ANDREW HICKS

Emmy Award-winning multimedia producer with a proven track record of successful story-driven projects.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2021 – 2024 Producer | Lehigh Valley Public Media | Bethlehem, PA

Co-producer and main field producer of Lehigh Valley Rising, a magazine-format show about innovative businesses in the Lehigh Valley. Directed a small team of editors and camera operators while creating compelling, human-focused packages on a small-market PBS budget, earning two Emmy wins from seven Emmy nominations for the station, among other accolades.
Co-producer, A Community Conversation
Co-producer, Lafayette Alumni Who Shaped Our World in partnership with Lafayette College
Field Producer, Beethoven In Allentown, a concert film featuring the Allentown Symphony Orchestra

2010 – 2021 Producer | WGBH | Boston, MA

Wrote, directed, edited, and produced thousands of promotional and fundraising spots, campaigns, and pledge specials for WGBH television, 89.7 WGBH (news), 99.5, WCRB (classical) and WGBH.org
Wrote and produced national PBS fundraising spots with Alan Cumming and John Nettles
Developed and implemented financially successful messaging and strategy for fundraising around PBS Newshour, Downton Abbey, Hamilton’s America, Sherlock, and others

2003 – 2009 DJ/On-Air Talent | WBCN, 104.1 (CBS Radio) | Boston, MA

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Live VJ for composer/DJ Dominic Glynn
Produced web spots for Wellesley Free Library and PBS Passport
Song parodist and music/video creator, Sycorax Rock (YouTube, on-going)
Panelist and event host at fan media conventions and conferences
Video editing for fan conventions (Gallifrey One, Long Island Who, Time Eddy III)
Writer, essays on popular culture and media properties for ATB Publishing, kOSMIC Press, and Coal Hill Press

Bachelor of Arts in Theater, University of Maine Orono

AWARDS

2024 Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters for A Community Conversation: Mid-East Crisis Hits Home (as Producer/Writer)

2023 Mid-Atlantic Emmy - Visual Arts (Short-Form) for "Warner Art Glass" (as Producer)

2023 NETA Public Media Award for Lehigh Valley Rising: The Business of Creativity (team award)

2022 Mid-Atlantic Emmy – D/E/I (Short Form) for "Designing Cars - Ed Welburn" (as Producer)

2022 Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters for “Designing Cars – Ed Welburn” (as Producer)

2024 Keystone Media Award - Best Series (Radio Div II) for "Doing My Job" (as Producer/Editor/Host)

2024 Keystone Media Award - Best Use of Sound for "Doing My Job - Martin Guitars" (as Producer/Editor/Host)

SKILLS