Joseph Walter

7431 SE Mill St Portland, OR 97215 * Phone: 503.310.3290 * taboreditorial@gmail.com

Editorial and Post Production Specialist

  • Lead editor with 20+ years of experience developing and collaborating with creative directors, writers, directors, producer, post-producers, composers, engineers, and clients achieving award winning, successful national television and digital campaigns.

  • Skilled colorist and motion graphics artist, able to deliver at every point in the post-production process from offline to online.

  • Experienced in multiple editorial formats: storytelling, testimonial, documentary, brand, direct response, multi-cam, animation.

  • Driven team player that is respected with clients, internal and external teams due to extensive knowledge of the entire creative, production and post-production process to create successful work.

Key Skills

Software Expertise:

  • Avid | Premiere Pro | Final Cut Pro | Resolve | Filmlight |After Effects | Photoshop | Illustrator

Specialties:

  • Offline editorial | Online finishing | Color Correction | Rotoscoping/Keying/Compositing | Graphics and Effects | compression codecs | multiple aspect ratios for broadcast or digital delivery

Professional Experience

RAIN THE GROWTH AGENCY – Portland, OR

One of the nation’s largest independently owned ad agencies, with a client list spanning from Fortune 100 companies to the nation’s most successful direct marketing companies.

Lead Editor, 2005 to Present

Integral lead editor, collaborating with the creative, production, and post-production teams on multiple clients by providing unique and exceptional creative. Proven ability to understand the creative direction and combine the most desirable, entertaining and effective shots to form a logical, seamless story. Projects include integrated national campaigns for both broadcast and digital, corporate reels, viral content, sports television, informercials and educational videos.

Clients:

Epson, 23andMe, OOFOS, Vonage, USAA, Mercari, Leesa Mattresses, Consumer Cellular, Indeed, ApartmentList.com, Sofi, 1800-Contacts, Nintendo, Chase Bank, Total Gym, Bissell, Bare Escentuals, SimpliSafe, Gamefly, Sciplay and many more.

TABOR EDITORIAL – Portland, OR

In addition to my staff job at Rain, I take on side projects in a freelance capacity under my business name, Tabor Editorial

Editor/Post Production Artist,  2015 to Present

Flexible editor and post production artist, worked with a variety of agencies on brand advertising, local ads, corporate videos and digital web content.

Clients:

Nike, Fox Sports Net, Intel, Teachers Federal Credit Union, BALA, BelCampo Farms, Peterson Auto Group, Brown Bear Car Wash, Where Real Estate, Gokhshtein Media

Education

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts: Humanities, 1995 - 1998