Craig Smith
After graduating from the University of Michigan, Craig joined AC Spark Plug Division, General Motors Corporation. With a degree in business administration, Craig was selected for the C.G.I.T (College Graduate In Training program), a scheduled rotation of assignments in labor relations, industrial engineering, public relations, manufacturing, and marketing. While assigned to the marketing department, Craig’s responsibilities included writing
advertising copy, new product releases and During his tenure on the marketing staff,
Craig was lucky enough to be assigned theresponsibility of setting up a new
state-of-the-art video production studio.
Jamie Nicholson
There are times in our lives when we all come to a fork in the road. Jamie Nicholson reached his after touring 7 years with the Bead Band as the band’s live sound engineer. When the band broke up, he had two offers - a studio job in L.A. or joining a new band in Boulder, Colorado. Jamie headed home to mull it over for a while. But back home in Michigan, a new opportunity presented itself. So instead of heading out west, he decided to pursue a new career in video production with VIDCAM Productions. Jamie completed his non-linear
Heather Nicholson
Sometimes influence hits you over the head. But other times, you don’t realize how deeply you’ve been affected until much later. When Heather participated in a high school career program where she shadowed her father at work producing educational and marketing videos, she had no intention of going into video production. She instead enrolled in college and majored in business. During college semester and
summer breaks, she started working part time at VIDCAM editing video program segments. After graduation she started working at a law firm but she realized that the satisfaction she enjoyed creating stimulating graphics and effects for video promos was always in the back of her mind. So when VIDCAM decided to create a web site, Heather used her summer vacation to build the site. She purchased advanced step-by-step tutorials and started studying web design. In just weeks, she created VIDCAM’s first web site and experienced the same creative satisfaction she enjoyed in video post production. The influenced became the influence... Heather now provides a new service for VIDCAM’s clients. Today, Heather not only maintains and updates VIDCAM’s web site but now provides full service web design and support services to a growing list of VIDCAM clients. It’s obvious she has a bright future.
edit training at Columbia College in Chicago and received his ‘Master Editors’ certification at AVID’s training center in 1998.
Once the studio was up and running, Craig got hooked. He soon developed a passion for producing in-house video productions - from training and safety videos to product know-how and manufacturing process promos. In 1980, Craig decided to start his own production company - VIDCAM Productions. From there, he’s never looked back. Today, his clients include General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, PPG, Dupont, and has worked with legends like Al Kaline, Bo Schembechler, Bill Laimbeer, Dale Earnhardt and Roger Penske, as well as leading scientists, doctors and presidents of
Fortune 500 companies.
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Today, he is an award-winning editor with a National Telly to his credit. He is proficient on both AVID and APPLE’s new Final Cut Pro Studio systems. At the end of the week, Jamie walks out of the edit suite and onto the football field to referee Division 1 college football games. And then early on Sunday mornings, he drives to Ford Field in Detroit, takes the elevator to the seventh level in the press box and prepares for his "other: job, with the National Football League. Jamie is the Instant Replay Official assigned to all Detroit Lions home football games. Jamie was selected by the NFL to work Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006 capping his 10-year tenure with the NFL.






