There aren’t enough hours in the day for 2020 Lynnfield High graduate Bryan Mallett, a senior at Endicott College.
Simply put, the young man is everywhere when it comes to the local sports scene.
From high school to the pros, you name it and this talented videographer has shot it.
The last couple of years, Mallett’s primary focal point has been as the official videographer for the Endicott College football team. Mallett said he landed at Endicott because he was looking to stay local and lay the groundwork for a career in sports media and filmmaking.
“Endicott really checked all the boxes,” Mallett said.
Mallett was already well versed in all things Endicott, having been encouraged by his good friend Clay Marengi, the Gulls’ quarterback and 2023 Commonwealth Coast Conference co-offensive player of the year, to spend some time on campus and shoot football games. Mallett reached out to the school’s communications and marketing photographer, David Le.
“He said that they would love to have me on board, and everything took off from there,” Mallett said.
While Mallett had his eye on Endicott for quite some time prior to enrolling, 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,” Endicott Sports Information Director Shawn Medeiros said. “Everything kind of naturally came together from there and Bryan really was off and running once he got here.”
While not in the classroom where, by the way, he also excels (he’s a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society, which recognizes excellence in communications), Mallett does paid freelance work for several area high schools, including Lynnfield, Newburyport, and Pingree. He also covers several sports at Boston College, where he was also responsible for editing teams’ social media and producing game and year-in-review recaps. He was recently retained to shoot the 2024 NCAA Frozen Four hockey regional tournament that’s being hosted by UNH.
He’s been a regular fixture at Pioneers’ athletic contests for years. Mallett said one of the highlights of his young career was shooting the Pioneers’ boys soccer championship game against Monomoy last fall in Scituate. The Pioneers won that game, securing their first-ever state title.
Mallett admitted that he just couldn’t help throwing objectivity to the wind.
“I’ll always be a Pioneer and that’s why I prioritize Lynnfield when it comes to taking assignments,” he said. “That game was surreal. I found myself getting distracted as a fan, to be honest. I know you’re expected to be objective, but it was impossible that game.”
Mallett estimates he shoots, on average, more than a game a day. While he’s been pressed into service in almost every sport, his favorite sport to shoot is — you guessed it — football.
He is currently interning as a video editor at TorchPro, a sports-media network churning out MLB, NBA, and NHL player videos, “Pass the Torch” podcasts, and newsletters. Mallett said the highlight of his experience with TorchPro was a video he produced for company co-founder Joe Pavelski, who reached a Stanley Cup with the Dallas Stars in 2020.
“He posted that on his Instagram and the Dallas Stars Instagram, so that was really cool to have my video on the Dallas Stars’ social media,” Mallett said. “It was a moment when I thought this was just really cool.”
Mallett’s resume is truly a who’s who of the sports-media world. He worked as a video editor intern for DraftKings’ “Name Redacted” and “Baseball is Dead” podcasts. He’s produced videos and social-media content for NFL players A.J. Dillon and Nyheim Hines. He served as a video editor for the “Join me in Miami” blog and has done other work as a freelance blogger under the name BmalMedia.
He spent four months working as a video editor for the 33rd Team, a company founded by former NFL executive Mike Tannenbaum, producing 45-60-second football hype, highlight, and analysis videos.
His favorite thing about doing what he does is seeing the feedback he gets after posting his videos and all the interesting people he meets along the way.
“It’s seeing the joy on their faces and hearing the feedback that is the best part of it for me,” Mallett said. “I get to develop real relationships with people, which is awesome, and through that I get to chase down great stories and capture them on video. I’ve always been a people person, so being able to have so much fun doing that while making a living is the best of everything.”
The worst part of being a videographer?
Two things — challenging weather conditions and sleep deprivation.
Last fall, he shot an Endicott football game in what he described as a “monsoon.”
“I was drenched even before the start of the game,” he said. “And definitely not getting enough sleep is hard, as I’m just trying to get in as much as possible, especially on the weekends because of the short turnarounds from Friday going into Saturday. It’s tough, but I’ve been able to make it work.”
Mallett attributes much of his success to networking. As an example, he cites the fact his opportunity at TorchPro developed when he reached out to co-founder Dan Healey during his early years at Endicott. The connection paid off immediately.
“I had done videos for the Bruins’ Charlie McAvoy through Dan, so I reached out to Dan and asked him if I could do my internship with them,” Mallett said. “He offered me a job post-graduation as well.”
The digital media major recently reached out to DraftKings content creator and former Barstool Sports contributor and podcaster Jared Carrabis after Mallett learned that Carrabis had moved to Lynnfield. Mallett offered to help him get to know the community. Carrabis’ response blew Mallett away.
“He said, ‘Dude, I’ve been following you and love your work and I love what you do and would like you to get involved with us,’ and by the end of January he connected me with his producer who said we need somebody to do podcasts. I told him, ‘absolutely,’ said, ‘You guys are the best,’” Mallet said.
Mallett said people are really starting to notice him in part due to all the attention BC hockey is getting as the No. 1 team in the nation.
“It’s a tough balance, timewise, between school, freelancing, and my internship, but I never lose my motivation because I just love what I do,” Mallett said.
While his post-graduation plans are still up in the air, Mallett said he’s had several offers and is in “a good spot.” He says he is lucky that with all the freelance work he is doing, he’s not under any pressure to land a full-time job, mainly because he’s already putting full-time hours in already.
While it’s still only March, he feels a big opportunity with a college or pro team in the next couple of years is a real possibility.
Bet on it.