Akira Cross

Found and locked locations. Dealt with Talent one on one. Booked Gear. Handled Appearance Releases, Purchase Orders, W9's, COI's, Bala Entry, Permits, Invoices etc. Created Call Sheets. Handled and distributed payroll. Hired and delegated PA tasks/duties. Assisted EIC, Executive Producer and Producers.

Found potential cast members. Scheduled, shot and conducted on camera interviews. Wrote cast bio's for cast electronic packages. Communicated with talent on a daily basis. Ingested footage from SD cards to laptop. Carefully transferred footage to individual backup drives. Sent drives overnight to head office for quick turn around/edits.

• Found investors and contributed funds to the project. • Savvy in finding sponsors. • Watched cuts and sat in editing sessions to give specific notes. • Built and maintained relationships with company owners. • Communicated with Production Manger to ensure no overages. • Conducted meetings with Cast Members/ Management Team when necessary.

• Created Call Sheets/Schedules. • Coordinated Payroll (Start/Close, Crew Deal Memo’s, etc.) • Coordinated with Talent for BET Awards 13 rehearsals. • Disbursed and tracked Petty Cash. • Hired P.A.’S.

• Scouted potential locations for Reunion Special. • Initiated and maintained correspondence with locations, made negotiations for agreements • Booked Travel, Hotel and Car Service for Talent • Disbursed and tracked Petty Cash. • Coordinated Payroll • Acquired Permits for Filming Locations. • Tracked on-site costs. • Delegated tasks for Production Assistants

• Scouted & took photos of potential locations for filming. • Created daily shoot schedules. • Contributed useful material for story. • Uploaded Outlines, Charts, Releases etc. to Dropbox. • Relayed Story Beats to Cast Members on set. • Organized a live musical theater event entitled “What Would Divas Do?”

• Coordinated Payroll (start/close, crew deal, etc.) • Oversaw Red Carpet to ensure Talent interviews ran smoothly. • Disbursed and tracked Petty Cash. • Hired P.A.’S.

• Worked closely with Producers. • Worked closely with Talent. • Responsible for attaining required permits. • Scouted potential shoot locations • Created Call Sheets/Schedule • Initiated and maintained correspondence with Vendors. • Disbursed and tracked Petty Cash. • Coordinated ENG shoots: Booked gear, Crew, PA’s (all aspects associated with shoots, coordinated logistics) • Coordinated Payroll

• Worked closely with Line Producer. • Responsible for Appearance Release process from start to finish. Made sure releases were properly identifiable, Scanned electronic copies for easy accessibility/backup. • Created Call Sheets/SchedulesProduction/Post Calendar • Booked Travel/Hotel/Car Service for Crew. • Disbursed and Tracked Petty Cash. • Acquired Permits for Filming Locations.

• Coordinated ENG shoots: Booked gear, Crew, PA’s (all aspects associated with shoots, coordinated logistics with crew.) • Tracked on-site costs. • Created Call Sheets. • Managed Shipping. • Ensured that Production/Crew were informed of any updates/changes to schedule. • Coordinated Payroll (start/close, crew deal, etc.) • Responsible for Production Reports/ Shot Tapes

• Created work in progress grids. • Responsible in attaining required permits. • Created Check Requests, Purchase Orders, Etc. • In charge of hiring Production Assistants. • Responsible for equipment rental. • Kept track of all legal documentation. • Created and maintained Call Sheets. • Initiated and maintained correspondence with Vendors. • Monitored acquisition of Legal Releases

• Scouted potential locations for shoot. • Created video concepts and overall look of video.

• Kept track of Appearance Releases. • Maintained and updated production work in progress charts. • Monitored acquisition of legal releases. • Assisted with travel for crew, gear and production supplies. • Processed invoices and followed up with Accounting Department. • Initiated and maintained correspondence with Vendors. • In charge of hiring Production Assistants.

• Used the Avid system to scrub through hours of footage and strung clips together for Story Producers. • Searched for clips and purchased Stock Footage. • Went through Shot Tapes and filled in show Addlot. • Initiated and maintained correspondence with Vendors. • Created and maintained Post Grid (Time Code/Scene/Clip etc.)