Sekiya Dorsett

About Sekiya Dorsett

An award-winning Creative Director, with demonstrated experience in video production, advertising, documentary, branded content, marketing, pitching, creative brainstorming, creative problem-solving, and brand guideline development. Comprehensive experience in internal and external communication, organization, leadership, teamwork, management, and collaboration. Ensures adherence to brand and messaging standards. A talented and accomplished top performer, who delivers effective content to drive growth and exceed goals while managing concurrent projects. Creative Direction Producing Pre-Production Post-Production Video Editing Field Production Concept Development Mood and Storyboards Concept Pitches Scriptwriting Documentary Storytelling Branded Content Commercials Project Management Graphic Design

Experience

1. Video Director and Creative Producer

   Seabreeze Media

   Jun 2017 — Present · New York, NY, US

   I love concepting, directing talent and seeing video projects come to life!Clients: Freeform, NBC, WW, BET Network🥇Client Highlights🥇Directed, produced and edited NBC\'s award-winning 4-part documentary series.Concepted and edited Freeform Pride Campaign for On-Air and social platforms.Concepted and directed BET\'s Breast Cancer Awareness month commercial PSA.Led two global campaign launches for over 5 million members across 10 countries for Weight Watchers International. Directed the first Black History Month campaign for the brand. Directed Axe branded commercial for Scary Mommy which received an Effie Gold Award winner and was a Webby Award Honoree in 2019.Film Highlights2020 IN OUR MOTHER\'S GARDENSDistributed by Array, Now on Netflix 2019 STONEWALL 50 : THE REVOLUTION for NBC Nightly News Director, Producer, Editor for a 4-part series covering the LGBTQ movement.Awards: Winner! GLAAD Award and The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Award. Screened: Comcast, Xfinity Pride Channel2018 ICE COLD, A short narrative comedy film.Festivals: Frameline, NewFest & Brooklyn Museum Feminist Film Night 2017 OXYGEN 52: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh A short documentary about the Forbes 30 under 30 activist and artist. Festival: DOCNYC2016 “What Black mothers want you to know about their children”A short documentary sharing the profound effects of police brutality on their children. Published: Huffington Post, Mic.com, BuzzFeed.com & Essence.com.2016 “THE REVIVAL MOVIE”, Winner Audience Award Reel Out Film FestivalCurrently distributed through Women Make Movies. A feature documentary about a dynamic queer woman of color on an international poetry tour. Screened: The Brooklyn Museum, Athena Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival, Portland Women\'s Film Festival, Frameline Film Festival, Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, CIFF2 - Cleveland International Film Festival, Citizen Jane Film Festival, New York LGBT Film Festival.

Education

• Hunter College

  Master of Fine Arts - MFA

• Hofstra University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

Skills

• Creative Direction
• Television Production
• Copywriting
• Storytelling
• Production
• Art Direction
• Documentaries
• Video Editing
• After Effects
• Video Post-Production
• Short Films
• Final Cut Pro
• Post Production
• Copy Editing
• Integrated Marketing
• New Media
• Creative Writing
• Entertainment
• Music Videos
• Broadcast
• Hd Video
• Leadership
• Film
• Video Production
• Editing
• Film Production
• Video Shooting
• Broadcasting
• Commercials
• Video
• Digital Media
• Promotions
• Television