Max Merbaum

Work History

• Freelance Senior Copywriter

  Ok You're Right

  September 2017 - Present

  Palo Alto, California

  The World's first adversarial social network.
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  VFX and Post-Production Coordinator / Editorial Assist

  Mirada Studios

  April 2014 - Present

  Marina Del Rey

  My collaboration with Mirada Studios as a VFX Coordinator and Assistant Editor includes commercial work on SAARA's "Ur Cool" debut music video for Capitol Records, Taco Bell's "Fritos" campaign, Coors Peak's "Rising Embers" product rollout, E-Trade's "Type E" campaign with Kevin Spacey, Donor's Choose "Make Roar Happen" campaign with Katy Perry, Comcast's "Get Your Geek On" TVC's, and Colgate's "Slimsoft" brand among others.
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  Visual Effects Producer

  World Travel Agency

  August 2013 - Present

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Mirada, Grizzlee Studio, Media Arts Lab, Chiat/Day, gnet Agency, Timber, SONY, Starburns Industries, et al.
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  Senior Visual Effects Producer - Pitch Writer

  Freelance

  August 2013 - March 2022

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Mirada, Grizzlee Studio, Imaginary Forces, Media Arts Lab, Chiat/Day, gnet Agency, Big Block, Timber, SONY, Starburns Industries, et al.
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  Senior Producer

  A52

  September 2021 - February 2022

  Santa Monica, California, United States
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  Sr. Post Producer

  Imaginary Forces

  December 2020 - December 2020

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Commercial & VC Pitch Deck Writer

  Various

  March 2020 - October 2020
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  Social Media Producer - Be Grizzlee Studio

  TBWA\Chiat\Day

  November 2018 - August 2019

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Responsibilities included assembling a live-action and post-production team, creating bids and budgeting for the job, creating a project schedule, receiving and organizing assets, management of artists, client communications, using content management systems, as well as proprietary software, delivery, and archiving.
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  Live Action & Digital Producer - "QuickBook's Ask Me About My Business

  TBWA\Chiat\Day

  April 2019 - May 2019

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  In celebration of Small Business Week, QuickBooks partnered with four well-known and influential small business owners to host a business focused Q&A series on QuickBooks’ Instagram Story.
  Participants were asked questions and advice from the likes of founder and CEO of Girlboss, Sophia Amoruso, chef & food truck revolutionary, Roy Choi, fit coach & athlete, Melissa Alcantara and fashion designer, Christian Siriano.
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  Freelance Writer

  Mirada Studios

  June 2018 - July 2018

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Responsibilities included pitch writing, marketing copy, scripting of online ads, and content writing for various Mirada projects.

• VFX Producer

  Temperamental

  May 2018 - June 2018

  Los Angeles, California, US
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  Script Writer - Netflix Smart Downloads

  Mirada Studios

  May 2018 - June 2018

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  https://youtu.be/h-T61Wz_XD8
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  Senior Producer

  Mirada Studios

  April 2018 - April 2018

  Los Angeles, CA, US
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  VFX Producer

  Mirada Studios

  March 2018 - March 2018
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  Producer

  Big Block

  February 2018 - March 2018

  Los Angeles, California, US
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  Freelance Pitch & Copywriter

  Mirada Studios

  October 2017 - February 2018
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  Freelance Finishing Producer

  gnet agency

  September 2017 - September 2017

• Freelance Copywriter

  Ok You're Right

  March 2017 - July 2017

  Palo Alto, CA

  The World's First Adversarial Social Network
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  Freelance Writer

  Mirada Studios

  February 2017 - February 2017

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  Katy Perry "Chained to the Rhythm" Music Video
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  Freelance Copywriter & Technical Writer

  Daqri

  November 2016 - February 2017

  Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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  VFX Producer

  Starburns Industries

  October 2014 - March 2015

  Burbank, California, United States

  Anomalisa is a stop-motion animated film written by Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Synecdoche, New York) Directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman, and produced by Dan Harmon (Community, Monster House, Channel 101) and Dino Stamatopoulos (Moral Orel, Frankenhole, Mr. Show).

• Post-Production Supervisor/Editor

  [Proper.]

  July 2013 - March 2014

  Overseeing Post budgeting, workflow, and editorial of sizzle reels for developing food/travel program.

• Post Production and Visual FX Coordinator

  Cinetel Films

  July 2011 - June 2013

  Los Angeles, CA

  Duties included project management/coordination through Post Production; day to day supervision and support of Editorial and prep tasks, conception, breakdown and budgeting of Visual Effects, critique and QC of incoming Visual Effects shots; project tracking through Quality Control, coordination of post production and VFX deliveries and workflow, scheduling and budgeting, bidding and negotiations, while maintaining solid relationships with outside contractors, and liaising between parties and facilities in the Editorial, VFX and Online pipeline. Projects include:
  2014 The Last Halloween (Post Coordinator), 2013 Embrace of the Vampire (Post & VFX Coordinator), 2013 Independence Daysaster (Post & VFX Coordinator), 2013 I Spit on Your Grave 2 (Post Coordinator, 2013 End of the World (Post Coordinator), 2012 The 12 Disasters of Christmas (Post Coordinator), 2012 The Philadelphia Experiment (Post Coordinator), 2011 Mega Cyclone (Post Assistant), 2011 Snowmageddon (TV movie) (VFX Coordinator), 2011 Collision Earth (TV movie) (Post Assistant), 2010 Ghost Storm (TV movie) (VFX Assistant)

• VFX Coordinator

  Cinetel Films, Inc.

  2011 - 2013

• Translator/Editor/Post-Production Coordinator

  Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation

  September 2007 - November 2012

  San Francisco Bay Area

  The mission of JPEF is to develop and distribute effective educational materials about the 20,000-30,000 Jews who fought back against the Nazis as Jewish partisans. These Jews were responsible for blowing up thousands of armored convoys and thwarting the Nazi war machine in countless ways. This information has the power to transform people's perception of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust.
  While at JPEF, I translated original Hebrew language video of former Partisan fighters, as well as a number of documents. I assisted on "A Partisan Returns: A Tale of Two Sisters", "Antisemitism in the Partisans" and JPEF's online individual Partisan interviews. I edited "Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans", "Living in the Partisans", and "Introduction to the Bielski Brothers", part of "Teaching with Defiance", a curriculum of documentaries using Paramount’s 2008 film “Defiance”, with Daniel Craig, directed by Edward Zwick, on which JPEF consulted.

• Assistant Editor/Machine Room Tech

  Rough House Editorial

  June 2007 - 2009

  Responsibilities included maintenance and upkeep of various decks, digitization and archiving of footage from D5, HDCam SR, DigiBETA, BETA decks, editorial suite wiring from station to both digital and analog routers; file transcoding and compression for client postings, project archiving to LTO, standards conversion, DVD authoring, and tapeless workflow organization(as it was in it's nascent stage)and Media Database Management.
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  Assistant Editor/Logger/Digitizer

  TMG Creative

  September 2007 - January 2008

  San Francisco Bay Area

  The war in Iraq is the backdrop as the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Freedom of Speech Tour" crisscrosses North America. Echoes of Vietnam-era anti-war sentiment abound as the band connects with today's audiences.
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  Platoon Sergeant - Team Leader - Paratroopers Brigade

  Israel Defense Forces

  March 2000 - March 2003

  Israel
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  Team Leader- Sergeant

  Israel Defense Forces

  January 2000 - January 2003

• Team Leader - 35th Paratroopers Brigade

  IDF - Israel Defence Forces

  2000 - 2003