APRIL HAMILTON
Résumé
Creative Design | Multimedia Production | Marketing & Communications
Professional summary
I make complicated ideas easier to understand through design, video, presentations, campaigns, websites, and the systems that connect them.
For more than 20 years, I’ve worked across graphic design, marketing, multimedia production, executive and employee communications, digital platforms, and live experiences. The audiences have ranged from clients to employees, sales teams, and senior leaders.
Working directly with CEOs, COOs, CHROs, CFOs, and cross-functional teams taught me to look beyond the initial request. What does the audience actually need to know? What will make it clear? What can we build once instead of starting from scratch next time?
I like being involved in both parts: figuring out the approach and making the work. That might mean designing a visual story, editing a video, troubleshooting a live broadcast, or creating templates and workflows people can actually use.
Build the system. Shape the message. Make the moment land.
Experience
I started in broadcast production and expanded into marketing, creative communications, executive presentations, digital platforms, and the production systems that connect them.
American Public Life
Digital Marketing Analyst
February 2024 – Present
Marketing Content, Product Education, Visual Design & Multimedia
- Create design, video, and digital content that explains regulated insurance products and supports broker education, sales enablement, recruiting, social media, and employee communications, working with leadership and legal/compliance reviewers.
- Produce and edit product explainer videos used across the website, broker portal, sales presentations, social media, YouTube, training, enrollment meetings, and client presentations.
- Produced more than 600 social posts in 2025, contributing to 61K+ impressions, 5,900+ engagements, 2,200+ video views, nearly 2,000 post link clicks, and LinkedIn follower growth of approximately 18%.
- Produced a Graphic Design USA award-winning internal brand video introducing the company’s “Decisions Matter” theme; the work began as employee communication and was later adapted for external client audiences.
- Develop visual systems, scripts, motion graphics, infographics, campaign and training assets, and reusable creative materials; use analytics and AI to explore ideas, improve workflows, and support informed production decisions.
Related case study: AI-Assisted Video Workflow & Creative Operations →
PCI notthebigcompany
Freelance Executive Presentation Design
2026
Presentation Design, Visual Storytelling & Fast-Turn Production
- Invited back to reshape a 45-slide quarterly business meeting deck in PCI’s Canva space, improving narrative pacing, hierarchy, recognition content, photography, motion, and reusable presentation components while source material continued to change.
- Treated the deck as one communication system rather than 45 separate slides, balancing business information, leadership messaging, recognition, energy, and usability for the person presenting it.
- Completed the fast-turn presentation in approximately 14 hours.
Related case study: Quarterly Business Meeting Presentation Design →
PCI notthebigcompany
Multimedia Production & Communications Specialist
January 2021 – January 2024
Multimedia Production, Leadership Content, Employee Experience & Web
- Produced, edited, and published executive video communications for approximately 200–300 fully remote employees, including weekly CEO videos, script support, filming, motion graphics, and distribution.
- Designed, built, and maintained RiseWithDrew.com for the CEO-authored Rise With Drew blog. Published posts to the employee intranet daily before automating the process through an RSS feed.
- Maintained ThoughtFarmer intranet content, including branded revenue dials updated each morning, events calendars, HR resources, employee birthdays and anniversaries linked to profiles, photo albums, and recognition boards. Built dedicated areas for Sales mentoring and Meaningful Conversations.
- Worked with HR on Halloween and Christmas experiences, creating intranet games, scavenger hunts, employee costume voting, and activities sales associates could join without leaving phone coverage.
- Supported daily 30-minute company-wide meetings through intranet publishing, speaker spotlights, participation encouragement, and occasional presentation support. Also created company announcements and business and sales updates.
- Wrote and published the press release announcing PCI’s #55 ranking on the 2022 Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ list, with CEO and leadership approval.
- Received a peer-nominated quarterly company values award selected by the leadership team.
Related case study: Culture & Remote Employee Communications →
Capital One — FS Tech & Data
Senior Communications Specialist, Contract
November 2020 – December 2020
Digital Design, Branded Templates & Technology Communications
- Created branded communication templates and animations for Slack and Google Slides, improving consistency and making repeatable department communications easier to produce and use.
- Redesigned the department intranet and produced communications and presentation visuals for a fully remote year-end update supporting approximately 2,000 employees.
Cisco
Multimedia Producer & Communications Consultant, Contract
July 2019 – November 2019
Multimedia, Technical Storytelling & Executive Presentations
- Translated IT application-development work into clear executive presentations, project proposals, and intranet communications for non-technical audiences.
- Created an HR/recruiting explainer video and supporting communication materials across PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Cloud, and intranet platforms.
Dynata, formerly Research Now
Global Multimedia Production Manager
December 2011 – July 2019
Global Multimedia Production, Executive Communications & Creative Systems
- Led multimedia and communications production for a global B2B data organization of 1,200+ employees across 20+ offices in 15 countries, partnering with executives, Global Internal Communications, HR, Training, IT, Legal, Sales leadership, and regional teams.
