# Eli Portell > Automation for Media Creators | Sr. Software Engineer at LinkedIn Location: Ojai, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/eliportell Sr. Software Engineer for the Content Technology Engineering team, focusing on media pipeline tooling and automations. Side hustling by running the blog/Youtube channel PremiereOnScript.com, sharing knowledge about automating Adobe Premiere, and helping clients automate their video pipelines. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Software Engineer @ LinkedIn Jan 2023 – Present | Carpinteria, California, United States - Collaborate with a talented team of engineers to develop software that automates video editing, streamlines the media pipeline, and enables efficient media transcription. - Experiment and implement AI/LLM integrations into media workflows. - Build and maintain tooling for efficient, automated workflows in LinkedIn Learning's post-production environments. ### Software Engineer @ LinkedIn Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Carpinteria, California, United States - Build and maintain tooling for efficient, automated workflows in LinkedIn Learning's post-production environments - Collaborate with a talented team of engineers to develop software that automates video editing, streamlines the media pipeline, and enables efficient media transcription ### Senior Video Editor II @ LinkedIn Jan 2019 – Jan 2022 - Utilize NodeJS to create custom Premiere panels, Azure Serverless functions, Electron apps, and scripts for use in automating LinkedIn Learning's complex, large-scale, video editing workflow, saving the team thousands of hours per year - Demonstrate strong understanding of the media pipeline process, identifying and communicating areas for efficiency across various teams and stakeholders - Edit world-class learning content, consistently developing workflows / technologies to deliver learning at scale ### Senior Video Editor I @ LinkedIn Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Carpenteria, CA - Edit world-class learning content, created to help people achieve personal and professional goals, ulitmately making them more productive and successful - Create custom Premiere panels for use in automating LinkedIn Learning's complex, large-scale, video editing workflow, saving the team thousands of hours per year - Innovate in new areas of learning content in order to drive user engagement ### Video Editor II @ LinkedIn Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Carpenteria, CA - Edit world-class learning content, created to help people achieve personal and professional goals, ulitmately making them more productive and successful - Specifically, edit content within the Creative Library, spanning 3D & Animation, Art & Illustration, Audio & Music, CAD, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics & VFX, Photography, and Video - Effectively manage multiple courses at a time, in various stages of the post production process (narrative cut, graphics, audio, color, etc) - Deliver between 15-20 hours of final content per quarter to the Online Training Library, consistently learning from the courses I get to help create ### Blogger / Developer @ PremiereOnScript, LLC Jan 2017 – Present | Ventura, CA - Blog and document process for creating scripts within Adobe Premiere Pro via Youtube tutorials - Consult and develop extension products for clients around Adobe's Premiere Pro and After Effects products ### Software Engineer @ GoVertical Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Ojai, California, United States - Build out Adobe automation workflows to assist in a seamless QA workflow, integrated into the companies core systems - Contribute to the team's vision by providing thoughts and feedback around production industry knowledge (production styles, workflows, technologies) ### Freelance Video Producer @ Portell Media Communications Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Fort Collins, Colorado Area - Owned and operated a successful freelance production business, actively managing all aspects of the production cycle from sales to post production ### Video Producer @ Rocky Mountain Student Media Corp. Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 - Created valuable video content for various clients - Helped manage the creative process with the clients - Directed, filmed, and edited content satisfactory to the client along their budget guidelines ### Video Producer and Consultant @ Orientation and Transition Programming, Colorado State University Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Fort Collins, Colorado Area - Built video modules for an Online Orientation system shown to incoming and transferring college students - Directed, filmed, and edited all video content - Taught new staff member Adobe and Final Cut workflows along with intermediate video production techniques ### Video Content Production Intern @ Communications and Creative Services, Colorado State University Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 | Fort Collins, Colorado Area -Conceptualize, organize, film, and edit content for external communication web videos -Aid in other film productions for offices throughout campus ### Teaching Assistant for Prof. Patrick Lee Plaisance @ Department of Journalism and Technical Communication, Colorado State University Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 - Assist Prof. Plaisance with his 400-level Media Ethics course ### Summer Marketing Intern @ Viacom Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | 1515 Broadway New York, New York - Aid in marketing research for programs aired on MTV (and its affiliates), VH1, CMT, and LOGO - Perform content checks for online distributors such as iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, XBOXlive, and Sony Entertainment Network - Report social media information for current programming on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram accounts ### Technology and Marketing Coordinator @ Year 2 @ CSU, Orientation and Transition Programming Office Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 -Manage all marketing techniques to promote the brand “Year 2 @ CSU” to sophomore students -Created and managed brand Facebook page along with event promotions -Drastically increased production quality of promotion/involvement videos that are sent out once a month by increasing audio, video, and motion graphic quality ### Reporter/ Crew Member @ CTV11, CSU Student Media Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 ### Documentary Director @ Iliamna Development Corporation Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 -Directed, coordinated, interviewed, wrote, narrated, filmed, and edited a 25 minute social issue documentary about native land rights and the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations -Traveled to and from Iliamna (AK), Seattle (WA), Idaho Falls (ID), Priest Lake (ID), Morrisville (PA) and Washington D.C. for interviews -Directed, wrote, narrated, filmed, and created all motion graphics for a social issue advertisement that aired on television in the last two weeks of July, 2012 -The film was accepted to be shown through all County Library systems that are sponsored by Native American tribes throughout the United States ## Education ### Journalism and Media Communication & Business Marketing in Full package video production, paired with business skils to market product and run the business. Colorado State University Jan 2011 – Jan 2015 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/eli-portell --- Source: https://flows.cv/eliportell JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/eliportell/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22