Work / Jonathan Moulton

Live Production & Technical Direction

Live rooms, studio shows, streaming setups, and sports-media environments where the production has to keep moving.

High-Volume Live Studio

AfterBuzz TV / Popcorn Talk / Black Hollywood Live

Senior Producer role with heavy live production, technical direction, studio operations, training, and show support.

AfterBuzz TV, Popcorn Talk, and Black Hollywood Live were the main studio training ground: fast schedules, live rooms, live-to-tape shows, control-room support, host coordination, graphics playback, troubleshooting, and the daily work of keeping multiple productions moving.

The value here is not one perfect episode thumbnail. It is the scale of the environment, the pace of the room, and the amount of practical production support required to make the shows happen.

AfterBuzz TV YouTube Official channel anchor Popcorn Talk YouTube Official network/channel anchor Black Hollywood Live YouTube Public channel anchor

Digital Studio Production

Screen Junkies

Studio and control-room support for host-driven digital shows, live production needs, and recorded formats.

Screen Junkies is represented here as a production environment: hosts, studio needs, show formats, technical coordination, and the live-room judgment required to keep the work moving.

The brand is recognizable, but the practical work is the point: follow the format, support the room, and keep the technical side from becoming the thing the audience notices.

Screen Junkies YouTube Public channel anchor

Gameplay And Personality Shows

Smosh / Smosh Games

Live and studio production support for gameplay-heavy formats, host reactions, and quick show movement.

Smosh and Smosh Games needed the technical side to keep up with people, jokes, gameplay, reactions, and quick format changes.

The work was about tracking what mattered in the room: the host, the game, the cue, the next shot, and the moment that was about to become the show.

Smosh YouTube Public channel anchor Smosh Games YouTube Public channel anchor

Entertainment News Production

Clevver / Clevver News

Technical direction and studio support for entertainment coverage that needed pace, clarity, and clean show flow.

Clevver and Clevver News had a different rhythm from gaming or tabletop shows. Entertainment news needs polish, timing, and a production flow that lets the hosts feel present without making the setup feel stiff.

The work supported that rhythm: keeping the room moving, keeping the show readable, and handling the technical needs around the format.

Clevver News YouTube Public channel anchor Clevver YouTube Public channel anchor

Genre And Fan-Culture Shows

Geek & Sundry / Nerdist

Related production environments with overlapping studio needs, show formats, and live or recorded support.

Geek & Sundry and Nerdist sit in the genre-entertainment part of the story: tabletop, fan culture, interviews, studio shows, and productions where tone mattered as much as the gear.

The work was following the conversation, the game, the reaction, and the room so the show stayed watchable without the production feeling heavy.

Geek & Sundry YouTube Public channel anchor Nerdist YouTube Public channel anchor

Sports Media Production

FOX / OutKick / FOX Sports

OutKick 360 is the main live-production anchor here: studio support, switching, streaming workflow, graphics playback, and show systems.

OutKick 360 brought live technical direction, streaming workflow, studio support, and show graphics into the same sports-media environment.

FOX and FOX Sports stay as broader context while OutKick is the specific production anchor: live room support, switching, graphics playback, and the practical work of helping a daily sports show function.

FOX Sports YouTube Primary FOX Sports context OutKick YouTube OutKick 360 public channel anchor

Motion Graphics & Broadcast Packages

Show opens, broadcast systems, explainers, logo motion, and fast-read graphics built for actual production use.

Show Identity

Show Opens And Title Animations

Motion design for show opens, title animation, event intros, and recurring visual identities.

Show opens are usually the first chance to tell the audience what kind of world they are stepping into. The style, timing, music, typography, and reveal all have to work together quickly.

I like this kind of motion work because it can be expressive without needing to be huge. A good open gives the show a tone, sets the pace, and gets out of the way before it overstays its welcome.

Show Open

Tennessee Power Hour Intro

Sports-show intro with broadcast energy, branded motion, and clean delivery.

Show Open

Trey Wallace Podcast Intro

Podcast identity animation with a clear branded reveal.

Title Package

After The Ark Title

A digital-show title treatment built as part of a broader segment package.

Aftershow Title

Leverage Redemption Aftershow Title

Entertainment aftershow title animation shaped for branded episode packaging.

Event Intro

Franklin Eleanor Roosevelt Awards Intro

Awards/event intro animation used here as motion-title proof.

On-Air Systems

Broadcast Package Elements

Broadcast package work for studio, streaming, sports, guest, segment, and PIP layouts.

