Julius Jean-Baptiste

Responsibilities are to help with story ideas, manage the production and budget, sit in on casting decisions and photoshoots for marketing, and obtain licenses for copyrighted material.

CEO/Founder of JCE Writer and series creator of The Player, responsibilities are to manage the production and creation of the show. Manage the writers room and write episodes with many talented writers in a writer's room-like environment where we break story ideas & Assign scripts to writers. Come on set to manage productions, appear at casting auditions, photoshoots for marketing, & manage the budget among other business and legal operations.

Find film festivals to enter the film into, draft a marketing plan to promote the film, Look for distribution outlets for premiering the film for interested parties involved. Look for vendors to develop the film on streaming platforms or DVD release.

Consultant to the producers of the show who are first time filmmakers helping them go through the process of producing a web series like funding, casting, script development, crew, distribution platforms, licensing and more. Ended with an unofficial producer credit for the show.

Manage the production, publishing, and broadcasting of video content for the Student Events web page. Assisted with additional video work responsibilities such as lighting, editing, and cinematography. Trained and supervised up to 100 Communications students. Students gained the ability to work independently by improving their interpersonal skills and paying strong attention to detail.

Negotiated contracts with vendors and banks, hired crew members, oversea all production budgets for currently aired shows. Developed scripts and oversaw all pitches made to the network for approval. Produced sports and entertainment news for the NBA, NFL, and upcoming celebrity events. Wrote Film and TV recaps of the hottest movies and TV shows on Television.

Lead editor on the project, back up each days takes on 4 different hard drives, and after each day of production is finished, uploaded them onto the computer and organized them into bins so that when Post came around, it would be easier to edit.

Produced, shot, and edited sports and entertainment videos for the networks online journalism website. Worked independently and in collaboration with other Producers/Editors. Delivered a 15% increase in traffic and produced award winning videos from 2012 to 2014.