CV
Jennie Butler
Los Angeles, CA
Passionate documentary filmmaker & video journalist dedicated to creating impactful, character-driven stories that inspire and inform audiences. Experienced in development, field production, post-production, and editing across multiple platforms.
Experience Producer & Editor
More Perfect Union
January 2024 - present
Produce and edit 8-15 minute documentary-style news videos on a freelance basis
Director, Producer & Editor
Condé Nast
July 2025 - October 2025
Direct, produce, and edit social content for Allure, SELF, and other Condé verticals
Producer
Hearst Television
October 2022 - June 2025
Direct and produce 5-minute news magazine style segments for Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, a syndicated news program airing on 195 stations, reaching 1.6 million viewers weekly.
Associate Producer
Tell Them You Love Me
June 2022 - November 2022
Coordinated shoots, field producing, reached out to subjects, worked with Legal, and conducted archival research for the feature documentary Tell Them You Love Me, which premiered at #1 on NETFLIX in June 2024
Development Producer
Radical Media
October 2021 - March 2022
Led research and development for a documentary series about the criminal justice system
Senior Producer
AJ+ (Al Jazeera)
October 2021 - January 2022
Produced and edited news stories optimized for social media
Senior Producer
AJ+ (Al Jazeera)
October 2021 - January 2022
Editor
TBWA\CHIAT\DAY
July 2021 - November 2021
Edited branded content and commercials for companies like Biogen, Adaptive, Travelers Insurance, and Coca-Cola
Producer
NowThis News
April 2017 - July 2021
Produced, shot, and edited short documentaries for NowThis, reaching an audience of 20+ million followers
Writer
Discovery Digital Networks
December 2015 - February 2017
Wrote and produced episodes of Seeker Daily (later renamed NowThis World) a news explainer show with 2 million YouTube subscribers
EducationSan Francisco State University
Bachelor of Arts, May 2015
Majors: Journalism & Philosophy
SkillsVideo Editing — Adobe Premiere (expert)
Story Development — Research, scripting, and structuring narratives
Production Management — Coordinating logistics, scheduling, and team leadership
Social Media & Digital Strategy — Optimizing content for engagement across platforms