William McAbee is a Video Editor and Producer living & working in Knoxville, TN.

Currently the main editor for the Content Creation team at Jewelry Television, he puts his passion and 11 year of professional experience to make every video the best it can possible be.

About

I have over eleven years of experience combining editing videos for social media and broadcast platforms, managing a media department, running media at live events for corporate conventions and concerts, producing, and capturing corporate travel trips for marketing promotion. I also freelance edit videos on the side as well to keep sharpening my skills on a regular basis.

Proficiency

Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, AVID Media Composter, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Lightroom, Final Cut Pro, Descript

Reel & Portfolio

Below is my Video Reel and a Playlist of some examples of the work I do and the variety of projects that I tackle.

Recommendations

  • I have worked with William for six years as his supervisor, colleague, and friend and 4 years through freelance. In my time with him, he displays a solid work ethic, passion for his work, and responsibility for his team. He is a problem solver, and when presented with a challenge, whether simple or complex, he uses his dogged determination to take action to solve it quickly. William has worked with me under very tight deadlines in a high-pressure marketing environment producing and editing video projects. Given clear goals, he works hard and fast to achieve them, and even with broad-stroke direction, he takes strides to affect change for the good of the company.William is an analytical thinker, and works at maximum capacity when he can measure the impact of his team’s work in terms of feedback, view count, comments, likes and engagement. His video editing speed and proficiency are second to none and his willingness to adapt and work with feedback has made him a truly strong colleague. I’ve seen him volunteer for overnight work in order to create high-quality content ahead of schedule.

    Jay M. Daugherty

    Creative Director

    National OnDemand

  • Amongst the many coworkers I’ve had, William’s work definitely stands out. William has extensive experience with post-production applications, such as Adobe Premiere and After Effects, and has been our go-to person for editing produced content for several years. In addition, he has recently become our trouble-shooter and switcher for livestream video. He has also taken on roles of producer, writer, and cameraman, as needed, for the many videos we produce for the our JTV broadcast channel, as well as our popular social media channels, such as Jewel School and Gemstones.com. He has excelled in all of these roles. One of William’s best qualities is his work ethic. When we first began working together, we were tasked with taking over two YouTube channels with a heavy release schedules of longform videos and scant turnaround time. We were the only two on the team with experience in post-production, so the bulk of the workload fell on us. We had a year of little sleep and lots of overtime, but we made each impossible deadline. William shouldered much of this burden. At one point, I am sure he was putting out more weekly content than some entire production companies, while maintaining high production values. In fact, we set new records for engagement, views, watch-time, and subscribers. William is a very responsible, technically skilled, and creative worker. He is someone you can count on to manage a project and do what it takes to deliver a high-quality final product.

    Chris Page, FGA

    Senior Producer Digital Content

    JTV

Write me an email at wmcabee72@gmail.com

You can also call me anytime: 336-380-2378

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