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Hi, I’m Mel Rodriguez III, an award-winning creative strategist, video content creator with 12 years of experience producing engaging and diverse digital stories across entertainment, sports, politics, and everything in between. I’m an expert in video editing and motion graphics, using tools like Adobe Premiere Pro to deliver high-impact sports and branded content. I founded and lead Foreign & Domestic Films as an Executive Creative Director, guiding projects from concept through post-production for top agencies, global brands, and talent. I’m passionate about crafting timely, creative videos that resonate with audiences and drive social media engagement, whether it’s sports documentaries, branded campaigns, or character-driven storytelling.…Hi, I’m Mel Rodriguez III, an award-winning creative strategist, video content creator with 12 years of experience producing engaging and diverse digital stories across entertainment, sports, politics, and everything in between. I’m an expert in video editing and motion graphics, using tools like Adobe Premiere Pro to deliver high-impact sports and branded content. I founded and lead Foreign & Domestic Films as an Executive Creative Director, guiding projects from concept through post-production for top agencies, global brands, and talent. I’m passionate about crafting timely, creative videos that resonate with audiences and drive social media engagement, whether it’s sports documentaries, branded campaigns, or character-driven storytelling.

MEL RODRIGUEZ III

Film Director, Creative Producer, Content Producer, +4

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Hi, I’m Mel Rodriguez III, an award-winning creative strategist, video content creator with 12 years of experience producing engaging and diverse digital stories across entertainment, sports, politics, and everything in between. I’m an expert in video editing and motion graphics, using tools like Adobe Premiere Pro to deliver high-impact sports and branded content. I founded and lead Foreign & Domestic Films as an Executive Creative Director, guiding projects from concept through post-production for top agencies, global brands, and talent. I’m passionate about crafting timely, creative videos that resonate with audiences and drive social media engagement, whether it’s sports documentaries, branded campaigns, or character-driven storytelling.…Hi, I’m Mel Rodriguez III, an award-winning creative strategist, video content creator with 12 years of experience producing engaging and diverse digital stories across entertainment, sports, politics, and everything in between. I’m an expert in video editing and motion graphics, using tools like Adobe Premiere Pro to deliver high-impact sports and branded content. I founded and lead Foreign & Domestic Films as an Executive Creative Director, guiding projects from concept through post-production for top agencies, global brands, and talent. I’m passionate about crafting timely, creative videos that resonate with audiences and drive social media engagement, whether it’s sports documentaries, branded campaigns, or character-driven storytelling.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Mel Rodriguez III, an award-winning creative strategist, video content creator with 12 years of experience producing engaging and diverse digital stories across entertainment, sports, politics, and everything in between. I’m an expert in video editing and motion graphics, using tools like Adobe Premiere Pro to deliver high-impact sports and branded content.

I founded and lead Foreign & Domestic Films as an Executive Creative Director, guiding projects from concept through post-production for top agencies, global brands, and talent. I’m passionate about crafting timely, creative videos that resonate with audiences and drive social media engagement, whether it’s sports documentaries, branded campaigns, or character-driven storytelling.

Skills

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe After Effects

Promo Video

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Branding

Experience Level

Adobe Premiere Pro

Expert

Adobe After Effects

Expert

Promo Video

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Work Experience

Founder / Executive Creative Director at Foreign & Domestic Films

April 1, 2015 - Present

Founded and managed a hybrid creative agency/production company, overseeing all creative, production, and post-production processes for high-profile campaigns with top agencies, global brands, and talent. Directed and edited ALL ACCESS: Boxing Doc-series for SHOWTIME; produced/edited sports features for DAZN; produced/edited Netflix promos with Snoop Dogg, Maverick Carter, Nas, and Rick Ross; managed post-production for UNINTERRUPTED's 40 DAYS with LeBron James and Maverick Carter; directed/edited branded content for Blizzard Entertainment with Toyota and T-Mobile; produced FOX SPORTS promos; edited Tribeca Enterprises' award-winning sports documentary; produced Spanish promos for Hulu; directed/produced branded content for Toyota, Google Chrome, American Express OPEN, Nike, Clearasil, T-Mobile, and ICON.

Producer / Editor at Courier Newsroom

September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2025

Created, produced, and edited two high-impact video advertisements for digital platforms (Amazon/Twitch).

Story Producer / Editor at Zero Point Zero Productions

September 1, 2022 - March 1, 2023

Produced two episodes for the documentary series DE LA CALLE for Paramount+, coordinating post-production with editors and assistants, condensing hundreds of hours of international footage into 45-minute edits with music and graphics; crafted VO scripts; partnered with the motion/graphic design team to shape the visual look of episodes and collaborated with marketing to create a compelling promo.

Writer/Director/Producer & Editor at Way to Win

March 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022

Wrote and directed three :30 GOTV commercials for the 2022 midterms, achieving approximately 1.2M views across platforms and demonstrating expertise in short-form video content creation.