We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Timothy Maticic. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Timothy below.

Timothy, appreciate you joining us today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

I went to school for television & film but really the way that I learned how to be a Television Story Producer was being thrown into it and just getting the experience. I was lucky enough to have great Producers above me who had my back and pushed me when I started out as an Associate Producer on So You Think You Can Dance. But I also think one of the key things is to fake it until you make it. Every show, every Executive Producer, and every Editor works differently and figuring out the flow of everything can take some time but it’s important to stay calm and not panic.

Knowing what I know now, I think what could have sped up my learning process was to try and learn post production earlier in my career. I started out as a Field Production Assistant but if I had tried to get more gigs as a Post PA I think I would have learned Avid much earlier in my career and making the jump to Producer would have happened much quicker.

But the obstacle that stood in my way of learning more earlier in my career was stubbornness. I think as a Producer it’s important to know how both field and post work and as funny as it is, when I was in school I took a class to learn Avid..I struggled with it and wasn’t motivated to get better. I said to myself, “I’m never going to use this or work in post.” And 8 years later 85% of my work involves me working in Post using Avid. It’s like a full circle moment except I’m much improved using it and strive to get better each gig I do.

Timothy, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I was in high school when I decided that I wanted to pursue a career in television and film. I had no idea what type of job I wanted to do but I knew that was the industry I wanted to be in. I ended up going to college to get a degree in it. Throughout my college career the jobs that I wanted would change from Producer to Camera Operator to Production Management. I learned a lot from school but it wasn’t as vital to my career as it was just getting experience being in the field. And with the experience I had, it led me to the original job that I wanted in college, Producing. I now work on reality television shows as a Story producer providing both field and post skills. The shows range from competition, food, and docuseries. If I am in the field for any shows you can find me creating one sheets, interviewing contestants, directing camera and talent during broll, or logging notes. Or if I’m in post I can string out entire episodes, cutdown scenes, create opens and contestant packages, and give notes to editors. I think what I’m most proud of is how far I’ve come in this industry doing a lot of things that have taken me out of my comfort zone to be able to get the job done as best as it can be. No matter what type of show it is or task given I’ll always make sure it gets done in a timely fashion. Over my 8 year career, one thing that has never changed is my work ethic.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

While I was living in NYC I was working as an Assistant Production Office Coordinator. The office that I was working at was a little walk away from the subway but there was a lot of snow on the ground and back then I never dressed appropriately. After one of those walks I decided I couldn’t take another NYC winter and I was going to move to LA. But with such a pivot in my life and in my career I knew that there was going to be a lot of changes. I was leaving the majority of my connections to start over as a Production Assistant on So You Think You Can Dance but that eventually led to my first Producing gig. So sometimes it’s better to make that jump because I might still be in NYC wondering, what if.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

For me, the most rewarding aspect of being a creative is seeing the final product. It takes a lot to put a television show together. Between the amount of people that work on the show and the amount of notes and changes we get per episode, when you finally see how everything turned out it feels amazing. Sometimes the work turns out to be even better than I imagined. I was working on this contestant package that I strung out for an editor, and the moment I saw the final product I was blown away. I love how collaborative my job is.

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