Jeff Hatley

Digital Media Specialist

Durham

Joined NCSSM in January 2005

After graduating with a degree in social work, Jeff Hatley found his passion: sharing ideas through video. He’s enjoyed everything from cameras to newscasts, commercials to classes. He started his career in his home state of Montana in television, where he won local, state, and national awards for his commercial production and worked as the newscast director. He transitioned to distance learning at the university level, where in addition to broadcasting and recording classes, he worked with the university’s IT Help Desk and taught an undergraduate class in animation. Jeff was also co-owner of Story Weavers, a marketing company that served clients across the United States. When he and his family moved to North Carolina, Jeff became a Studio Manager and then Digital Media Specialist with a talented group of Individuals at the Extended Learning Connect Program of NCSSM, where he has served since 2005. He is always ready to lend a hand when needed. In his off-time Jeff enjoys the outdoors, walking, playing music, learning new skills, enjoying adventures with his wife and a montage of a blended goofy family including two kids, two grandkids, one doggie, and two bossy cats.