CRIS
AGUIRRE
DIGITAL PRODUCER: VIDEO + PHOTO
TV SHOW WEB PRODUCER
YOUTUBE CONTENT CREATOR
DIGITAL PRODUCER REEL
About Me
Following in her renowned great grand-father's journalistic footsteps, Aguirre dedicates her passion of producing and documenting compelling stories visually and digitally. Nothing makes the story more real than to have it told through a camera lens, where you can: see, hear & live in the moment of what's being told. Her passion of both video and photography has made her travel through shanty towns of Lima, Peru to the European living in Paris, France. Her work has been featured in CNN, NBC 5, CBS 2 Chicago, Steve Harvey TV, Pickler & Ben to People and Time Magazine. She has won a Chicago/Midwest Emmy for a Student News Feature on a Mini-Documentary on Youth Violence to being nominated for a 2017 National Daytime Emmy for her work at the Steve Harvey Daytime Talk Show and 2019 Emmy nomination for Pickler & Ben. Outside of her digital work, Aguirre dedicates her time helping out animals in need, running marathons, video gaming and enjoys investigating on various topics.
Work Experience
PICKLER & BEN SHOW/PORCH SWING PRODUCTIONS
NASHVILLE, TN
DIGITAL WEB PRODUCER
JULY 2018-JAN 2019
Produce Youtube exclusive content. Manage daily web operations and schedule show posts. Assist social media producers with capturing social content in video and photo.
STEVE HARVEY TV/NBC UNIVERSAL
CHICAGO, IL
WEB ASSOCIATE PRODUCER/STAGE PHOTOGRAPHER
MARCH 2016-JULY 2017
Produce, manage and monitor daily all digital content for www.SteveHarveyTV.com. Produce YouTube exclusive segments with celebrity guests. Write engaging show articles, manage online contests, upload photos and videos to website. Photographed Steve Harvey with special guests and capture show moments featured across national media outlets. Create visual content for Steve Harvey TV's social pages: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & SnapChat.
HACIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
CHICAGO, IL
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER/DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCER
FEBRUARY 2012-MARCH 2015
Manage HACIA'S website by producing and managing all digital content from writing news articles, photographing all events to producing special video features/member profiles. Evolved and managed all of HACIA's social media pages. Annually produced and managed HACIA's video marketing campaign of their biggest event: Their Annual Awards Banquet. Self-produced over 100 professional videos on Youtube. HACIA's official event photographer for over 100 events.
THE COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
CHICAGO, IL
MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
JANUARY 2009 TO MAY 2011
Reported on-camera, produced, shot and edited over 200 videos for the weekly newspaper featured online and on youtube. Created special photo soundslides and wrote weekly news articles for the Multimedia section. Traveled internationally to film and photograph stories for articles. Managed multimedia assistants and desk.
Education
Columbia College Chicago
Graduated May 2011
Bachelor of Arts
Major: Broadcast Journalism Television
Minor: Photography
*President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalist Columbia College Student Chapter
*Student Emmy Winning Reporter Metro Minutes College News Station
*Selected at NAHJ's Student Projects in San Juan, Puerto Rico
*Studied Abroad Internaitonal Journalism in Paris, France and Lima, Peru
Internships: The Chicago Reporter, CNN Chicago Bureau, and Extra TV Newspaper
Contact Me
Chicago, IL​
Los Angeles, CA