Ben Blessington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Detroit Lions  | Production Associate | April 2025 - February 2026

• Alternated gameday roles between shooting player micing’s & operating sideline boom

• Shot and edited 18 minute documentary on the cheerleader audition process that garnered over 160k views on YouTube

• Wrote, directed, and edited Emmy-nominated trailer for Corgi Race halftime show

• Covered various community events throughout the city of Detroit, sponsored by brands including Ford, Delta, Gatorade, & more

• Edited the pregame show intro and showtime intro for in-game stadium board, in addition to other video requests

• Shot Training Camp & spring practices; edited weekly highlights for social

• Lit & filmed in-studio interviews for various projects

• Ran the sidebar graphical rundown during postgame shows

Los Angeles Chargers  | Production Assistant | July 2024 - January 2025

• Oversaw the Chargers Weekly podcast, including shooting, editing, uploading, creating thumbnails, and cutting promotional teases for social media platforms

• Shot and edited sponsored content for Toyota, American Airlines, UCLA Health, & more

• Assisted in creation of YouTube shorts for daily posting schedule 

• Edited weekly Spanish radio calls of the game in various formats

• Shot and operated audio equipment for press conferences & media availabilities

• Shot NFL games and practices

• Logged and managed media assets

Imperial Woodpecker | Production Assistant | September 2022 - June 2024

• Assisted wherever needed, including digitizing job records, image research for treatments, handling talent on set, etc.

• Worked on Pluto TV’s Super Bowl spot, AT&T’s March Madness series, & Google’s AI campaign

Cool Your Jets Podcast | Host & Producer | August 2019 - July 2024

• Recorded and edited weekly podcast providing top analytics, interviews, film breakdowns, and debates about the New York Jets

• Secured on-air interviews with Jets players (e.g. John Franklin-Myers, Thomas Morstead, Bryce Huff, etc.)

• Averaged 6k listeners per show, with as many as 20k on select episodes

• Managed Twitter account with over 8.5k followers

FOX Sports | Marketing Intern | Summer 2021

• Selected as one of three interns with rotations in operations, production, brand, and strategies /
  creative partnerships

• Responsibilities included pitching activation ideas to promote in-studio programs and marquee sporting events, concepting brand partnership platforms to increase ad dollar commitments, logging in-game graphics, quality control on-air promos, etc.

EDUCATION
Syracuse University | S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications | Class of 2023

Broadcast & Digital Journalism Major, Philosophy Minor 

SKILLS
Adobe CC (Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects); Sony FX6/9/FS7; Arri Amira; Canon C300/XF705; Blackmagic URSA; Ronin/Ronin 4D; knowledge of in-studio and outdoor lighting techniques and equipment; standard audio equipment including boom, parabolic, & lavalier mics; Sennheiser/Lectrosonic/Zaxcom transmitters & receivers; Tricaster; Dreamcatcher; Iconik asset management; Pocket; YouTube; Riverside; StreamYard; Megaphone; Apple Podcasts; Spotify Ad Analytics