David Hagerstrom

About

I make content that connects

It started in 4th grade, making stop-motion animations with my action figures and putting them on YouTube. The audience part turned out to be as exciting as the making part, and that has not really changed.

From there I took an associate’s in film and a bachelor’s in creative advertising, which led to roles where I get to shape a brand’s story and then go build it. I have been a creative, a strategist, a manager, a storyteller, a director, a writer, a videographer and an editor — often inside the same project.

David Hagerstrom in a dark hoodie, holding a Canon DSLR on a gimbal and looking down at the camera

2026 — Present

Marketing Generalist

TechSmith Corporation · East Lansing, MI

  • Promoted to full-time to keep supporting content creation, media production and campaign execution.
  • Work daily with the Growth and Content Marketing teams on multimedia assets for paid and organic campaigns.
  • Helping carry out the product suite rebrand as TechSmith’s Snagit becomes Camtasia Snagit.
  • Edit organic and paid ads in Premiere Pro and Camtasia, producing variations for A/B testing.

2025 — 2026

Video Marketing Intern

TechSmith Corporation · East Lansing, MI

  • Produced 25+ short-form videos for YouTube Shorts and TikTok, generating 1K–25K+ views each.
  • Managed the full lifecycle of vertical ads, repurposing long-form into high-conversion social video.
  • Used Google Gemini and ChatGPT to speed up scripting, idea development and repurposing.
  • Scripted, storyboarded and edited product marketing videos for campaigns and feature launches.

2024 — 2026

Head Videographer

42pointSEVEN · East Lansing, MI

  • Led and mentored a videography team delivering client content on deadline.
  • Directed the lifecycle of 10+ integrated campaigns, turning client objectives into executable video strategy.
  • Managed client communication directly to keep projects aligned to brand goals.

2025

Corporate Marketing Intern

Auto-Owners Insurance · Lansing, MI

  • Built a social media strategy and content calendar that generated 30,000+ engagements.
  • Wrote behaviour-led captions and ideated platform-tailored graphics for LinkedIn and Facebook.

2024 — 2025

Content Marketing Intern

TechSmith Corporation · East Lansing, MI

  • Created graphics, thumbnails, social copy and blog visuals for multi-platform distribution.
  • Brought visual storytelling into creative brainstorming for video and ad strategy.
  • Published through CMS tools while holding brand consistency across international pages.

2023 — 2024

Customer Care Intern

TechSmith Corporation · East Lansing, MI

  • Built deep product expertise in Snagit and Camtasia by handling technical inquiries and workflows.
  • Surfaced common user challenges as insight for the internal marketing and product teams.
Education & recognition

Education

BA, Advertising Creative

Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2025 · 3.82 GPA

AS, Digital Media, Audio and Cinema

Lansing Community College · Lansing, MI · 2023 · 4.0 GPA

MSU Ad Association · MSU × Google Gemini, Ad Director · MSU LA Industry Trip

Awards

  • Gold ADDY — District 6 American Advertising Awards, 2026
  • Silver ADDY — Lansing American Advertising Awards, 2026
  • Emmy nominee — Michigan Regional Emmy Awards, 2026
  • Best Student Video — 2026 D-Show, AdCraft Detroit
  • D-Show shortlist — Best Student Video, twice
  • D-Show shortlist — Best Student Print
Capabilities

Tools I run every week

Edit

Premiere Pro

Primary NLE. Organic and paid cutdowns, delivery in every aspect ratio.

Grade & finish

DaVinci Resolve

Colour and finishing on directed work.

Motion

After Effects

Titles, tracked graphics and the landing-page motion systems.

Design

Photoshop & Illustrator

Thumbnails, packaging, print and campaign artwork.

Art direction

Figma

Boards, look decks and layout systems.

Capture

Camtasia & Snagit

Editor, Audiate and Snagit — the products I make the work for.

AI

Gemini, ChatGPT, Firefly

Scripting, ideation and repurposing. ElevenLabs, Veo and Nano Banana for generation.

Strategy

Analytics & SEO

Audience insight, performance analytics, A/B testing, CMS publishing.

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