Summary

Experienced casting & development producer with proven track record. Has developed original content for broadcast and digital media partners. Professional presentation decks & materials. Strong talent, production and project management background.

Credits

7/19 – 7/20

Director of Development

Staff Position — Original Productions Details
7/19 – 7/20

Generate ideas, identify IPs, sign talent, write treatments, design presentation decks and show bibles, produce sales sizzles, collaborate with third party partners, field outside pitches, pitch networks.

1/19 – 3/19

Producer BiasSync

Digital — Corporate — Topspin Content - Ruiz Strategies Details
1/19 – 3/19

Produced multiple re-enactment and hidden camera segments for corporate digital app. Booked a wide range of actors and real people for various segments about Racial & Gender Bias for employee compliance training.

12/18 – 3/19

Talent Producer Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Season 6)

The CW — TV — 117 Productions
12/18 – 3/19
3/17 – 6/18

Director of Development

Staff Position — Topspin Content Details
3/17 – 6/18

Staff development and casting for male-skewing series, pilots, and specials. Managed talent, and outside producers. Conducted talent interviews and screened potential talent for development. Cut casting reels, wrote bios, and pitched talent to internal and network execs. Managed development slate and projects.

1/15 – 2/17

Talent Producer (Magic Competition Seasons 2-5) Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Season 5)

The CW — TV — 117 Productions Details
1/15 – 2/17

Booked 240 solo, duo, and kid magician acts for seasons 2-5 of prime time magic competition show airing on The CW. Fielded thousands of online submissions, organized auditions in various cities. Work with talent to get their acts show ready. Talent Liaison for production. Supervised talent flow for show and rehearsals.

9/14 – 12/16

Supervising Casting Producer (Series and Development)

Staff Position — Discovery Studios Details
9/14 – 12/16

Series and development casting for unscripted and scripted projects. Hired and managed casting departments including recruiters, associates, and producers. Sourced, screened, interviewed, cut reels, and pitched talent for development and series. Experience with talent contracts, risk management, payroll, talent management, and scheduling.

12/11 – 1/14

VP of Development (Head of Talent)

Staff Position — JOHN DOE MEDIA Details
12/11 – 1/14

Head of unscripted development and casting. Wrote treatments and built presentation decks for all company development. Produced sizzles, pilots, and series. Sold series to Bravo and TLC. Secured network presentation deals from Oxygen, Bravo, MTV, Fuse, HGTV, and WEtv. SHOWS: Married To Medicine, Bravo - Original Casting & Development Thicker Than Water, Bravo - Co-Creator, EP Totally T-Boz, TLC - Co-Creator, EP Sheffield Real Estate, FYI - Original Casting & Development

7/12 – 10/12

Executive Producer (EP) Totally T-Boz (Season 1)

TLC — TV — John Doe Entertainment
7/12 – 10/12

Recos

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Education

Iona College, New Rochelle NY

Communication Media

Skills

  • Post Production
  • Editing
  • Casting
  • Field Production
  • Development
  • Comedy
  • Interviews
  • Project Management
  • story
  • Shooting
  • scripted
  • sizzles
  • Unscripted
  • Pitch Decks
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • string outs
  • Staffing
  • treatments
  • Competitions
  • Telent Management