Work Samples
Nebraska Public Media / Nebraska Game and Parks co-production
Adventures in History: Discovering Nebraska’s State Historical Parks
58 minute program, premiered in 2021
scriptwriter / co-producer, worked on all aspects of pre-production, planning, production and post-production
View the entire program, production stills and learn more at
https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/adventures
Louis Grell Foundation
28 minute program
wrote, edited, concepted & also supervised creation of backgrounds for interviews
video was shot by students at UNO TV, Richard Grell provided archival photos & research
Sisters of Mercy short-form video
celebrating their 150th Anniversary in Nebraska
researched in conjunction with Sisters of Mercy historian, created content points & wrote script
“Omaha Since World War II: The Changing Face of the City” documentary promo
wrote, edited, voiced promo end-tag
lead researcher, writer, producer & editor of the two-hour program
Emmy Award as the co-writer for UNO TV’s
“Madagascar: Conservation vs. Survival”
Kahler & Co. writer-producer
Valley Irrigation dealer spots
sourced film library footage, supervised film shoot of local inserts, selected talent & produced audio, post-produced at production house
Kahler & Co. writer-producer
Adesta Communications Corporate Image video
client wanted a traditional image piece for technology/communications-oriented infrastructure services; wrote, supervised on-location shoots in Omaha & Dallas, sourced videographer in Dallas, supervised talent selection, audio production & post production
KXVO Channel 15 Station Launch
KPTM Fox 42 Commercial Production
The Reader, profile on Josh Hoyer, Lincoln touring musician seen on “The Voice” in 2017. May 2017. Read the online text at thereader.com/music/colossal-steps
The Reader, Hoodoo column September 2016
The Reader, Hoodoo column February 2017
feature interview with multiple Blues Music Award-winning artist & John Belushi’s inspiration for The Blues Brothers, Curtis Salgado, for Blues Access magazine, 2001.
bluesaccess.com/No_44/salgado.html
Social Media
As marketing consultant for Texas blues-rocker and Blues Music Award nominee Hadden Sayers Band, I am involved in the day to day branding and fan engagement, especially as an admin on Facebook. Current initiatives include promoting summer festival dates, maximizing pre-orders for the band’s acoustic/electric double-recording due out in September and building momentum for solo artist house concerts via a special URL HaddenInTheHouse.com that redirects to that information on the artist’s website.
In December, I brainstormed a Blue Monday merchandise sale promotion for Christmas with 20% off and rolled it out for the client Dec. 11 on Facebook with a tease Dec. 10.
The results as of mid-afternoon Dec. 12 included several hundred dollars in CD and T-Shirt sales plus over a dozen organic new email list sign-ups and over 15 organic clicks in 36 hours on the new FB page “Shop Now” Button. We extended the sale through Wednesday, Dec. 13, to capitalize on any procrastinators or people who were not able to engage with their social media on a Monday. We boosted the preview post and one post during the campaign on Tuesday. We also did a “pop up” sale in early January.
The client had been very inactive on his band Facebook page prior to December 2017 and is very pleased with the new activity, sales, email list sign-ups and awareness we are building. In April and May, we also worked an Indiegogo campaign to fund physical production, PR and distribution for the new CD release in 2018 including conceptualizing the premium incentives for the Indiegogo campaign. I was also involved with proofing and helping finalize the new website that launched at the end of 2017, reviewing and recommending content.
I am also an admin on the Blues Society of Omaha and The Reader pages where I post a variety of content. Here’s a BSO post from the BSO’s event supporting the Toy Drive for Pine Ridge. I also took the photos used.
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B.J. Huchtemann 