- Produced quarterly global town halls across three to five live sessions, coordinating executive narratives, CEO/CFO talking points, presentations, Q&A, rehearsals, live broadcasts, recordings, replays, and employee feedback across time zones.
- Built the global WordPress intranet that replaced an underused SharePoint platform, increasing adoption from fewer than 100 active users to approximately 400 daily and 1,000 monthly users; established content standards, contributor training, and governance.
- Built an in-house live-broadcast workflow in seven days for sensitive acquisition-related communications across North America, Europe, and APAC. The work earned a CEO Award.
- Created C-suite and Board-facing quarterly materials, KPI and data visualizations, executive committee content, leadership presentations, and scalable PowerPoint and communication systems.
- Designed and developed a WordPress LMS used for HR compliance and Sales training, along with a culture-focused careers site supporting recruiting, employer brand, office storytelling, and HR campaigns.
- Led cross-functional project teams, vendors, freelancers, IT partners, production specialists, and executive stakeholders across video, web, print, events, and communication projects without relying on direct authority.
Related case study: Executive Communications & Secure Live Streaming →
Broadcast & production foundation
My early career gave me the hands-on production foundation I still draw from today: editing, motion, storytelling, live and field production, technical troubleshooting, and getting finished work out the door.
Studios 121
Video Editor / Motion Graphic Designer
September 2010 – December 2011
Produced broadcast and promotional content for FamilyNet and YoutToo, formerly ALN. Edited network promos, created motion graphics and branded video elements, assembled programs for broadcast, and supported live and field production.
RadioVision
Video Editor / Motion Graphic Designer
May 2006 – October 2010
Edited broadcast, web, promotional, and commercial video; created motion graphics and visual assets; managed approved outputs and archived projects; and supported shoots as a director, camera operator, gaffer, production assistant, and talent.
Selected impact
A few examples of reach, production scale, and practical problem-solving.
61K+
Social media impressions in 2025, supported by more than 600 posts I produced, alongside 5,900+ engagements and 2,200+ video views.
400 daily
1,000 monthly
Active users on the global WordPress intranet that replaced an underused SharePoint platform.
7 days
To build an in-house live-broadcast workflow for sensitive acquisition communications across three regions—a project that earned a CEO Award.
45 slides
A quarterly business meeting presentation redesigned in approximately 14 hours, with clearer visual hierarchy, pacing, and reusable slide components.
The work I do
Brand, Marketing & Digital Design
Campaign concepts, branded content, social graphics, websites, brochures, infographics, recruiting materials, and product education built for different audiences and channels.
Video, Motion & Live Production
Explainer and product videos, filming, editing, motion graphics, training content, livestreams, and the production troubleshooting that comes with them.
Presentations & Visual Storytelling
Executive and Board decks, sales and client presentations, event materials, data visualization, reusable slide systems, and clear stories built from complicated information.
Executive, Employee & Internal Communications
Leadership updates, employee campaigns, culture and recognition content, intranets, publishing workflows, templates, and communication systems that last beyond a single project.
Tools & technology
Creative & production: Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Audition, PowerPoint, Canva, DSLR cameras, lighting and audio equipment, and NewTek TriCaster.
Digital & collaboration: WordPress, SharePoint, HubSpot, Sprout Social, monday.com, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace and Slides, Slack, Teams, WebEx, and Zoom.
AI & emerging tools: Adobe Firefly, Microsoft Copilot, Claude, GPT-based tools, and Figma (currently learning).
The work behind the résumé
These case studies show the decisions, constraints, wrong turns, technical problem-solving, and hands-on production behind the finished work.
Reshaping a 45-Slide Quarterly Business Meeting
A fast-turn production assignment became a full presentation system balancing business information, leadership messaging, recognition, energy, and usability.
Using AI to Untangle a Video Workflow
I used AI as a thinking partner to map a complicated production process, expose exceptions and missing decisions, and design a clearer monday.com system.
Building a Global Live Stream in Seven Days
A sensitive executive communication had to reach employees across several regions. I volunteered to build the live-broadcast solution—and had seven days to make it work.
Building an Everyday Hub for a Remote Workforce
From daily revenue updates and automated CEO publishing to employee resources and interactive holiday events, I maintained and developed the intranet and communications supporting PCI’s fully remote workforce.
Education
Art Institute of Dallas
Associate of Applied Science in Video Production
Graduated March 2006 with Honors | GPA 3.5
Awards & recognition
- CEO Award, Research Now / Dynata — Awarded after I built the live-broadcast solution for sensitive acquisition-related communications.
- Graphic Design USA Award, American Public Life — Internal branding video introducing the “Decisions Matter” theme.
- Quarterly Company Values Award, PCI — Peer-nominated recognition selected by the leadership team.
- STAR Award, Research Now — Manager-nominated recognition from Mike Maccioli, 2012.
- Gold ADDY Award, American Advertising Federation of Fort Worth — National television campaign.
Looking for someone who can think through the problem and make the work?
I’m interested in creative communications, brand and marketing design, video and multimedia, presentation design, executive communications, and employee experience—especially work that needs both thoughtful planning and hands-on production.
