Evan Simmons
STORYTELLING | SYSTEMS | PEOPLE
STORYTELLING | SYSTEMS | PEOPLE
12 years in video production - writing, directing, shooting, editing - and building better working processes. I make great videos, and I refine the methods, documentation, and software that let teams continue to make them efficiently.
BASED: Lawrenceville, GA
OPEN TO: Video Production, Project / Program Mgmt, Operations, People Leadership
CURRENT ROLE: Senior Video Producer, InVeris Training Solutions
Original Idea > Successful Crowdfunding > 1,600+ Units Sold
Operated husband-and-wife freelance production business; completed 85+ photo and video projects; generated $350K+ in sales over 5 years; received 100+ five-star customer reviews.
2015-2022 / Vimeo
Designed and implemented AV flow; established processes; trained and managed volunteers; built live streaming infrastructure.
2020-2026
Founded and led a nonprofit media organization producing documentary work across 15+ engagements in four countries.
2015-2017
Designed and implemented an organizational system for marketing video and photo assets, replacing an unstructured process and opening up collaboration.
2025-2026
12 years writing, directing, shooting, and editing. FAA Part 107 licensed for aerial work.
Rebuilt the Use-of-Force workflow from the ground up, designed marketing media management, wrote curriculum for six distinct class preps.
Used AI-assisted coding to build a scenario catalog application and a full authoring suite that replaced costly third-party software.
Delivered projects directly to international, military, and law-enforcement clients and trained customers to self-serve.
Built a student-led broadcast program; trained and led a volunteer AV team; trained and managed one direct report at InVeris.
History of completing creative projects and taking initiatives from blank slates to functioning, self-sustaining operations.
ROLE: Director, Editor
CONTEXT: Corporate Brand Identity teaser assembled on a rushed 1-week deadline from repurposed and archival footage.
ROLE: Camera Operator, Director, Editor
CONTEXT: Missions documentary produced on location in West Africa.
ROLE: Camera Operator, Editor
CONTEXT: Communications video for parents attending back to school night at GACS.
ROLE: Camera Operator, Editor, Director
CONTEXT: A quick one-day shoot covering local law enforcement training with an InVeris Augmented Reality product.