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Travis Smith ABOUT ME

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Travis Smith, and I own a lifestyle photography and video production studio.

Our

youthful,

stylish

and

sophisticated images and videos are targeted to Gen Y lifestyle brands and marketers. In 2007 I graduated from Thunderbird, School of Global Management, top ranked school for International MBA by US News and World Report. Before building my own company I spent several years working in corporate America and I have extensive experience working and

Since launching my company, I have

The past several years have taught me

living internationally. Why should you

had the privilege of partnering with

the value of hard work, and that when

care? Because those experiences have

amazing clients to help develop carry

combined with passion, creativity and

built within me a better understanding

out marketing campaigns, including Fox

innovation, it will accomplish nothing

of business, customers, and inter-

Sports Detroit, Bristol-Myers Squibb,

short of amazing.

cultural nuances. When it comes time

VariZoom, Danon, Kotex, Health Plus,

to tell your story, who better to help you

Black & Decker, and Intercontinental

craft and execute your vision.

Hotel Group.Â

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THE VALUE

PASSIONATE, CREATIVE, THINKING, EXPERIENCE, PRODUCTIVE, INNOVATIVE.

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Work History WORK EXPERIENCE

Kiasmus Films (2013-2016) Co-Founder, Cinematographer Produced, shot, and edited a variety of short films and commercials for major brands including Bristol-Myers Squibb, VariZoom, Kotex, Black & Decker, and IHG. Developed all print and digital marketing pieces, and was responsible for driving new business.

Smith Photographers (2009-2016) Co-Founder, Photographer Shot a variety of commercial and editorial photography for clients like Fox Sports Detroit, Health Plus, hap, and DTE. Built and maintained websites and ecommerce channels using the wordpress, woocommerce, and shopify platforms. Traveled to ten countries throughout Europe and Asia on shooting editorial and travel photo and video stock.

EDUCATION

Thunderbird School of Global Management (2005-2007) MBA Studied global business strategy and emerging markets at #1 ranked school for International MBA. Four month business development internship in Beijing working for Orano Fund Two months in Eastern Europe and Asia studying emerging markets and global business.

PROGRAM SKILLS

Adobe Indesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Lightroom Adobe Illustrator Adobe Premiere HTML & CSS

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

WEBSITE DESIGN

PHOTO AND VIDEO EDITING

CREATIVE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT

ECOMMERCE AND SOCIAL MEDIA

SEO INTERNET ANALYTICS

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PROFESSIONAL TEAMWORK

PASSIONATE HARDWORKING

TIME WORK MANAGEMENT

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Work & Play I consider myself one of the fortunate in that I absolutely love what I do. Work often feels like play. I have an insatiable passion for photography and cinematography. When I set out to play, I naturally find myself with gear in hand, ready to create something new. Photography and video have become a natural state of mind, and synonomous with play. I think any successful creative will tell you something similar. Creativity comes easiest when we are doing something that gives us joy, that fulfills our passions and fuels our smile. Work should feel like play, and play should result in better work. Over the next several pages Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to share a bit of my work and play. Some of the work was commisioned as work. Some was created out of personal ambition. However, all are the result of some serious play. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kick it off with some motion, followed by a series of photo projects. Take a look; follow the links, and enjoy the show.

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Home Base PAGE 12 A traveler makes the Candlewood Suites his Home Base. Shot for IHG.

Time Machine

RAAM 2014

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A man is shown a better way of

Documentary of the 2014

doing things by his future self.

mixed four-person team as they

Shot for Black and Decker.

smashed the world record in the Race Across America.

Nomads in Thailand PAGE 14 Footage from our stay in Thailand during our family world tour, 2014-2015.

The Stealthy

FlexDex

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Campaign for the launch of the

Product launch for FlexDex’s

new prosumer product, the

revolutionary gimbal operated

“Stealthy.” Shot for VariZoom.

minimally invasive tool.

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TIME MACHINE

Black and Decker launches campaign for the Quick Clean Paint Sprayer. In this video, a man preparing for the job of painting his dining room set receives a visit

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from an unexpected guest...himself. From the future. His future self shows him how he can save loads of time using this revolutionary new product. The work is

BLACK AND DECKER

done in no time, but a poor decision may wreck it all. Dun dun duuuun.

CATEGORY PRODUCT LAUNCH

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02 PROJECT NAME THE STEALTHY CLIENT NAME VARIZOOM CATEGORY PRODUCT LAUNCH

DESCRIPTION VariZoom is a major player in the video production industry, making commercial grade equipment for large production studios. In 2013 VariZoom announced their entry into the prosumer market with their revolutionary five-in-one multipurpose camera support. This video premiered at NAB, where VariZoom walked away with the Black Diamond award.

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03 PROJECT NAME HOME BASE CLIENT NAME CANDLEWOOD SUITES, IHG CATEGORY MARKETING CAMPAIGN

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DESCRIPTION IHG launched a campaign to hightlight the benefits of staying at the Candlewood Suites. The campaign focused on making the Candlewood Suites your “Home Base” and targeted traveling businessmen looking for a place to stay that is as comfortable and convenient as staying at home (or even more so). The message was communicated using a quirky but likeable 30-something age male and delivered with an upbeat and humorous tone.

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04 PROJECT NAME NOMADS IN THAILAND CLIENT NAME PERSONAL PROJECT CATEGORY TRAVEL

DESCRIPTION In 2014 my family and I decided to embark on a year-long world tour. We began with a month and half in the UK, then proceeded to Western Europe where we spent a month or so in each of France, Italy, and Spain. From there we ventured over to Southeast Asia for a three-month stay in Thailand. Then we ventured further South for a couple months in Bali. We wrapped up our tour with a month in Vietnam. The trip was nothing short of amazing, and only enflamed our love of travel and adventure. In order to document the trip we created a video in each country. Each video hits the highlights of the trip and gives a glimpse of the amazing adventure we had and the many experiences we shared as a family.

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PROJECT NAME RAAM 2014 CLIENT NAME BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CATEGORY FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN

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DESCRIPTION As part of their fund-raising efforts for cancer research, Bristol-Myers Squibb sponsored four employees that formed a team to race in the 2014 Race Across America - the longest and most difficult cycling race in the world. We were hired as a media team to cover the race and follow the team throughout their training and as they raced across the country. Each night we were tasked with producing and uploading a race update complete with photography and footage from that dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress. During the race there was a serious accident in which one of the riders was blown off his bike and we transitioned from media crew to emergency response team. After racing the athlete to the hospital (where he was later transferred via lifeflight to Denver) we were back on the road and covering the race. The team was spectacular. Even with the loss of one of their members, they raced on to crush the world record for a mixed four-person team.

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FLEXDEX

Flexdex Surgical is a startup medical devices manufacturer. They have developed a revolutionary miniminally invasive surgical instrument that rivals the

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“Robot” for a small fraction of the price. The technology “precisely translates the surgeon’s hand, wrist, and arm movements from outside the patient into cor-

FLEXDEX SURGICAL

responding movements of an end-effector inside the patient’s body.”