Melissa Matchett

Director of Video Research Services (National Geographic Global Operations) @National Geographic Partners

DC, US

Manages a team of people tasked with assuring that Nat Geo footage can be efficiently reused for new productions and monetized through stock licensing. This includes providing licenses to track footage use, serving as subject matter expert for production staff and aiding in development of asset management systems.Manage team of researchers to provide stock footage from the National Geographic Archive, prioritizing daily tasks to meet departmental deadlines and uphold National Geographic quality standards.Manage a team to document and license archive footage re-used in NG productions Geographic Archive for all National Geographic-branded products – internal requests and third parties producing for National GeographicAssures that materials utilized in productions can be identified and repurposed as necessary. Provides necessary information for producers to create Legal Deliverables.Work with NGP production staff to advise on availability of subject matter in the existing archive and and oversee training of NGP/NGS and related staff to efficiently use DAM systems.Work with internal IT staff and 3rd party vendors in continuing development and refinement of DAM systems in order to improve the capacity of the research team to quickly leverage existing material for reuse by National Geographic

Towson University

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)