Ben Jacobson
Freelance Video Production
San Francisco, California, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolBen Jacobson is an experienced video producer and cinematographer with 11+ years crafting commercially focused films and video content from concept through delivery. Based in San Francisco with a Cambridge engineering background, he blends technical curiosity with creative storytelling to turn complex tech and business messaging into concise, engaging narratives that drive engagement and enquiries. His career spans TV series and commercials for blue-chip clients, leadership as Head of Video at One Vision Health, and two decades of hands-on production work at boutique studios where he served as director, partner, and editor. Comfortable working solo or collaboratively, he prioritizes meticulous planning, interviewing, and editing to meet measurable business goals. Proficient in Premiere Pro and After Effects, he treats tools as means to an audience-focused end rather than the story itself. Colleagues note his rare mix of engineering rigor and cinematic sensibility, which helps him translate technical detail into emotionally resonant visuals.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Engineering, BA, Engineering at University of CambridgeRatcliffe College
Github Skills (99)
experiences10
mvc10
ruby10
remix10
business-logic10
opentelemetry10
schema10
clustering10
concurrency10
fundamentals10
javascript10
html10
dependency-injection10
cli10
observability10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
checkr/states-language-cadence
Oct 2019 - Jan 2020
Contributions:19 commits in 3 months
bjacobso/schematics
May 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:4 PRs, 99 pushes, 23 branches in 22 days
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