Weston Carter

Weston Carter

PositionDirector of Video, Media Systems
Weston Carter
Weston Carter

Began at Auburn: July 2014

Education: Carter received his bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2008. He received his master's degree in sports management from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2010.

Job Responsibilities: Carter joined Auburn University as the Director of Video Services in July 2014. He oversees the department's broadcast technology, engineering, media asset management, archive, video production workflow and all editing clients. In this position, Carter oversees operations and trains students and staff on standard operating procedures and techniques of non-linear video editing. He also teaches an introduction to sports video production class and an advanced sports video production class for the Auburn School of Journalism. He has also garnered multiple awards for War Eagle Productions, including an Emmy for his feature story “Bad Day at Work” that aired on the SEC Network.

Past Experience: Carter began his career in athletic video production with Illini Productions at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2006. He worked eight years for the athletic department as Associate Director of Video Services where he created award-winning feature content and served as the technical director for live in-venue video board productions for football and men's basketball.

Personal: A native of Danville, Ill., Carter is married to his wife, Abbie. They have two children, Savannah and Hudson.