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Penelope Grant
Junior Video Producer with experience in editorial development, production planning, video editing, and audience distribution. Practical work includes Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Vertical video editing.
Experience
Washington Post
Washington, DC · United States
Junior Video Producer
Jul 2025 - now
- Within the assigned scope, produced social-first video from opinion interviews, checked the news judgement and factual claims with the commissioning editor, and kept the speaker’s qualification when shortening a quote.
- Within the assigned scope, planned filming with columnists using a short shot list, microphone checks and eyeline references; reviewed the first take for framing, intelligibility and usable edit points.
- Within the assigned scope, built After Effects title and caption templates for vertical videos; checked safe areas on Instagram and TikTok previews and corrected line breaks before publication.
- Within the assigned scope, used analytics dashboards to compare opening-hook retention, completion and repeat viewing; recorded the topic, length and publication window so the next edit was based on comparable videos.
- Within the assigned scope, edited vertical videos in Adobe Premiere Pro with safe-area captions and clean dialogue; checked quotes against the full interview, cleared footage rights, and compared opening-hook retention in analytics dashboards.
- Within the assigned scope, owned a vertical-video edit using Adobe Premiere Pro and analytics dashboards, increased completion from 42% to 55% in matched social-audience tests while retaining the speaker’s qualification.
- Within the assigned scope, produced podcast clips for social audiences using timecoded transcripts, resolved misleading edits and completed Instagram caption and Photoshop thumbnail checks before publication.
NPR
Washington, DC · United States
Video Producer Project Contributor
Mar 2024 - Jun 2025
- Within the assigned scope, selected quick-turn podcast clips from full episodes for the website and social channels; preserved the question and the limits of the answer in the edit.
- Within the assigned scope, designed thumbnail options in Photoshop, checked the headline against the finished video, and exported legible crops for different platform aspect ratios.
- Within the assigned scope, coordinated social media publication with editors, checked links and captions on social accounts, and tracked audience questions that warranted a follow-up explainer.
- Within the assigned scope, organized interview footage by speaker, subject and rights status, synchronized separate audio tracks, and supplied timecoded selects to the lead editor.
- Within the assigned scope, worked to daily deadlines on news edits, checked export resolution and audio levels, and kept a correction log when an updated fact required a replacement version.
Selected project
Vertical news explainer — independent production
Project team member
Sep 2024 - Feb 2025
- Created a self-directed vertical explainer from public-domain material, writing a storyboard that separated the central claim, supporting sources and necessary caveats.
- Edited a short and long version in Adobe Premiere Pro, checked subtitle timing against speech, and compared whether each cut retained the original argument.
- Prepared a publication package with source links, footage licenses, thumbnail files and export settings; labeled the work as an independent portfolio exercise, not a published newsroom result.
- Owned the independent publication check using source-linked transcripts, resolved a misleading shortened quotation and completed the release package with rights and correction notes.
Education
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland · United States
B.A. Journalism
Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
Relevant coursework: Reporting, media law, video storytelling, audience engagement
Skills
Role expertise
Adobe Premiere Pro · After Effects · Photoshop · Vertical video editing · Filming · Fact checking · Audience retention analysis
Certifications
Adobe Certified Professional in Digital Video Using Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe
Nov 2024
Publications
- Published a personal editing breakdown using the independent project’s cut list, explaining source verification, caption choices and the tradeoff between brevity and factual qualification.


