Brian Town

My name is Brian Town and I am the owner and CEO and owner of Michigan Creative. Our mission is to inspire a creative local economy.

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Brian Town of Lansing Michigan started Michigan Creative.    Michigan Creative is here to help you with all of your creative needs. We are passionate about Michigan and our local economy. We are located in East Lansing, Michigan. We provide, marketing, creative planning, business rebranding, video production, web design, logo and graphic design, apple and Final Cut Pro Training, PR, political video and social media, social media training and management, and SEO. Our Sites: http://www.michigancreativevideo.com http://www.lansingmarketinggroup.com Our Credo: Simply, to provide expert creative services to Michigan businesses. We believe in Michigan and know that the spirit of the community and its businesses will drive our local and state economies to new heights. We are a team of talented, creative, thoughtful, and caring people who are passionate about our state and community. We believe in promoting local businesses and work hard every day to provide the very best in customer service, which means we will always be here for you. We value our team of creative professionals, and we foster creativity and leadership in all of them.We are not just a company that creates products for you and goes away. We want to help your company continue along your path of growth, wealth, and success. We feel that if you are successful, so are we, and so is our community and our state. We strive to better ourselves at every turn; therefore, education, leadership and creative training will be an ongoing priority. We value and appreciate our community and understand the vital role you play for our state, and we want you to believe it as well. We will enhance the creative sprit in your company, and your customers will notice. Greater Lansing is the center of this movement of creativity, prosperity and growth, and we want to help take it to the next level. We all live here and plan to stay. Why not make it a truly amazing place to live and work—and prosper?

Teacher and Director at Haslett Public Schools

November 1997 - September 2011

I started the Film and TV program at Haslett High School. I know teach 3 Intro Film classes and one advanced. We are working on 10 Final Cut Pro stations and shooting in HD. We have a TV station that we broadcast HS games, concerts and events. We have been Station of the year several times, and station of the Nation.

Video Operations Coordinator at Bloomfield Hills School District

December 1996 - November 1997

Directly responsible for all day to day operation of cable channel. Train and assist students in use of video equipment, procedures, and remote productions Update and maintain bulletin board on cable channel. Provide support, training, and provide or expedite equipment services for all media specialists, AV personnel, and teachers within the district. Research and order all equipment and materials for the station. Maintenance, basic repair and installation on all equipment in studio. Track budget and commercial accounts. Research and plan for future investments. Produce promotional and training videos for the district and district personnel. Responsible for creating and maintaining stations web page. Executive Producer/Director for all live cablecasts of Board of Education meetings. Executive Producer/Director for all televised high school sporting events. Desktop publishing of all forms, sheets, and labels used for the studio.

Education Liaison-Producer/Director at Comcast Cablevision of Waterford

February 1996 - December 1996

Train students and public access users in television production. Act as a liaison between Comcast and the Waterford School District. Instructor for high school cable internship class. Represent the educational channel at monthly cable commission meetings. Promote use of cable technology throughout the school district. Assist teachers in incorporating educational programming into their curriculum. Producer/Director for high school sports coverage and semi-pro football games. Producer for live remote television coverage of Board of Education meetings. Promotion of educational cable access channel throughout the community. Writer and talent of local Headline News cable spot.

Production Assistant at HOM-TV of Meridian Township

May 1995 - November 1996

Director, live township meetings. Produce and direct studio and remote multiple camera productions. Technical director, production crew member for live call in show and election coverage. Post production editor/graphics.

Owner and CEO at Michigan Creative

February 2009

We are a team of educated, creative, thoughtful, caring, and amazing people who are passionate about our State and Community. We value our ability to promote local businesses, and work hard everyday to provide the very best in customer service. We will always be here for you. Our Credo is to provide expert creative services to Michigan Businesses. We have over 25 years in the Video Production Business. We are also an Apple Certified Center, and have on staff one of the few Certified Final Cut Pro X editors in the state.

Apple Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut X Certified Trainer at Michigan Final Cut Pro

January 2009

Train people from all over on Final Cut and Apple Products. One of the only Certified Final Cut Pro X trainers in Mid-Michigan.

Script Consultant at Boogie stomp

January 2008

Director at Michigan Creative Network

September 2001

I run Michigan Creative Media and our goal is to help local Michigan Businesses reach out to their customers using the web and social networking. We also produce corporate video, and have a great package for SEO. I am also a Certified Apple Pro and have trained hundreds of people on Final Cut Pro and Apple products. Basically we want to help people be creative!   We love our state and what is going on in this area and want to help as many people as we can be creative and run successful local businesses!  I have my bachelors in Telecommunication and Film from MSU and a Masters in Business Administration and Leadership from UM. I may be teaching Entrepreneur  and Leadership classed part time at Baker, and we also want to help local startups with all their leadership and organizational needs. 

APPLE TRAIN THE

2009 – 2009

Apple Certification

University of Michigan-Flint

2005 – 2007

Masters

Concentration: Educational and Public Administration

Michigan State University

1993 – 1995

Bachelor of Arts

Concentration: Telecommunication

Michigan, outdoors, cooking, family, books, video and film. Michigan Creative.