Creative Producer and Video Editor with 10 years of experience producing promotional, entertainment, and newsroom content across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms. Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, scriptwriting, clip sourcing, motion graphics, sound design, and end-to-end promo production. Known for developing network-quality creative that supports brand strategy, programming initiatives, and audience engagement—delivering consistent, deadline-driven results across broadcast/cable and streaming workflows.

Dawn Cheeseman

Creative Producer and Video Editor with 10 years of experience producing promotional, entertainment, and newsroom content across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms. Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, scriptwriting, clip sourcing, motion graphics, sound design, and end-to-end promo production. Known for developing network-quality creative that supports brand strategy, programming initiatives, and audience engagement—delivering consistent, deadline-driven results across broadcast/cable and streaming workflows.

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Creative Producer and Video Editor with 10 years of experience producing promotional, entertainment, and newsroom content across broadcast, digital, streaming, and social platforms. Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, scriptwriting, clip sourcing, motion graphics, sound design, and end-to-end promo production.

Known for developing network-quality creative that supports brand strategy, programming initiatives, and audience engagement—delivering consistent, deadline-driven results across broadcast/cable and streaming workflows.

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Work Experience

Promotions Producer / Video Editor at The E.W. Scripps Company — ION Media
October 1, 2023 - July 1, 2026
Conceptualized, wrote, produced, and edited high-impact promotional entertainment spots for Scripps Networks (ION, Bounce, Laff, ION Plus, ION Mystery, Scripps National Spelling Bee) supporting show and movie launches across broadcast/cable and streaming platforms. Created vertical social versions of on-air promos for Instagram and YouTube. Developed and pitched original network-quality creative concepts for assigned campaigns, aligned with network directives and programming initiatives to drive consistent viewership performance. Produced and edited video/audio promos end-to-end including scriptwriting, music selection, clip sourcing, graphic integration, and voice-over direction. Crafted strategic promo scripts to deliver targeted messaging and enhance emotional resonance through sound design, music editing, and sound effects. Integrated AI into existing workflows to assist with script formulation, audio isolation, and video clip searching.
Video Editor at Tegna Inc.
August 1, 2019 - October 1, 2023
Collaborated with CBS-affiliated newsroom staff in a Top 15 TV market to deliver broadcast content for two hours of newscasts daily, ensuring accuracy under daily deadline pressure. Managed hours of incoming footage/assets and edited rough cuts for daily broadcasts. Used Adobe Creative Suite to create motion graphics and animations for engaging cold opens for weekday and morning newscasts. Edited a biweekly audio podcast for the lead morning anchor. Produced motion graphic elements for on-air talent as needed to amplify the station’s visual brand.
Senior Video Editor / Media Manager at Sinclair Broadcast Group
October 1, 2016 - August 1, 2019
Built creative cold opens for CBS-affiliated weekday evening newscasts in a Top 40 TV market. Trained and coached incoming video editors to ensure acclimation into the WPEC workflow. Ensured proper storage and organization of hundreds of hours of media files. Shot weekly “Pet of the Day” segments and in-house interviews as needed. Contributed news stories to 186 corporate stations and 236 CBS network affiliates. Coordinated with field crews and tuned live shots for daily newscasts, and edited daily video for morning and evening newscasts plus digital media. Coordinated streamlined communication between on-air talent and directors during live daily newscasts. Operated the teleprompter for lead morning and evening anchors.

Education

Master of Arts: Cinema-Television Production at Regent University — Virginia Beach, VA
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026
Bachelor of Arts: Mass Communication; Television Production at Virginia State University — Petersburg, VA
January 11, 2030 - July 31, 2026

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Other