Jacob deCastro

Hi, Education and Labor Committee!

Thank you for your consideration of my application to join the House Committee on Education and Labor Committee as a Press Assistant!

Video

Highlights

  • Skilled in Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Proficient in Adobe Animate and After Effects.
  • Able to record interviews with multiple cameras and microphones
  • Proficient in creating animated charts in Premiere Pro

Sample

Shawnee Summer Theatre: 60 Summers of Theatre — Filmed and produced this video to show our audience the difference the theatre makes in people’s lives and the community.

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Graphic Design

Highlights

  • Award of Excellence for Individual Portfolio — Society for News Design 2019 Best of Digital Design Contest (Awarded February 2020)
  • Skilled in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop
  • Proficient in creating animated GIFs
  • First Place for Promotion Design — Society for News Design 2019 Student Contest (Awarded April 2019)

Samples





  • This social media graphic was designed to show people that block granting Medicaid is a fancy way of proposing cuts.
  • Recruitment advertisement for the Indiana Daily Student displayed on newstands and printed in newspapers.
  • Graphic for Instagram Story ahead of the anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing.

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Photography

Highlights

  • Photographed 2018 Indiana FFA convention with appearances by Indiana’s governor, lieutenant governor and agency director
  • Proficient in using Nikon and Canon DSLR cameras
  • Skilled in Adobe Lightroom, Bridge and Photoshop

Samples





  • Visitors are welcome to explore his backyard, Bill Larkin says, even if he’s not home, as long as they have fun. Someone offered to buy the property earlier in the morning — he turned them down. 




  • Freshman Deisdy Rodriguez, left, protests Feb. 19, 2019, at Sample Gates. The protest called for people to organize against President Trump’s national emergency declaration.




  • Rep. James P. McGovern speaks against a Trump Administration proposal to cut back SNAP benefits for working people.

Social Media

Highlights

  • Oversaw the social media presence of the Indiana Daily Student — 60.7 thousand followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
  • Increased engagement on NASA Glenn’s social media accounts by 62 percent during our Apollo 50th anniversary campaign
  • Started a weekly educational series at NASA Glenn on Instagram Stories

Samples

Equal Rights Amendment — Produced this GIF inspired by ERA YES signage ahead of the House’s vote to extend the ERA ratification deadline to include Virginia’s ratification.

  • Likes: 212  (+562% more than average)
  • Retweets: 73  (+461%)
  • Impressions: 73,897 (+528%)

Authorization for Use of Military Force, Explained — Created this animation and tweet to explain what the AUMF is and why it’s important that Congress needs to repeal it or re-authorize armed conflict.

  • Likes: 617 (+1,828% more than average)
  • Retweets: 264  (+1,930%)
  • Video views: 29,000
  • Impressions: 372,854 (+3,071%)

Sounds of Launch — I originally created this as an Instagram Story and then converted it to an Instagram post for NASA Headquarters to share.

  • Likes: 1,136,796
  • Views: 5,684,394