Matthew Perez

Bellevue, WA

• Self-initiated stretch assignment alongside the senior video producer role: designs, builds, and operates the team's production AI systems, delivered entirely within enterprise IT constraints (no admin rights, managed hardware, restricted egress).
• Designed and shipped a production multi-lane LLM job system that non-technical teammates drive by dropping files into a shared folder: a stdlib-only Python supervisor (~720 lines) with a durable filesystem queue, WAL-mode SQLite ledger, two isolated worker lanes, crash recovery, and a 7-scenario sandbox test harness.
• Root-caused a silent-failure class in headless LLM orchestration (API errors surfacing with exit code 0, delivering error text to users as if it were real output); built envelope-error detection that converts these into legible failed jobs, locked in with a regression test.
• Replaced a discontinued paid captioning and voiceover vendor with a fully offline speech service (Whisper speech-to-text plus Kokoro ONNX text-to-speech) running on managed enterprise hardware with no cloud dependency and no per-user install.
• Authored two Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers integrating LLMs with Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro: TypeScript, Zod-validated schemas, file-based IPC to a CEP/ExtendScript runtime, with 43 tools validated against a live Premiere session.
• Designed a no-inbound-connection integration pattern adopted across 4+ agent projects: a host that polls SharePoint and replies via Power Automate, delivering agent workflows within enterprise egress restrictions and platform limits.
• Built and distributed an agentic chief-of-staff assistant adopted by colleagues, maintained through 4+ release cycles; its SME-review agent caught 2 critical defects on a live training deck before publication.
• Added a provenance layer to every AI job: SHA-256 hashes of inputs and outputs, prompt hash, and model ID recorded per job for auditability.

Bellevue, WA

• One-man-band video producer for T-Mobile for Business: writes, lights, shoots, and edits video supporting business sales and operations for a 3,500+ person national sales organization.
• Built the business division's video studio from the ground up, including gear, computer equipment, and commercial-grade quick-turn delivery.
• Nominated for Winners Circle and PEAK Achievement awards in first year; selected for and graduated the NXTLVL management training program.
• Pandemic pivot: built a remote studio and trained field personnel and executives to film themselves effectively.
• Trained two video producers and an intern in editorial and motion-graphics best practices; currently mentoring three junior producers.
• Cross-functional alignment with department heads (Sales, Training, Product, Engineering, PM, Business Analysis, Marketing) and executive leadership, with data-driven iteration on video performance.
• Integrated AI tools into the video production pipeline (writing, storyboarding, concepting, editing workflows) starting in 2024, the on-ramp to the AI engineering stretch assignment above.

Seattle, WA

• Owned scoping, budgeting, scheduling, and executive production for all agency video projects from pitch to delivery, spanning broadcast, social, web, B2B, and live formats.
• Taco Del Mar brand revitalization: produced ten broadcast spots. Stores in the media-buy territory saw a 50% attendance surge, social engagement rose 450%, and website traffic doubled; won Best Restaurant Social Media Campaign at IAC 2017.
• Babolat 'Jack Sock for President' social campaign: produced the video series, which drove a large social response with sports and ad press mentions and became the most cost-efficient ad spend in the agency's 16-year Babolat relationship.
• Managed internal and freelance resourcing for GLG Studio, the agency's award-winning in-house production arm; wrote all video SOWs, estimates, and RFP responses, and negotiated vendor and stock-licensing rates.
• 360-degree video / VR consultant for the agency, serving as DP, editor, animator, and writer as team needs required.

Seattle, WA + Los Angeles, CA

• Founded and ran a corporate video production company, with clients including Microsoft, Nordstrom, and Seattle University.
• Built and scaled a freelance-artist roster to match production demands of any size.

Los Angeles, CA + Seattle, WA

• Director of Photography for corporate and small-business clients, shooting DSLR, RED, Alexa, and Super16.
• Editor and motion-graphics artist for hire (Avid, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, After Effects); day player in G&E and camera departments on short and feature films in Hollywood; rental agent and warehouse tech at a North Hollywood G&E rental house.
• VMG/Studio 520 (Bellevue, 2012-13): producer/PM managing 30-40 concurrent creative projects for Microsoft, Verizon, T-Mobile, Intel, and AMD.

Los Angeles Film School

University of Washington