These are the pieces that help a show feel held together once it is actually running: PIPs, guest graphics, phone graphics, repeatable sports panels, thumbnails, and social formats that all need to feel related.

The design has to be useful first. Each piece should be easy to update, quick to read, and flexible enough to survive real production needs without feeling like it came from a different show.

Sports, Guest, And On-Air Package Graphics

Repeatable sports, guest, phone, and segment graphics that could be updated quickly while still feeling connected to the larger show package.

Thumbnail And Social Package System

A recurring thumbnail and social style built for fast platform reads and repeatable sports-media coverage.

PIP Systems And Layouts

PIP systems and layouts built around different framing needs, screen space, and show priorities.

Fast-Read Graphics

Information Graphics And Sports Visuals

Information design for sports-media graphics, quick-turn production, and screen-friendly layouts.

This is where the information has to do real work. Player cards, schedules, comparisons, brackets, and stat-heavy graphics can have energy, but the viewer still needs to understand them quickly.

The value is in the hierarchy. The graphic should help the host, producer, editor, or viewer see what matters without fighting the layout.

Player Card

OutKick Player Card System

Sports information design with photo, stats, team mark, and clear hierarchy.

Comparison Graphic

Player Comparison

Comparative sports graphic built around quick data framing.

Information Graphic

NFL Cap Space Tracker

Numeric layout designed for information density without losing readability.

Schedule Graphic

NFL Monday Night Football Schedule

Schedule layout built for quick reading and repeatable updates.

Bracket Graphic

CFB 12-Team Playoff Bracket

Bracket layout built for clean comparison and screen-friendly structure.

Reveal System

Top 10 NFL QBs Reveal System

Reveal sequence designed for host-driven timing and live-like control.

Thumbnail System

Sports YouTube Thumbnail

Sports-media composition built for scanability, headline clarity, and platform use.

Clarity Pieces

Explainer Animation

Motion design for explainer pieces where the main job is helping the viewer follow the idea.

Explainers are not really about showing off. They are about helping someone understand what is happening without making them work too hard for it.

The motion, labels, timing, and visual hierarchy all have to support the explanation. The best version is simple enough to follow, but still polished enough to feel intentional.

Healthcare Explainer

Coronary Bypass Animated Explainer

Medical/educational animation focused on pacing, labels, clarity, and visual hierarchy.

Subscriber Explainer

AfterBuzz TV Patreon Explainer

Subscriber-facing explainer animation with simple narrative pacing and clean delivery.

Promo Explainer

Aria Vantage Promo Explainer

Promotional explainer animation built around clean sequencing, readable labels, and polished product clarity.

Brand Motion

Logo Motion And Identity Treatments

Logo animation and identity motion for brands, shows, and original projects.

Logo motion is small, but it carries a lot of tone. A reveal, stinger, title mark, or alternate treatment can make an identity feel more complete.

I like when these pieces feel authored but still usable. They should have atmosphere and personality, but they also need to work as part of the larger production instead of only looking good on their own.

Logo Reveal

Bonfire Tales Tree Of Life Logo

Cinematic logo reveal built with atmosphere, motion, and fantasy-brand tone.

Logo Reveal

Bonfire Tales Tree Over Flame Logo

Alternate logo reveal treatment in the same identity family.

Brand Stinger

Thought Sherpas Stinger

A short animated identity piece that connects logo design to motion use.

System Thinking

Style Sheets And Visual Systems

Visual-system work that turns design decisions into something repeatable for future production.

Style sheets are the quieter side of the design work, but they matter. They collect the logo, color, type, layout rules, and visual references so the project has somewhere to return to.

I think of these as production support for the look itself. They help the next graphic, edit, thumbnail, or motion piece feel like it belongs to the same world instead of being rebuilt from scratch every time.

Video Editing & Promo Production

Promos, original series, podcasts, social cutdowns, and event programs shaped into finished pieces.

Campaign Editing

GRAMMY Promo & Campaign Editing

Editing, promo production, versioning, and campaign delivery for polished entertainment and brand media.

This is the clearest promo-production lane in the section: finished campaign pieces, cutdowns, format changes, sponsor and sizzle work, and polished delivery for a major entertainment brand.

The focus is the post-production chain: shaping source material, tightening pace, integrating graphics, cleaning up the piece, and delivering versions that fit the platform.

Campaign Promos

Finished promo pieces and nominations-campaign media.

