Artia Thomas

*Covid Shut down production in 2020, restarted shooting in 5/2022 Executive Producer and Show Runner for a docu-series all about Houston TX. The show highlights the music, arts, sports, and cultural scenes within the Houston city limits. Currently filming Season 1.

• Write and Produce Web Content for Hellobeautiful.com with Walmart as a featured client • Manage crew and wrangle talent • Showcased products featured by the Client • Manage Budget and field logistics

Plan and execute special segments interviews and stories that will appeal to the audience Research all local and national news that should be shared with the public each day Write and edit scripts for newscast Oversee and create daily evening news rundowns Assist on-location broadcasters in plans for live broadcast such as determining location interviews clips to be shown etc. Review all video and scripts, and make sure they are edited with quality and accuracy Followed legal rules and FCC regulations for broadcast television.

• Simultaneously manage twenty plus programs in development and production at any time including original drama ($26M total) • Coordinate with digital, marketing, education and distribution teams to ensure their needs are represented in the life cycle of a program • Liaison with the Business/Legal teams with creating and negotiating deal terms for contracts • Estimate, negotiate and agree budgets and timescales with PBS and outside production companies • Re-negotiate timescales or schedules as necessary • Ensure timely and accurate budgeting and invoicing processes • Precise attention to detail with methodical approach to work

Supervised and streamlined all project management for multiplle multi-platform campaigns from inception- final delivery, Ensure projects come in within deadline and budget. Scouted and secured city permits for shoot locations. Coordinated talent & Crew travel. Oversee project schedules, including pre-production, production and post-production stages, booked extras, supervised production and engineering staff.