Social &
Content
Portfolio

Keely Uchida on set, black and white editorial portrait
on set for Paul W. Downs, creator of “Hacks”
Communications Content strategy Social media
Reels ✱ Product photography ✱ Brand strategy ✱ UGC ✱ Editing ✱ Content days ✱ Community ✱ Reels ✱ Product photography ✱ Brand strategy ✱ UGC ✱ Editing ✱ Content days ✱ Community ✱
Selected work

Selected work

CalArts School of Dance30%+ growthsocial channels
CalArts DanceIntermissiondress rehearsal reel
CalArts Winter Dance ConcertChoreographer interviewaudio & interview: CalArts video team · b-roll & edit: CalArts Dance team
Enrollment campaign17% YoYapplications
Weelicious snack tray55.2K views2.6× the page's usual
Catherine McCordCookies & creamshort-form edit
Weelicious sweet potatoes147K views7× the page's usual
Weelicious chicken bags79.3K viewsfreezer meal prep
Personal reel22.4K viewsdance, self-shot
Catherine McCord17.1K viewsfirst aid kit
Catherine McCord20.1K viewsracing suit
calartsdance
Two CalArts dancers, palms almost touching, lit against a black stage
428 likes

calartsdance CalArts Dance is shocked and saddened that the University of the Arts is closing and our hearts go out to all of you affected.

In light of this news, the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance at CalArts is now reopening applications for our BFA Dance transfer students. The application fee will be waived. We invite you to continue your academic journey with us. Please visit calarts.edu/admissions or click on the link in our bio.

If you have any questions about this application process please do not hesitate to contact our Assistant Director of Admissions for CalArts Dance, Kevin Whitmire.

Photo credits: Cheryl Mann

Crisis response428 likesUArts closure · BFA transfers
Legacy at the Promenade brand book cover Flip through
Legacy at the PromenadeBrand book · real estate
Man About Town cover featuring Rupert Friend, Spring/Summer 2022 Flip through
Man About TownRupert Friend · cover
Hunger magazine cover featuring John Legend, Family Affair Flip through
CommercialJohn Legend · session
Contents Beauté cover featuring Celeste O’Connor Flip through
Contents BeautéCeleste O’Connor · cover
Justin Min in a black blazer and sunglasses for Contents Men Flip through
Contents MenJustin Min · cover
Chance Perdomo in a black fur coat for Contents Men Flip through
Contents MenChance Perdomo · cover
Rollacoaster Summer 2022 cover featuring Austin Mahone on a beach Flip through
RollacoasterAustin Mahone · cover
Man About Town black and white portrait of Nico Greetham Flip through
Man About TownNico Greetham · editorial
Caylee Cowan in a red corseted dress for Flaunt Flip through
FlauntCaylee Cowan · editorial
Paul W. Downs in a long coat mid-movement in a white studio Flip through
Paul W. DownsMovement direction · portrait session
Amazon Pet Day 2023 Instagram Story: a brown and white shepherd lying on a rug with two toys under the line Shop deals May 2 and 3 only Flip through
Amazon Pet Day 2023Animal directiontrained & directed on set
Reolink commercialAnimal direction · 4K Solar Camera
Leon “123” music videoMovement direction · dir. Clément Oberto
Headshot, man with curly hair in a navy suit against a blue-grey gradient
Headshot sessionPhotography · studio portrait
Headshot, smiling man in glasses and a white T-shirt against a light grey wall
Headshot sessionPhotography · studio portrait
Headshot, man in a black blazer and white shirt with a slight smile, head tilted
Headshot sessionPhotography · studio portrait
Headshot, smiling man in a navy blazer and white shirt, three-quarter angle
Headshot sessionPhotography · studio portrait
Headshot, man in a brown pinstripe blazer and white shirt, head tilted
Headshot sessionPhotography · studio portrait
Headshot, smiling man with curly hair in a navy blazer and white shirt, facing camera
Headshot sessionPhotography · studio portrait
Headshot of a smiling woman with long dark hair and bangs on a lavender backdrop
The same headshot with the backdrop edited to deep red
Woman hugging a fluffy brown and white dog against a grey backdrop
The same photo with the backdrop edited to lavender
Photography editingBackgrounds · same shot, new backdrop

About

Roll 01 / who you're hiring

Keely Uchida, headshot
headshot

I build audiences for arts organizations, and I can show you where the numbers moved.

Communications and content strategist with a CalArts BFA and a Johns Hopkins MA in Communication. From 2022 to 2026 I managed social media and communications for the School of Dance at CalArts, where I grew following by more than 30% and supported year-over-year enrollment increases of 17%. I built and led the digital content team there, ran paid campaigns across Meta, Google and LinkedIn, and shipped 100+ posts a year against the recruitment calendar.

Now I work freelance: I run communications and day-to-day operations for Burbank Dance Academy and take on short-form video and brand work for lifestyle and wellness clients — recent ones include Weelicious and Holistically Loved, including a Weelicious reel that hit 147K views on a page that usually tops out at 20K. On a contract with Allevalux, a lighting-technology startup, I ran the company's LinkedIn and grew views per post from 400 to 2,000.

My background is unusual for this field, and it's the reason the work lands. I came up as a dancer and movement director — credits in Man About Town, Flaunt, Hunger and RollaCoaster, plus commercial work: a session with John Legend, a print campaign for United Airlines, and shoots for Google across Beam, Pixel and Nest. I know what a shoot day actually costs, what a performer can give you on the fifth take, and how to make thirty seconds carry a whole program.

CalArts BFADance
Johns Hopkins MACommunication
Based inLos Angeles
Published in4 titles
STATUSopen to roles
What I can offer

Capabilities

Strategy through execution — I do the planning and then I do the work.

30%+Social following growth
17%YoY enrollment increase
$1.2M+Donor initiatives supported
4National titles published in
Tools & kit

Toolkit

What I plan in, build in, and measure with.

Strategy & planning

  • Editorial calendars
  • Channel strategy
  • Campaign planning
  • Asana / Notion
  • Audience research

Edit & design

  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Photoshop
  • CapCut
  • Canva
  • Lightroom

Management

  • Meta Business Suite
  • Later / Sprout
  • Google Analytics
  • Mailchimp
  • Monthly reporting

AI & build

  • Claude Code (terminal)
  • Vibe coding
  • Higgsfield AI
  • This site, built with Claude
  • Netlify

Let's create stories
worth sharing together

Tell me about the organization and what you're trying to grow. I'll come back with a point of view.

keelyuchida@gmail.com