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PITT
athletics

YEARS: 2021 — 2022
LOCATION: Pittsburgh, PA
ROLE: Broadcast & Video Production Coordinator
WITH: University of Pittsburgh · AT&T SportsNet

Davone with the Pitt Volleyball media team in a haze-filled tunnel

01 — THE STORY

Eleven Division I programs, one camera bag: marketing, scoreboard, recruiting, feature and social content for Pitt Athletics.

I directed and produced content for 11 Division I teams, covered Pitt Football at the 2021 Peach Bowl and through the full 2022 season, captured Pitt Women’s Volleyball’s first NCAA Final Four in December 2021, and directed and shot the team’s 2022 foreign tour in Spain and Italy. My directing debut came with Bridges, a cross country film for Pitt Beyond The Script built on the team’s mantra, “legends have crossed these bridges”: the Roberto Clemente, Smithfield Street, Hot Metal and Panther Hollow bridges, each one a symbol of resilience, history, connection and growth.

02 — WHAT I DID

01Directing and producing content for 11 Division I teams
02Mic’d-up features, hype videos, recruiting and day-in-the-life stories
032021 Peach Bowl and the full 2022 football season
04Content broadcast on AT&T SportsNet and across social

THE CHAPTER — IN THREE SCENES

IHow it started
In 2021 I moved inside the athletic department as Broadcast & Video Production Coordinator.
IIThe turn
The Peach Bowl, Pitt Volleyball’s first NCAA Final Four in December 2021, and a 2022 foreign tour through Spain and Italy.
IIIWhat I carried forward
Bridges marked my directing debut: the move from shooting the story to leading it.