Entertainment Promo

65th GRAMMY Live Promo

Finished entertainment promo built for polished campaign delivery.

Campaign Promo

67th GRAMMY Nominations

Short-form campaign media with branded motion and clean delivery.

Brand, Sponsor, And Series Pieces

Sizzle, sponsored, and cultural-series examples with different pacing and delivery needs.

Sizzle

GRAMMYs Partnerships Sizzle

Longer-form branded promo support with pacing, polish, and campaign context.

Brand Promo

IBM Sponsored Promo

Sponsor-facing promo work connecting graphics, pacing, edit support, and final delivery.

Cultural Series

Black Sounds Beautiful: Kendrick Lamar

Branded series media shaped around tone, edit rhythm, format, and delivery.

Entertainment Promo

Road To The GRAMMYs: Gaga

Entertainment promo work with music-industry campaign context.

Promo Reels

Sizzles, Trailers & Promo Reels

A cross-brand promo lane, with public links used as environment anchors where exact cuts are not confirmed.

This bucket covers the promo-reel side of the work: sizzles, trailers, launch pieces, network promos, branded reels, and short pieces meant to make the project feel clear and watchable fast.

The work spans GRAMMY partnerships, AfterBuzz TV, Black Hollywood Live, Popcorn Talk, Crazy Board, and Screen Junkies/Fandom contexts without pretending every public channel item is a direct edit credit.

GRAMMYs Partnerships Sizzle Brand/campaign context Crazy Board Sneak Peek Promo/cutdown Terraforming Mars Rap Teaser Teaser/promo Screen Junkies YouTube Public channel anchor

Sizzle

GRAMMYs Partnerships Sizzle

Branded sizzle piece used here as a representative example of pacing, polish, and campaign context.

Original Series

Original Series & Multicam Editing

Original-series context for multicam editing, episode structure, release support, and promotion.

Crazy Board shows the whole chain: concept, production, multicam edit, episode structure, upload/distribution, promotion, and community/live extension.

The editing challenge is making long tabletop play readable and watchable: following the players, preserving the jokes, keeping the game clear, and shaping the episode so it actually moves.

The Resistance Full episode Mansions Of Madness Full episode Ticket To Ride: Europe Full episode Terraforming Mars Part 1 Long-form episode Terraforming Mars Part 2 Long-form episode Resistance Sneak Peek Promo/cutdown Live At Strategicon Live/community extension

Podcast Post

Podcast & Talk Show Post-Production

AfterBuzz, Popcorn Talk, Black Hollywood Live, Thought Sherpas, and Fat Man remain podcast/talk-show workflow context.

This is the practical post-production lane: podcast-style edits, multicam talk shows, patched recordings, audio cleanup, export prep, and getting episodes ready for release.

AfterBuzz, Popcorn Talk, and Black Hollywood Live are stronger visual anchors here, while Thought Sherpas and Fat Man on Batman remain workflow context rather than episode-by-episode edit claims.

AfterBuzz TV YouTube Channel/workflow context Popcorn Talk YouTube Channel/workflow context Black Hollywood Live YouTube Channel/workflow context Fat Man On Batman Playlist Confirmed TD/live-to-tape run; VE/PP overlap only

Format Versions

Short-Form Cutdowns & Social Versioning

Delivery-focused editing for platform shape, runtime, campaign versioning, and export needs.

A lot of promo work becomes useful through versioning: different runtimes, platform shapes, deadlines, and delivery requirements without losing the point of the piece.

This card separates that repeatable editing workflow from the bigger campaign cards so the section shows the delivery work behind the finished promos.

16x9 Promo

65th GRAMMY Live Promo - 16x9

Horizontal campaign version used here as format and runtime context.

Vertical Promo

65th GRAMMY Live Promo - 9x16

Vertical campaign version showing platform adaptation.

Short Campaign Cut

67th GRAMMY Nominations

Short-form campaign piece built for quick promo delivery.

Program Assembly

Civic, Remote Event & Program Assembly

FER Awards, JFK Awards, and LACDP material anchor this civic event and program-production lane.

This work is about assembling people, messages, segments, and delivery needs into a finished civic or event program.

FER Awards, JFK Awards, and Los Angeles County Democratic Party materials give this card a clearer visual identity while the copy stays focused on remote-event problem solving, speaker packages, technical cleanup, and coherent program delivery.

FER And JFK Awards

Event and program identity cards for civic, remote, and awards productions.

LACDP Identity Cards

Logo-card variations used as civic branding and program-context visuals.