Ben Balser

BEN BALSER
Media Production • Dog Training

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Ben Balser

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MEDIA PRODUCTION
I am currently open to full/part-time situations be it employment or contract opportunities.

CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS
  • Livestream Producer at St. John’s UMC
  • Producer of the Neely UMC TV show
  • Owner of FETCTH Training LLC
  • Owner of Balser Properties LLC



SPECIALTIES
  • Media Production Specialist
  • Broadcast Production Studio/Live
  • Audio Engineer
  • FAA Licensed Commercial Drone Pilot
  • Apple Certified Pro Apps Master Trainer



PAST ENGAGEMENTS
  • Owner - Balser Productions
  • VP of Production - WLFT TV, LA Film Channel
  • IT Project Manger/Tech Manger - Whole Foods, US Computers, NCR

My experience over the past 25 years includes teaching, voice over work, acting, audio engineering, music composition, videography, and television production.


Former adjunct instructor for post-production at Louisiana State University’s Performing Arts Academy.
Former lead trainer for Louisiana State University’s Teen Filmmaking Bootcamp.
Former VP of Production for WLFT-TV and the Louisiana Film Channel with Leo Honeycutt and Patrick Mulhearn.
Former DIT for the “Colorado Extreme” reality TV show.


Consulting and training clients include Ochsner Hospital, Louisiana Economic Development, Progressive Insurance, EF Educational Tours, Homeland Security, Southern Methodist University, Louisiana State University, Delgado College, Louisiana University Lafayette, Fox News, CNN, Discovery Channel, ComCast, WLAE-TV, Acadiana Open Channel, Deaf Talk Services, Burns & McDonnald Engineering, US Central Command, Future Media Concepts, Sterling Ledet & Associates, New Orleans Video Access Center, Go4Cast, Mac Consultants Inc, Johnson Community College, Future Media Concepts, Sterling Ledet & Associates, New Orleans Video Access Center, Go4Cast, Mac Consultants Inc, Johnson Community College, and Louisiana State University. I’m an Apple Certified MasterTrainer. Taught two professional seminars for the 2011 National Association of Broadcasters annual convention in Las Vegas, NV, and produced written and video training courses for macProVideo.com and FilmmakingWebinars.com.


As a technical writer I created and wrote the weekly Edit Lab Report, created and wrote the monthly “Cut Lines” Final Cut column and product reviews for Event DV magazine for 5 years. Contributed to Louisiana Film & Video, WEVA International, VideoMaker ,and Edit Well magazines in the past. Created video trainings for ArtBeats and macProVideo among others. I also founded and ran the Louisiana Cajun Cutters Final Cut Pro Users Group for 10 years.