I am a seasoned media professional with broad experience across editorial and production workflows. I enjoy collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work, and I thrive in environments where my experience, drive, people skills, and adaptability can create value. I’m comfortable working under tight deadlines, juggling multiple project scopes, and embracing new technologies to optimize pipelines and deliver engaging content across film, television, and digital media platforms.

Dylan Suchesk

I am a seasoned media professional with broad experience across editorial and production workflows. I enjoy collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work, and I thrive in environments where my experience, drive, people skills, and adaptability can create value. I’m comfortable working under tight deadlines, juggling multiple project scopes, and embracing new technologies to optimize pipelines and deliver engaging content across film, television, and digital media platforms.

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I am a seasoned media professional with broad experience across editorial and production workflows. I enjoy collaborating with clients and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality work, and I thrive in environments where my experience, drive, people skills, and adaptability can create value.

I’m comfortable working under tight deadlines, juggling multiple project scopes, and embracing new technologies to optimize pipelines and deliver engaging content across film, television, and digital media platforms.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Video Editor at Remote
April 1, 2025 - Present
Coordinating direction, scripts, feedback and deliverable deadlines with the creative marketing team; editing/VFX using DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, After Effects or AVID (depending on workflow); ingesting provided footage, bin organization and project setup; creating GFX titles, color correction, audio mixdowns and versioning shots; QC’ing against notes and posting updated edits to client for approvals.
Assistant Production/Operations Manager at Company 3
February 1, 2022 - April 1, 2025
Coordinating with producers, colorists, marketing and operations on client requests; organizing client material uploads for online including source footage, pre-conforms, EDLs and film scans; managing tasks for assistant colorists and cleaning/preparing EDL/XMLs for individualized artist workflows; troubleshooting color preparations with clients for our DaVinci Resolve workflow; archived stills, powergrades and node preferences from artists databases; created detailed operations/project progress reports for upper management on a daily basis; sent out daily call-sheet, billing sheets and department schedules for the short-form department; maintaining SAN connectivity and archiving for the department; assisting with deliveries from Resolve and having a thorough understanding of file types and containers; setting up artist panels and calibrating X300 monitors for SDR commercial colorspaces; running video streams via SohoNet Clearview for remote clients to view live colorist sessions.
Producer/Editor for Iron Lung 2D Cartoon at Iron Lung 2D Cartoon - Remote
January 1, 2020 - February 1, 2023
Designed pipeline for the team; wrote scripts using Final Draft; used Premiere to cut/edit animatics from storyboards and conform new versions of updated shots; adjusted timing of each cut to the timeline audio to match dialogue beats; used Adobe Animate to create/export character animation; cloud storage setup and hard drive back up; budgeting, hiring and asset tracking.
Visual Effects Editor at Ingenuity Studios
March 1, 2021 - October 1, 2021
Cut/conform/online plates to match offline references and prepare shots for comp/graphics; create and send final deliverables to producers via Shotgun; conformed/relinked timelines for online in AVID, Hiero or Resolve (show specific); managing and using EDL/XML/AAF files across Resolve, Hiero and AVID (show specific); extensive troubleshooting experience with producers, comp and editors; working with a wide variety of file formats and understanding each type of container; used Premiere/Media Encoder to prepare assets for GFX; working with color in Resolve and setting up color spaces; applied CDL/LUTs to shots following show specs; experienced in episodic, feature and commercial pipelines.
Dailies Operator at FotoKem
September 1, 2020 - March 1, 2021
Ingest/offload, sound sync, tag and rendering with Nextlab software; working with MXFs and other codecs; AVID ALE packaging/rushes and QC; setting up AVID work stations/configurations for each specific show; activating/switching AVID keys/licenses for different work stations; assisting remote IT with render farm related tasks; archiving LTO tapes with mainframe and creating digital copies of finished dailies on the SAN; managing metadata and PIX uploads.
Dailies Technician at Company 3
June 1, 2019 - February 1, 2021
Ingest/offload files with terminal; sound sync, tag and rendering with OSD (Colorfront); setting up AVID work stations/configurations for each specific show; working with MXFs and other codecs; back end processing/re-linking with AVID; troubleshooting sync/timecode issues in AVID; organizing bins and ALEs for handoffs; LTO tape and vault organization; assisting dailies colorist with XML and CDL application.
Dailies Operator at Pinewood Digital (Pinewood Studios)
August 1, 2018 - May 1, 2019
Importing/offloading footage from Alexa 65 sleds to Marvel SANs; syncing sound to footage in AVID media composer; organized and pushed footage/audio packages to multiple deliverables; assisting dailies colorist in Daylight (Baselight for dailies); writing/formatting LTO tapes with terminal and archiving tasks; handing off MXF files for DCP creation downstream; detailed rush reports and quality checking footage.
Tutor in AVID Media Composer and Adobe Software at Self-employed / Freelance
November 1, 2016 - August 1, 2018
Freelance tutoring for essentials packages; clients included undergrad and post-grads at The University of Utah.
Freelance Video Editor at Self-Employed
April 1, 2025 - Present
Coordinated direction, scripts, feedback and deliverable deadlines with the creative marketing team. Edited, applied VFX and color grading using DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro, After Effects or AVID depending on workflow. Ingested provided footage, organized bins and project setup. Created GFX titles, performed color correction, audio mixdowns and shot versioning. QC’d against notes and posted updated edits to clients for approvals. Notable clients included Coca-Cola x 7Cities Collective, Coca-Cola x CVS, and International Missing Persons Foundation.
Producer/Editor at Iron Lung 2D Cartoon
January 1, 2020 - February 1, 2023
Designed pipeline for the team. Wrote scripts using Final Draft. Used After Effects/Premiere to cut/edit animatics from storyboards and conform new versions of updated shots. Adjusted timing of each cut to timeline audio to match dialogue beats. Used Adobe Animate to create/export character animation. Cloud storage setup and backups. Budgeting, hiring and asset tracking.
Tutor in AVID Media Composer and Adobe Software at Self-Employed
November 1, 2016 - August 1, 2018
Freelance tutoring for AVID Media Composer and Adobe software. Clients included undergrad and post-grad students at The University of Utah.

Education

Bachelor of Arts at University of Utah
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018
Bachelor of Arts in Film & Media Arts - Animation Emphasis at University of Utah
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2018

Qualifications

AVID Media Composer (University Certification)
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Adobe Editing Suite Certification (After Effects, Audition, Premiere, Photoshop, Animate)
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
DaVinci Resolve (Software Certification)
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Hiero (Nuke companion) Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Maya Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Unreal Engine 5 (Beginners certificate)
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
AVID Media Composer Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Adobe Editing Suite Certification (After Effects, Audition, Premiere, Animate, Media Encoder)
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
DaVinci Resolve Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Hiero Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Daylight (Baselight) Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Maya Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Unreal Engine 5 Certification (Beginners)
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025
Adobe Animate Certification
January 11, 2030 - December 17, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services