Jump, New York, has added editor Julie Drazen to its roster. Prior to joining Jump, Drazen was freelance editing at the New York office of bicoastal/international @radical.media, and at Ohio Edit, also New York.
"I’d heard about Julie from a couple of people; after meeting her, I quickly realized what a diverse and talented person she was," explained Jump principal/editor Michael Saia.
Drazen recently completed directing a feature-length documentary with the working title of Rise, which she also wrote and is currently editing at Jump. Additionally, she plays bass and keyboards in a New York band called Ambulet.
Drazen essentially grew up in the advertising world. Her father, Michael Drazen, is an executive VP/creative director at Earle Palmer Brown, Philadelphia, and his career sparked Julie Drazen’s foray into the spot world.
After graduating from film school at Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., in ’92, Drazen said, "I was trying to think about the best way to become a director, and got some great advice that editing was a good place to see how everything works."
Her first job was as an assistant editor at Crew Cuts Film & Tape, New York, in late ’93, where she worked primarily with editor Sherri Margulies. Drazen left in ’96 to make her way as a freelance assistant editor, and cut with editors including Chad Sipkin at Consulate, and Ian MacKenzie of MacKenzie Cutler, both based in New York; and with Frank Snider from Ohio Edit. Towards the end of that freelance stint, she cut promos for Nickelodeon and the Classic Sports Network.
Drazen landed a full-time editing position at @radical. media in ’97. After a year and a half, she left to freelance again, and split her time between @radical.media and Ohio Edit. She most recently cut a corporate film for IBM called "The Future," shot by @radical.media director Errol Morris via Ogilvy & Mather, New York. At Ohio Edit, she finished editing a spot for the New York Lottery called "Big Jockey," directed by Barton Landsman of @radical. media through Grey Advertising, New York.
While editing is Drazen’s main focus, she will continue pursuing projects as a director and as a musician-with the complete support of her new roost. "Everything Julie does [outside of Jump] encompasses what she brings to the Avid," related Jump executive producer Dee Tagert.
Drazen joins a Jump editorial staff that includes Saia, principal/editor Barry Stilwell and Luis Moreno. Sales representation is handled in-house by Tagert.
