Broadcast, Social, Digital Karl Vanderlinden Broadcast, Social, Digital Karl Vanderlinden

PBS Kids

PBS Kids was rolling out American Sign Language integration across its programming and apps. I led post-production on the series, delivering broadcast-ready pieces for a national platform with accessibility as the core requirement.

I led post-production across a series of accessibility-focused pieces for PBS Kids, supporting the rollout of American Sign Language integration into children’s programming and app experiences. The project included testimonial storytelling, animated promotional spots, and instructional walkthroughs, each requiring different editorial approaches and technical workflows.

My responsibilities spanned editorial leadership, narrative shaping and pacing, dialogue cleanup and audio mixing, integrating ASL interpreter overlays, sourcing and integrating broadcast masters and ASL, designed custon sound effects, color correction and final grade, coordinating contributions across multiple teams, and managing revisions through final delivery.

Across the campaign, the goal was to highlight authentic representation within the Deaf community and communicate how PBS Kids is expanding access to programming for young signing audiences. The final work delivered an emotional narrative supported by polished craft and cohesive post-production execution.

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