Weston Childers – Creative Profile

Hello i'mWeston ChildersCollaboration Engineer

97Professionals Trained

742Productions Produced

16Teams Developed

1Awesome Wife

My philosophy

It is absolutely possible to inspire any group of individuals to collaboratively and passionately accomplish a common goal.

I believe that when a team is empowered with intuitive systems and appropriate moments to fail early and often they will be set free with the confidence to accomplish anything.

My Strengths

Includer

I intuitively understand team members’ strong areas and love assimilating and integrating them into collaborative teams. I hate cliques.

Learner

I thrive when exposed to new information and experiences and have a passion for learning curves.

Individualization

I love when people get to do what they do best. My goal is to always start with the person and then find the right job for them, not the other way around.

Responsiblity

I hate disappointing others. Keeping promises and following through on commitments is my caffeine.

Context

When the past is forgotten we miss out on so many course alignment opportunities. Repeating the same mistake is a choice we can design out.

What are these?

If you are unfamiliar with the Clifton Strengths and how it will help you understand me as a part of your team, head on over to learn more on the GALLUP website

80,100+ professional hours in the media industry

Recent Wins

The most energizing thing for me is seeing individuals in a team accomplish impossible feats together. Here are some recent wins from teams I engineered.

BLACK DOOR CINEMAOwner / Producer / Director4 YEARS

In 2020 our 12-person crew wanted to make the jump from filming commercials to filming full-length movies. Together with consistent system iterations, innovative story-testing processes, and reinvented calculation methods, we were able to produce 3 films, 3-5% under budget, with a 460% average return.

Reduced shot setup time by 84% through alternative equipment storage system
Truncated rough edit delivery time from 8 weeks to 1 week through a stacked post-production framework
Eliminated 72% of low-performing final draft scenes prior to spending production resources through a force-fail storyboarding process

Wealth FactoryProject Manager / Director3 YEARS

Our team was tasked with building a custom production system for conceptualizing, capturing, and crafting 260 yearly videos. This challenge was met through developing and coordinating a very simple communication frameworks.

Reduced production costs by 45% through work flow innovations
Eliminated 66% of time consuming written internal communication
Successfully passed on entire system to newly hired team while maintaining all system efficiency within a 96% match

COMV productionsOwner / Producer / Director11 YEARS

Embraced the concept that education is the greatest motivator by having employees change positions every 6-8 months. Encouraging employees to consistently explore new passions allowed for amazing results over 400+ production and 103 million views.