Professional Sam
Professional Sam is a storyteller, producer, and creative coach for video and graphic design. He works at Bluetext, building ideas from discovery to debut, pitch to partnership, treatment to fine cut, static to animatic, and concept to let’s-do-that-again. He is always up for a brainstorm. He’s infatuated with 2D and 3D motion graphics. He believes in D.C. as a creative city.
Professional Sam’s Skills
Content Direction / Creative Strategy
Script & Storyboard
2D / 3D Animation Production
Live-Action Shoots
Audio Design Production
Digital Marketing & Paid Media
Account Management
Personal Sam
Personal Sam grew up in a few places but settled in D.C. in 2018, where he has fallen head-over-heels for his wife and the Petworth neighborhood (in that order). Before that he worked in international education, spending five years across Pittsburgh, Italy, Ireland, Ghana, and Tanzania. He’s a sucker for a good pencil, finding a new route home, and bright neon beanies.
Personal Sam’s Highlights
New Dad!
Backcountry Camping Enthusiast
Decent Cocktail Inventor
Four-Year Roma Resident
On a Sci-Fi Novel Kick
Swim Coach
Knows all the Orc lines from LOTR
Safari Sam?
I worked for a university program in Tanzania in 2016. While on safari, our guide was amazed at how I was able to spot animals and started to call me ‘Safari Sam’.
It stuck because, first, it’s a terrific nickname.
More, the idea of safari is something I very much identify with personally and professionally.
The Swahili word meaning ‘journey’, safari is a state of adventure, curiosity, and humility. It’s about camaraderie. Safari is a state of existential awe. What could be more fun than that?!
Say ciao!
celottos (at) gmail
Washington, DC