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I’m Jordan Clay, a director of photography and creative leader who scaled a top-tier personal brand to 3.4M+ Instagram followers and 10M+ daily views by combining cinematic production with AI-powered workflows. I build repeatable content systems—writing scripts, leading shoots, and using tools like Python and LLMs—to automate captioning and generative media so teams can ship more premium short-form at speed.
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Chief Videographer at Tipnes Media
July 1, 2025 - July 1, 2026Led media production for Vick Tipnes’s brand, supporting rapid growth across Instagram and expanding TikTok/YouTube presence. Collaborated with high-profile creators including The School of Hard Knocks, Taja Abitbol, and HammyTV to produce and manage campaigns across a combined 19.5M+ audience reach. Managed creative teams across multiple simultaneous productions, ensured consistent premium brand aesthetics, and wrote scripts and drove content ideation using AI-assisted editing workflows to increase posting cadence up to 3x daily. Oversaw a short-form-first retention-focused strategy, including daily high-end shoots and multi-platform scheduling across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
Freelance/Owner, Director of Photography at ReelTurn
January 1, 2014 - July 1, 2026Built and sustained a decade-plus freelance practice directing, editing, and sound designing on-brand campaigns for YouTube and social platforms using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. Produced high-impact digital ads and bespoke YouTube content for clients including the U.S. Army, Kia, Sera Labs, and Casa Fresca Homes, supporting national ad campaigns and measurable outcomes such as $500K+ in verified annual client-attributed sales for additional Casa Fresca Homes campaigns. Served as creative director/cinematographer/AI workflow engineer—directing and capturing 2,500+ hours of short-form commercial and branded content across dozens of campaigns using camera systems including Sony A7iii, FX6, FX30, and RED Epic, while writing scripts and building custom AI pipelines to streamline post-production and elevate every stage of delivery. Developed custom Python-based AI workflows using Google Gemini to generate media and automate captioning, driving 2–3x content output per client en
Social Media Manager at Access Fitness
March 1, 2013 - December 1, 2018Produced fitness tutorials, promotional ads, and customer success stories using Adobe Premiere Pro to strengthen community engagement on Instagram and Facebook. Analyzed video performance data across platforms to refine content strategy, improving audience retention and increasing post reach over time.
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Media & Entertainment, Education, Software & Internet
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