Jamie Kellum

Executive lead responsible for budget negotiation and management of current slate and development pipeline. Oversaw all aspects of production from development through delivery. Responsible for corporate fiscal budget and overheads, company-wide operations, facilities, legal and HR. Oversaw USA staffing and production hires including finance and post-production heads. Responsible for increasing company revenues and expanding Love USA’s offices, post-production facility and offerings. Evaluated all new business ventures and corporate procedure and policies including corporate and production insurance policies and worked with EIC’s/LP’s to mitigate production risks. Liaison for all production and corporate legal needs and worked closely with outside legal firm to facilitate. Collaborated with all internal depart-mental heads to maximize company resources, overdeliver on production value and kept all projects on track for delivery. Worked directly and closely with all networks and clients to deliver a wide variety of content filmed across the globe for worldwide release.

Hired on a project basis for production planning and consulting which includes budgeting and scheduling of unscripted and scripted TV series and films. Review all creative for production viability, risk/safety, operations and camera planning.

Responsible for bidding and producing live action commercials and implementing all aspects of production while overseeing all creative and technical execution in order to meet Agency's objectives. Oversaw the booking, negotiating and hiring of all cast, key crew and personnel and vendors. Managed workflow and schedules in order to meet tight deliveries and acted as executive lead on location for all shoot days.

Oversaw production and post workflow and creative from pitch to delivery with a team of designated designers, motion graphics designers, game capturers, animators, composers, VO artists, sound designers, copywriters, storyboard artists and editors. Orchestrated all graphics and language localization for worldwide distribution while ensuring customizations for specific digital platforms were met.

Executive lead responsible for the oversight, management and budget negotiation of programs on Discovery Channel and TLC. Maintained a high-volume project workload while overseeing a production management team, their programs and workloads. Collaborated with network executive producers, general mangers and programmers to develop programs, oversaw production and risk management while strategically maximizing resources. Worked closely with all internal departmental heads including, development, production, talent, programming, digital and business and legal affairs. Oversaw projects from development through delivery and partnered with outside producers across the globe to produce content on every continent.

Established Love Productions USA in Los Angeles for UK based company. Set up infrastructure, hired personnel, headed up all operations and oversaw the “Kidnapped by the Kids” series for Own.

Collaborated with founders in the launch of cross platform Media Company including the "Ruby's Studio" programs which included live action and animation, digital offerings, music, books and toys. Managed workflow and delivery of a team of international animators, artists and VO talent.

Set up infrastructure, hired personnel, headed up all operations and oversaw the “Surviving Disaster” series produced for Spike TV, for UK based company during Shed Media merger.

Handled all EIC duties and oversaw the “Take Home Nanny” series produced for TLC.

Bid on all jobs filming worldwide and managed a roster of directors, oversaw all productions and staff/key personnel.

Oversaw all productions and company-wide operations. Responsible for budget negotiation and prep on all domestic and international projects. Managed direct reports, key personnel, fixers, and a roster of directors. Collaborated with creative teams, managed multiple CGI house partnerships and maintained positive relationships with all company vendors. Reviewed and audited all deliverables and wrap books, approved payroll across all productions and managed company fiscal budget.