Jordyn Dutcher

A scientist with a creative touch

Professional Summary

Science communicator with newsroom experience and a background in biological sciences. Experienced translating complex research into engaging digital media, educational video, social content, and written stories for diverse audiences.

Work Experience

Senior Production Assistant - Fox 40 WICZ

January 2024 - April 2026

Assisted reporters and news staff in creating for broadcast and social content covering all news in and around Binghamton, Johnson City, and Endicott.

  • Produced hundreds of news segments and multimedia assets for broadcast and digital platforms.

  • Helped manage social media content for an audience of more than 56K followers.

  • Supported production of hundreds of live broadcasts while coordinating with a large team of reporters, producers, and technical staff.

Research Experience

Clean Energy Research - Binghamton University

Summer 2025

Completed ongoing materials research alongside a team to develop a facile synthesis method for perovskite quantum dots, a material used in the production of photovoltaics and optoelectronics. During this time also being tasked to create content for Binghamton Universities social media based on said research.

  • Successfully utilized a schlenk line and other lab equipment for perovskite synthesis

  • Presented at the universities poster session to various professionals in the same field

  • Created an instructional video detailing our synthesis method to be used in the continuation of this research

  • Produced a short-form vlog/video diary for 3 of the universities accounts with a sum following of 134K

Science Communication Experience

Social Media Content - Binghamton University

August 2025 - Present

Produced multi-form media to convey complex scientific topics, this including but not limited to: various short-form and long-form videos, graphical posters/abstracts, as well as a published article for a nonprofit organization.

  • Produced educational content for university social media channels reaching a combined audience of more than 134K followers.

  • Published a science communication content for Time Scavengers.

  • Mycology video on Instagram garnered over 30K views in just a week after being highlighted by National Geographic

  • Collaborated with researchers to communicate ongoing scientific research

Skills

Multimedia Production

  • Video Editing - Premiere Pro

  • Photoshop and Illustrator

  • Audio Production

  • News Production and Reporting

Scientific Research/Communication

  • Basic Research and Data Analysis

  • Wet and Dry Lab Preperation

  • Poster Session and Presentations

  • Schlenk Line Operation

Technical

  • Python, R, HTML, CSS

  • Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite

Education

Bachelors of the Arts — Biological Sciences, 2026

Binghamton University

Associate of the Arts — Visual Communications, 2023

SUNY Broome Community College

Honors

Presidential Honors Scholarship - SUNY Broome

September 2022

This award was granted to incoming students to “recognize one of our community’s best and brightest students” and provided me funding for the full duration of time at SUNY Broome. Granted by at the time president of SUNY Broome, Dr. Kevin E. Drumm.

MRS Undergraduate Presenter - Binghamton University

May 2026

Presented my perovskite synthesis research at the Materials Research Society 2026 spring poster session in Honolulu, Hawaii as the secondary author and as a representative of Binghamton University..