RESUME

DENNIS B. MCDOUGALL

Email dennis@mcdougalldigital.com

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OBJECTIVE

A position in video production, marketing, advertising, business management, computer consultation or web design.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience working with successful start-up companies as well as established businesses.
  • Extensive practical hands-on experience as a supervisor, unit manager, teacher, sales & operations manager, foreman, consultant and as an employee.
  • Effective working alone or as a cooperative team member.
  • Professional in appearance and presentation.
    • RELEVANT SKILLS

    VIDEO PRODUCER DIRECTOR

  • Sole Producer Director for PBS affiliate WNMU-TV in Marquette, Michigan. In charge of all local film and live productions. Worked creatively with a team of three graphic artists and three production associates as well as staff engineers, university students and community volunteers.
  • Unit manager for a mobile video production 16 member crew.
  • Developer of complete patient education libraries for four different Ophthalmic practices.
  • Designer and installer of closed-circuit video, edit systems, and multimedia teaching facilities.
  • Sole Producer for medical video production company in addition to producing 1-800 number direct response video spots for national distribution.
  • Produce, co-host and edit a weekly broadcast half-hour boating show.

    • MARKETING AND ADVERTISING

  • Trained spokesperson for a national multi-level marketing firm. Conducted nightly training and sales seminars for groups of 10 to 100 people.
  • On-air television co-host for a weekly boating broadcast magazine format program.
  • Write and produce numerous marketing and advertising presentations for a variety of clients.
  • Supervise a de-imaging campaign for a twenty-one business franchise.
  • Develop a sales team and successful ad campaign for Super Bowl products.
  • Desktop publishing for flyers, brochures, POPs, trade show booths and print advertising.
  • Coordinate and design individual trade show booths as well as packaged trade show booths for sharing between franchise members.
  • Product development for a Hair Transplant franchise.
  • Website design for commercial clients.

    • BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

  • Experience as a business owner and as an employee.
  • Foreman of a snowmobile production facility with ability to hire and fire.
  • Sales and Operations Manager - oversee day-to-day business activities, take sales calls, shipping and receiving via UPS and FedEx online software, data entry into spreadsheets for product sales and monthly statements.

    • COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

  • Working knowledge of Windows and Mac OS systems.
  • Desktop publishing and web graphic design using Photoshop, Pagemaker, Word, Corel Draw, and GIF animations.
  • Hands-on use of business and sales management tools such as Excel, ACT, and Filemaker.
  • Thorough training in Lightwave 3D for broadcast video animation.
  • Adept at presentation software such as Macromedia Director, PowerPoint and editing with Adobe Premiere.
  • Skilled in MPEG-1 and MPEG-2/DVD encoding technology.
  • Familiar with authoring programs for CDROM and DVD formats.
    • EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

    Digital Consultant

    Sales & Operations Mgr.

    Webmaster, Sales Mgr.

    Video Producer Director

    Marketing Consultant

    Sales Director

    AV Technician

    Producer/Co-host

    Marketing Consultant

    Marketing Consultant

    Marketing Consultant

    Marketing Consultant

    Medical Video Producer

    Producer Director

    Medical Video Consultant

    Video Unit Manager

    Certified Sales Trainer

    Medical Video Consultant

    PBS Producer Director

    Motorcycle Mechanic

    Production Line Foreman

    Material Handler

    Landscape Laborer

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    VISIBLE LIGHT

    GO TAMPA BAY

    MEDFO TELEVISION

    RECORD MASTERS

    SUN TIME

    BLUMBERG COMM.

    CENTURY VIDEO

    GULF COAST IMPRINT

    BELL CORP. OF AMER.

    MORTGAGE EXCHANGE

    SHAWNEE GROUP

    JOHNSON EYE

    PAULINE OBRENTZ

    EYE INST. W. FLORIDA

    CUSTOM PRODUCTIONS

    DYNASTY SYSTEM

    NEUMANN EYE INST.

    WNMU-TV PBS

    IRON MT. SPORTS CTR.

    SPORT KING, INC.

    DODGE TRUCK PLANT

    JULES COX

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    Winter Springs, FL

    Treasure Island, FL

    St. Petersburg, FL

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    St. Petersburg, FL

    Pinellas Park, FL

    Tampa, FL

    Tampa, FL

    Treasure Island, FL

    Zephryhills, FL

    Largo, FL

    Largo, FL

    Orlando, FL

    Orlando, FL

    Deland, FL

    Marquette, MI

    Iron Mountain, MI

    Detroit, MI

    Warren, MI

    Warren, MI


    EDUCATION

    BA, Cinematography, Minor in Automotive Technology, Northern Michigan University 1974


    ADVANCED TRAINING

  • Certified Training Instruction
  • Advanced Lighting for Television
  • PBS Advanced Writers Workshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Lightwave 3D for the Amiga 4000
  • Macromedia Director
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Power Point
  • Digital MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoding
  • Authoring for CDROM and DVD platforms


    • CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

  • President - Marquette County Press Club
  • Macintosh Users Group
  • M II Users Group
  • Club Toaster
  • Florida Motion Picture and Television Assn.
  • Loyal Order of Moose


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