created & designed DVD menu theme

Instructional Video                                     Margaret Poore Productions
San Francisco, CA                                                 Feb. 07
Avid (Mac) Editor
- Sub-clipped, trimmed, organized bins, basic effects
- Digital cut to Beta tape

The US vs. Josh Wolf                                            Kevin Epps
San Francisco, CA                                                 Jan. 07
Final Cut Pro Editor & Assistant Editor
- Sub-clipped, trimmed, organized bins, logged clips, captured from miniDV
- Basic tape transfer; Beta to miniDV
- Authored DVD (DVD Studio Pro)

Bonds On Bonds                                                BLB Productions
San Francisco, CA                                                 April 06
Avid Adrenaline (PC) Apprentice Editor & Digitizer
- Sub-clipped, organized bins, logged clips, digitized from miniDV, Digi Beta, Beta, Beta Max, DVCam
- Exported to DVD for review
- Assisted with needed post-production work flow

Skills
Film & Video Editing | VFX Editing | Logging | Subclipping | Organizing bins | Printing bins | Patching 
Organizing digital media | Compressing media files | TARGA | MOV | MPEG 2 | MPEG 4 Digitizing 
Color Correction | Mastering to tape | Beta | MiniDV | Digi Beta | DVcam Audio Cassette | DVD Authoring 
Prep for online and sound design | Encoding | Graphic design (titles) | Filing | Copying | Faxing 
Office management


Software Knowledge
Avid | Final Cut Pro | Media 100| Adobe After Effects | DVD Studio Pro | LiveType | Adobe Photoshop 
MS Office Suite | Maya | Phone systems | HTML | Paint Shop Pro

Awards and Acknowledgements
FYI	      Film Your Issue Contest           Semi-Finalist 	2006


Volunteer Experience
Administrative Assistant		Retina
San Francisco, CA			Feb. 2003  Sept. 2004
- Assisted clients with meals
- Provided basic telecine information
- Answered multi-line phone system
- Assisted with billing and scheduling