Open to work
Media Services Provider
Don • Zama • DRH Jr
Summary
Upbound Media Group • (UpMG) • is my grouping of media solutions and services on offer to clients.
This currently includes Upbound Solutions • (UpSOL) • Long-term Media Consultation and Production Packages, Upbound Content • (UpC) • Quick, Clean Content Capture, and Upbound Moments (UpMOMT) capturing personal and intimate events and milestones.
If I introduce myself as Don – I am providing a solution or service under the Upbound Media Group company name. I work for your vision, for your enterprise, and help secure the impacts you seek through media consultation and production. Upbound is your provider. Execution through expression.
Work Experience
MEDIA services PROVIDER & CONSULTANT
2018 - Present
Upbound Media Group LLC
Upbound Media Group LLC • (UpMG) • is a media services company of my founding in 2014. I am Donald, or Don, it’s founder and solo operator, I currently contract with Triple R Solutions effectuating technical and creative direction, bespoke consultation, and production projects in the Tri-State area.
I have three services, Upbound Content • (UpC) •, Upbound Solutions • (UpSOL) •, and Upbound Moments (UpMOMT), as of early 2025.
Long-term retention of two or more services from me groups them into a comprehensive Upbound Media Group package, with the option to renew at the end of the contract term. Herein are examples of enterprises and entities with whom I have enjoyed working in the last six years.
— Worked with five entities executing bespoke media solutions across a minimum of two or more service offerings of UpMG. Over two dozen discrete content acquisitions & projects.
— Provides full media consultation & execution—including production, direction (technical, line, operations, creative), editing, and publishing for quarter-length campaigns with open retainers.
— Implements industry-standard audio/visual techniques from onboarding through delivery and publishing.
— Executes or accommodates event logistics, preemptively coordinating pluses & deltas to align with data-driven enterprise goals.
— Collates & coordinates scope, sequence, and SOPs aligned with project goals and industrial psychology principles tailored to the client.
— Implements trackable frameworks to monitor fidelity through audits, feedback cycles, and iterative refinements.
— Provides ancillary portraiture and video capture for tertiary promotional scaffolds
Technical operations Affiliate
2010 - 2019
Technical Background
Across nine years, served in various technical operations capacities, from entry-level to supervisor & independent service. Provided part-time, full-time, salaried, and contracted services across four+ organizations.
Gained field experience in corporate A/V operations, data collation, executive-function consulting, and technical event logistics.
Upbound Media Group LLC | New York, NY
Operations & Technical Oversight | Don RH Jr • Zama the Creative
Feb 2013 – Present
— Implements internal SOPs for company data processing & media management.
— 15+ years of self-taught, field, & academic experience in corporate equipment deployment, operations direction, and executive-function applications.
CAREGIVER | New York, NY
1:1 24-hour Direct-duties Nurse • OPERATOR | Freedom Care
Aug 2024 – Jul 2024*
— 10 years of progressive caregiving, including 4 years of full-time Parkinsonism, oppositional defiance, advanced neurological care, and emergency medical responses, operating in the 99th (meals & meds) & 95th (other ADLs) percentile across ~12,340 total support attempts, with ~7,820 resisted attempts (~63% resistance rate).
— Implements medical, financial, and logistical ADLs & SOPs within client scope, sequence, and diagnosis, managing severe neurodegenerative and autonomic comorbidities, including Parkinsonism (presenting as agitated Alzheimer’s-driven multiple systems atrophy), trigeminal neuralgia, jargon aphasia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Rethink Autism Media Group LLC | New York, NY
Operations Associate | Various Internal Departments
Feb 2018 – May 2019
— Executed clerical compilation & data collation tasks from finance & executive teams.
— Provided ad-hoc media & tech support across departments; Supported & covered customer service roles.
— Compiled, produced, & executed materials for internal operations.
Givery LLC | New York, NY
Technical Manager | Field Deployment
Oct 2017 – Oct 2018
— Executed on-site deployment of proprietary AV solutions for charity drives & live events.
— Provided technical support & client engagement from event logistics to technical ops.
— Ensured high-fidelity event execution through on-boarding & VIP client services.
— Coordinated on-site tech deployment, aesthetic curation, & client relations in partnership with event management.
ACHIEVEMENT FIRST PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS | New York, NY
Assistant to the Principal | Operations Liaison | Achievement First Brooklyn High School
Jun 2016 – Jun 2017
— Managed principal’s work calendar in coordination with ops calendars, daily check-ins, & weekly planning meetings, executed professional development support.
— Supported school leadership & operations team in event execution, data distillation & presentation, administrative workflows, event operations & technical troubleshooting.
— Maintained school-wide master calendar & staff directory; facilitated parent communications.
— Collected, collated, & processed staff attendance, lesson plans, & operations postings.
TRINITY COLLEGE | Hartford, CT
Unit Manager | Head Consultant | Media Provider
Aug 2010 – May 2014
— Coordinated training and advising of student workers in technical, A/V, event operation SOPs, and common space IT operations. Troubleshot client’s hardware & software issues involving our IT services and internal systems; offered cross platform support.
— Troubleshot client, faculty & staff hardware & software issues involving our IT services and internal systems in coordination with full-time IT staff with cross-platform support.
— Served as photographer & videographer for various sectors of the school including but not limited to the Offices of Multicultural Affairs, International Programs, the Women & Gender Resource Action Center (WGRAC), and the interdisciplinary African American Studies Program & Department of Anthropology.
Photographer & Videographer
2013 - 2018
Foundational Experiences • Case Studies
The first service offerings of Upbound Media Group—Upbound Content, Upbound Solutions, and Upbound Moments—represent over 10+ years of experience. Some clients engaged in ongoing services, while others required one-off commissions.
— Completed 4+ dozen photography & videography sessions, encompassing over 50,000 still frames & dozens of hours of video content.
— Uses Aim, Audit, Act framework to align client needs, execution, and deliverables.
— Provides flexible operations support tailored to project flow & on-the-ground event needs.
— Offers technical, line, & creative direction for studio & field productions in photography, videography, social media, & live-broadcast consultation.
— Executes tailored media capture sessions adhering to industry standards & best practices.
Skills & Tools
Operations Logistics
Client Relations
Audio/Visual Broadcast
Technical Consultation
Content Capture
Hardware Deployment
Production & Publishing
Framer
DaVinci Resolve
Capture One
Affinity
Adobe
OBS Studio
Notion
Writer Solo/Duo
Languages
English
Klingon
Sindarin
Education & Certificates
Brooklyn College • CUNY (2016)
Masters of Science | Education • Special Needs, Executive Functioning Focus
Trinity College (2014)
Bachelor of Arts | Philosophy, honors; Human Rights
Publications
The National Speech and Debate Association • Coach Profile (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018)
K. M. DICOLANDREA: On Speaking Your Truth • ROSTRUM
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