Steven Plummer

Background

About Steven Plummer

For more than 20 years I've been working in video and post production. It all started with a VHS camera and an out-of-control college party.In 1996, I was on Mifflin Street for an annual block party that draws thousands of students from the University of Wisconsin. That year, the festivities got out of control with party-goers setting fires and police in riot gear. I grabbed my VHS camera and started shooting video of rioters and police in what escalated to a major news story. From there, my career as a news photojournalist was a natural progression.I spent three years in broadcast news at WKOW-TV in Madison and then WITI-TV in Milwaukee. Both jobs left me with invaluable lessons including how to tell a story under incredible deadlines and the value of collaboration.In I took my skills to a different venue, outdoor television. During my 11 years at Ron Schara Productions I traveled the world submitting hundreds of stories about the great outdoors. Four of my stories won Emmy Awards, nine others were nominated.In 2011 I switched my focus to post-production duties including file-based media management and workflow for Magnetic Productions, producers of television series for several networks including Travel, HGTV and Food Network.An accomplishment I'm most proud of is the media workflow I created while at Magnetic Productions. It allows me to distribute media via digital delivery to editors and writers anywhere in the country. This workflow and its efficiencies have helped save the company both time and money.Essentially I'm someone who will give everything I have to my work and am a stickler for getting things right. As a manager, I lead by example, encourage team work and thrive on creating solutions especially when the problem seems too large to fix.When I'm not working, I enjoy hanging out with my family. You'll often find me gardening, working on my 110-year-old home or chasing my poorly behaved basset hound.