Indiana Sky Fawcett

Los Angeles / San Diego·Indiana Sky Fawcettindyfawcett@gmail.comSwipe for Doge

Media & Post Production Operations

I run the systems and workflows high-caliber video teams depend on. The libraries and the people.

2014–Present·Vox + CHOBO·LA / SD

Experience

Vox Media·Content Manager Jun 2019 – Present
  • Own media operations for Vox’s video and audio brands: archives, post systems, and the workflows those teams depend on, including Vox Media Studios, The Dodo, POPSUGAR, Thrillist, NowThis, New York Magazine, Vulture, The Verge, Vox.com, Eater, SB Nation, Vox Creative, and podcasts including Pivot, Today Explained, The Vergecast, Prof G, Waveform, Decoder, On with Kara Swisher, The Gray Area, and Unexplainable.
  • Run the specialized production and post stack hundreds of people and dozens of teams rely on, and the budget behind it: on-prem, cloud, and LTO storage, collaboration, file acceleration, high-volume captioning across every brand, and Vox Media Podcast Network’s global distribution platform for the full catalog and hundreds of collaborators.
  • Designed and ratified the company archive program: policy and visibility in one place, workflows that still fit each team, and studio workflows that put Vox Media Studios and podcast-studio media on the server, ready to edit.
  • Led post-production support across Vox video: editorial and episodic, commercial and streamer originals, podcasts and YouTube.
CHOBO·Co-Founder Aug 2020 – Present
  • Co-own a podcast media company that builds and runs shows for specialists in their field.
  • Operated two Los Angeles podcast studios for three years, including a series shot in-house that took first at the Davey Awards for Best Podcast Series (Finding Family DNA).
  • Produced over 1,100 hours of podcasts across a wide range of clients, with notable work for NPR, Royal Bank of Canada, BirthParentFinder.com, and The Lifeguard Project.
  • Oversaw studio operations: the studios, in-studio production, engineering, post-production, and publishing.
  • Pivoted the business off studio rentals to PodShuttle: fully remote podcast editing, publishing, and consulting, accelerated by AI.
BuzzFeed·Sr. Media Operations Specialist Jun 2015 – Jan 2019
  • Ran media operations for BuzzFeed Video Los Angeles and across satellite offices including New York, London, and Tokyo: on-prem servers at those sites, and support for the video teams.
  • Stewarded a two-petabyte archive of 50,000+ video projects.
  • Managed a data-retention team processing 150+ videos a week into the archive.
  • Fostered an archive-reuse program that monetized the back catalog and grew the business.
  • Promoted from Media Coordinator.
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DreamWorks Animation SKG·Internal Videography Sep – Dec 2014
  • Produced and distributed videos for the Education department that taught new hires the proprietary software.
  • Interviewed directors and other creators of the film for bonus features on Penguins of Madagascar (2014).
  • Led coverage of studio events and film-release Q&As.

Education

California State University, Fullerton·BA Radio, Television & Film (Cinematic Arts) 2015
  • Emphasis in post-production and cinematography.