Matthew Chang
San Jose
Summary
Exploring a possible career in 2 somewhat different roles within the film industry:
2nd Assistant Director (trying to get Production Assistant work for now)
-a possible "trade" I could ease myself into
-transferable skills in organization, management, logistics, & technology from my 4 years in IT as a software engineer
Accent/Dialect coaching
-an outlet for my long-term interests in language learning & linguistics
-hope to focus on Asian & Asian American accents
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Set Production Assistant
American Film Institute
02.2025 - 02.2025
- Managed Bell & Light System to alert film crew of takes.
- Ran errands for film crew.
- Helped distribute and assign walkies to film crew.
- Assisted in moving props and objects after wrap.
Software Engineer
Hulu
05.2021 - 10.2023
• Developed and managed advertising campaigns platform, enhancing functionality and performance
• Managed advertising campaigns platform handling creation, management, pricing, and reporting pipelines.
• Developed internal/external microservice systems to support and extend ad campaigns.
• Diagnosed root causes of 'stuck' ad campaigns using workflow automation tools.
• Reduced computational throughput of metrics reporting pipeline by 50% with multithreading.
Education
No Degree - Production Assistant
PA Bootcamp
Los Angeles, CA11-2024
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science And Statistics
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA05-2018
Skills
- Strong organization
- Adaptable to change
- Health and safety
- Google Docs
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Celtx
- MacBook Pro/Laptop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Coding
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
Native or Bilingual
Chinese (Cantonese)
Elementary
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Hindi
Professional Working
Korean
Limited Working
Marathi
Limited Working
Nepali
Elementary
Spanish
Limited Working
Vietnamese
Elementary
Timeline
Set Production Assistant
American Film Institute
02.2025 - 02.2025
Software Engineer
Hulu
05.2021 - 10.2023
No Degree - Production Assistant
PA Bootcamp
Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science And Statistics
University of California, Berkeley
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