LYNNFIELD — Bryan Mallett has enjoyed the art of filmmaking ever since picking up the hobby as a freshman in high school. In just five short years, the Lynnfield native and Endicott College freshman has taken his hobby from a fun thing in high school to a legitimate path toward a career, as he is now the primary videographer for the Endicott athletic department.
“I was specifically looking for a place that was close to home and a place where I could do media for athletics, and Endicott really checked all the boxes,” said Mallett, who graduated from Lynnfield High. “I ended up reaching out to (Endicott photographer for Communications and Marketing) David Le and he said that they would love to have me on board, and everything took off from there.”
While Mallett had his eye on Endicott for quite some time prior to attending, Endicott had its eye on Mallett as well.
“We had actually seen a bunch of Bryan’s work on Instagram before he even decided to come here, and David and I were very impressed with his work,” said Shawn Medeiros, Sports Information Director at Endicott. “Everything kind of naturally came together from there and Bryan really was off and running once he got here.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has put something of a damper on his first semester of video work with Endicott, as the Gulls haven’t competed in any varsity sports this fall. But Mallett has still remained busy, putting together edits of the football team’s practices and finding other ways to use video to get buzz around the athletics department.
“I have nothing but great things to say so far, it’s really been fun,” said Mallett. “The opportunities that I’ve gotten have been great and working with so many talented people has been really interesting.”
“Our coaches have just been absolutely gushing about the work Bryan has done so far in terms of what it’s done for recruiting,” said Medeiros. “We even heard that a friend of one of our coaches, who works in the ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference), said that Bryan’s work is ‘ACC-level quality.’”
Mallett has also continued to create edits that don’t involve Endicott, including putting together videos on his Instagram — BMalMedia — about the World Series, the NBA Playoffs and various Patriots and NFL games. He’s even had his work retweeted on Twitter by another local — Saugus native and Endicott alumnus Jared Carrabis, who covers the MLB for Barstool Sports and has more than 314,000 followers. Carrabis even sent him a direct message and talked about Mallett’s work.
“That was pretty crazy because I’ve been listening to and following those guys for a long time,” said Mallett. “To see that he liked my work enough to share it out to all of his followers and then talk to me about it was really cool.”
Despite not being able to shoot live games at the moment, Mallett has thoroughly enjoyed his first semester at Endicott — especially getting to collaborate with the other 10 photographers on the staff.
“The collaborative environment is the best part,” Mallett said. “You can reach out to anyone and they’ll help you out or work out ideas with you, and it’s been a huge help in a lot of ways.”
As for what’s next, Mallett is looking forward to the release of a couple of edits he’s done for Endicott in the near future. He also hopes to expand his video capabilities once the Gulls get back to athletic competition.
“I’m excited to see what the future holds,” said Mallett.
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