Award-winning broadcast and digital media professional with 25+ years of experience producing, editing, and quality-controlling video content across educational, corporate, broadcast, and social media formats. Spent 25 years as a contract video editor for LinkedIn Learning — editing instructor-led courses, applying style templates, and delivering polished, consistent content to professional quality standards. Recognized for a meticulous, restrained editorial approach — including an Emmy Award, two Emmy nominations, and 20+ NATOA Awards — with a deep commitment to clean, purposeful storytelling that serves the audience rather than the editor.

Jacob Abramson

Award-winning broadcast and digital media professional with 25+ years of experience producing, editing, and quality-controlling video content across educational, corporate, broadcast, and social media formats. Spent 25 years as a contract video editor for LinkedIn Learning — editing instructor-led courses, applying style templates, and delivering polished, consistent content to professional quality standards. Recognized for a meticulous, restrained editorial approach — including an Emmy Award, two Emmy nominations, and 20+ NATOA Awards — with a deep commitment to clean, purposeful storytelling that serves the audience rather than the editor.

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Award-winning broadcast and digital media professional with 25+ years of experience producing, editing, and quality-controlling video content across educational, corporate, broadcast, and social media formats. Spent 25 years as a contract video editor for LinkedIn Learning — editing instructor-led courses, applying style templates, and delivering polished, consistent content to professional quality standards. Recognized for a meticulous, restrained editorial approach — including an Emmy Award, two Emmy nominations, and 20+ NATOA Awards — with a deep commitment to clean, purposeful storytelling that serves the audience rather than the editor.

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Work Experience

Contract Video Editor at LinkedIn Learning
January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2025
Edited professional online courses across business, technology, and creative subject areas for one of the world's leading professional learning platforms. Applied predefined visual templates and style standards to raw author-recorded footage, ensuring a consistent, professional look and feel across all course modules. Performed audio correction, noise reduction, pacing edits, and visual cleanup to meet platform quality-control metrics. Delivered polished, multi-module educational content on schedule — maintaining continuity across sessions recorded at different times and locations. Incorporated feedback from course producers and authors, refining edits efficiently while preserving the intended instructional tone and pacing.
Broadcast Administrator at City of Surprise, AZ
January 1, 2008 - Present
Lead media professional for a fast-growing municipality (100,000 → 175,000 residents), managing all video production, editorial quality, and broadcast operations for government communications. Editorial & Production: Edit and produce multi-format programming including Surprise Lately, Mayor's Minute, State of the City, Surprise FYI, and live public meeting broadcasts — delivering each against broadcast quality standards. Direct and edit the annual State of the City — a multi-interview, multi-segment production requiring consistent framing, color, audio, and pacing across hours of source footage. Produce award-winning short-form social media content (under 60 seconds) with precise attention to platform-specific visual pacing, quality, and messaging. Provide detailed written editorial notes and feedback to production staff, articulating issues clearly with well-reasoned direction for revisions. Standards & Quality Control: Maintain and enforce internal editorial standards across al

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television, Emphasis in Cinematography at Chapman University
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2026

Qualifications

FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Pilot
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2026

Industry Experience

Government, Media & Entertainment, Education