As an editor at The Post Crew, I collaborate with top ad agencies in New York to create broadcast commercial campaigns for clients such as CVS, GE, Phillips, and Perrier. I have over 12 years of experience in editing various types of video content, from award-winning short films and web series to political ads and promotional videos.

My core competencies include video editing, motion graphics, and sound design, which I use to enhance the visual and audio quality of the projects I work on. My mission is to tell compelling stories through editing, and my fields of expertise are narrative films and montage. My career goal is to edit a feature film that inspires and educates audiences.

Resume:

The Post Crew, New York — Video Editor

January 2016 - Present (10 years)

● Started as a receptionist at a commercial post production house. Learned from editors how to cut in the room with clients, then was trusted to edit commercial campaigns. Connected with many high-level creative directors at major ad agencies like BBDO and Digitas. Now my commercial reel and editorial skills award me work for my company. Commercials run on primetime TV, as well as during the super bowl.

Freelance - Ben Willis Cuts — Video / Audio Editor

2012 - Present (14 years)

● Edit narrative and documentary short films, as well as multi-media podcasts. Experienced in social video editing for all platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Youtube

Ajax Union, New York — Video Producer/Editor

January 2013 - December 2015 (3 years)

● Co-produced videos for small and medium sized businesses at an internet marketing agency. Then took charge of creative directing for the video department, producing videos from concept to delivery.

Education

Emerson College, Boston, MA — BA in Visual Media Arts, Post-Production Specification

2008 - 2012

  • Here Lies A Drunken A**hole - Best Ensemble Nominee, Garden State Film Fest 2019 - Editor

  • Kiss The Cook - Best Horror Comedy, Austin Micro Film Festival 2021 - Editor

  • The Chaperone - Best Actor Nominee, LA International Film Fest, Indie Shorts Fest, 2021 - SoundEditor

Testimonials:

Tom Darbyshire
Executive Creative Director darbyshiretom@gmail.com

Okay, you're an Executive Creative Director at BBDO. For three decades you've worked with big-name editors, all over town. Then, boom, COVID. Everything in the pipeline is instantly dead. Clients want all new stuff, NOW, under impossible conditions. Who do you turn to?

I turned to Ben Willis. I'd worked with Ben since he was an assistant's assistant. Big jobs, small jobs. Six seconds, sixty seconds, six minutes. He made it all great. But suddenly the difficulty level goes sky high. We had to make new work out of old work. Out of stock. Out of chewing gum and Scotch Tape. Over Zoom. By tomorrow. Ben made it all happen with equal parts talent, tenacity and telepathy. Got a big beautiful award-bait idea? Call Ben. Got a high-pressure, low-budget, mean-client job? Call Ben. You'll thank me. Even if Ben doesn't.

Greg Collins,
ECD and Copywriter gregcollinsworks@gmail.com

I first met Ben during my time at BBDO, working on some high-stakes multi-million dollar spots. It was a tough situation that had a ton of cooks in the kitchen, a myriad of special effects to wrangle in post, and, an infinite loop of layers from client to legal to government to navigate through. All of which meant near-endless revisions on the copy, and consequently, the cut. It was a tough gauntlet to run, with lots of moving parts to manage from tip to tail.

I gotta say, Ben totally stepped up and not only nailed the cuts on four different spots, but he also managed and maintained creative integrity on an absolute dizzying myriad of accompanying social posts taken from the cuts. We couldn’t have been more pleased. He was kind, eager, amenable and an absolute pleasure to work with throughout, even under such brutal conditions – especially having never met nor worked together beforehand! I greatly look forward to working with him again.

Services

Video Editing
Sound Design
Motion Graphics

Clients

BBDO
Digitas
CVS

Something Different
Blue Cross Blue Shield
UBER