Rachael
Spann
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Work Editorial
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Editor
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about the speaker
Rachael Spann started her career as an assistant editor at DGW then moved to The Quarry, where she began assisting for Bill Smedley and Scott Crane. After four years she became an editor.
In 2013, Spann was asked to join Work Editorial, now alongside Bill Smedley as well as Rich Orrick, Neil Smith and Art Jones. At Work she was able to develop her skills further in commercials and edit with award winning directors James Rouse, Declan Lowney and Taika Waititi.
Spann edits a variety of genres, however she specializes in comedy and documentary storytelling, working in both observation and character led narratives. As an editor, she constantly challenges conventional approaches to commercial documentary editing. Her work has been exhibited in festivals both locally and internationally.
Her online mocumentary advert, Randoxs Sniffers, won a Gold Clio, a Bronze Cannes Lion and a Webby award, hailed by the New York Times as the “Internet’s highest honor”.