Jeremey Lavoi

Jeremey LavoiJeremey began his media career in advertising and graphic design in his home state of Louisiana where he worked for O’Carroll’s Advertising and Lagniappe magazine. He also produced an independent ‘zine called Jaded.

In 2002 he relocated to San Francisco and soon started an internship at Tech TV on the late night talk show Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. After Tech TV, he worked on the production staff of KMTP-SF.

In 2005 Jeremey joined Current TV and helped launch the network. During his time at Current he worked in various roles as a Field Producer, Segment Producer, Writer, Correspondent, Shooter, and Video Editor. He covered the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, including coverage of the animal rescue effort, and also the impact of the storm on local skateboarders. He also produced a daily news show about Action Sports, which included hosted news segments and documentary style content. At Current TV he learned how to maximize a small team, and small budget to turn quality content around quickly.

In 2008 he joined the originals team at Seesmic Inc, a Social Media company. At Seesmic he was the “jack-of-all-trades production guy” who worked as Supervising Producer, Technical Director, Director of Photography, and head of Post-Production. He oversaw several ongoing web series’, coordinated production units, worked with staff producers in the field, and edited ongoing shows. He also produced coverage of TechCrunch 50. At Seesmic he learned how to synergize a brand’s user community with its content creation.

As an Independent Producer Jeremey has worked on a variety of projects from documentaries, to producing book trailers, conference coverage, and even Action Sports material for ESPN.com. He has edited web shows and political ads. He also offers video production consulting to New Media companies.

Jeremey has a Bachelor’s Degree in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and he prides himself on his ability to tell compelling stores.