Connor Pickett enters his second season with the Bears in 2020-21 as Cal men’s basketball’s first-ever Director of Creative Content, where he is responsible for the ideation and production of assets for the program’s social media platforms.
He joined the Golden Bears for a second stint under Mark Fox after getting his start in the collegiate athletics world as a videographer for Georgia Basketball in 2017. Pickett assisted Fox in 2017-18 and remained on with Tom Crean in the 2018-19 season, filming and editing videos for the Georgia basketball social media accounts. His duties included creating trailers to promote the team’s games and photographing practices and games to supplement the team’s content.
Most recently, Pickett worked with Atlanta United, where he filmed and produced content from the Major League Soccer club’s matches, training, fan events, interviews and promotions for digital distribution as an assistant video producer from Jan. 2019 to Sept. 2019.
While at Georgia, Pickett studied abroad in France, where he attended the Cannes Film Festival and learned best practices from industry leaders while writing film reviews and studying the economic side of film festivals.
Pickett graduated from Georgia in December 2018 with a degree in Entertainment and Media Studies, as well as certificates in new media and music business.
