My name is Adam Harder. I am a visual storyteller, editor, and production manager with 10 years of experience. I have a dynamic mix of educational, international, tech, and military production expertise. I’ve created visual stories around the world in locations such as Guam, Korea, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, Poland, and the United States.
Years of content creation for both civilian and government agencies has made me proficient in all management, marketing, production, and messaging facets of multimedia platforms throughout numerous industries.
My educational background consists of both military and university training. I completed my undergraduate degree in Applied Communications/PR at Kent State University, my master’s in Journalism Innovation at Syracuse University, and my second master’s in Integrated Marketing Communications at Georgetown University. Additionally, I completed the ‘Basic Broadcast Correspondents Course, the Advanced Electronic Journalism Course, and the Broadcast Correspondents Course at the Defense Information School in Maryland.
Currently, I am the Senior Manager of Video Operations at DigitalOcean, at which I founded the Video Ops team. This role requires me to oversee all video work for the company from both a strategic and creative standpoint. I manage all of DigitalOcean’s video campaigns, editing, and creative direction for both internal and external-facing initiatives. Additionally, my team is responsible for the management and oversight of DigitalOcean’s YouTube, Twitch, and Wistia accounts. I’m proud to say I lead a team of stellar and growing video production professionals.