Jennifer Sommers

• Managed the development, creation and implementation of social action campaigns for Participant Media focusing on film primarily, and across platforms to help create sustainable social change. • Worked on: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), CITIZENFOUR (2014), The Internet’s Own Boy (2014), Ivory Tower (2014), The Look of Silence (2015), Malala (2015), Merchants of Doubt (2015)

• For the Sundance Institute, liaised with corporate sponsors including Sony, CNN Films, Warner Bros., IDA and UTA on their annual commitments to the Institute, struck up new partnerships and secured new funds. • First point of contact for visiting international film teams to the Sundance Filmmaker and Theatre Labs including teams from developing countries such as Rwanda and Burundi, speaking in French. • First point of contact for film companies at the American Film Market (AFM), including for Lionsgate, Relativity Media and Magnolia Pictures, on their AFM experience: confirmed full details with visiting film company representatives and guests in advance, liaised with each market, conference and screening venue, welcomed companies on arrival. Utilized French and Spanish skills. Film companies provided excellent feedback. • Coordinated the design of all industry marketing, event and partnership materials for the AFM and Sundance.

• Develop awareness campaign, outreach and festival strategies for independent filmmakers, cultivate mutually beneficial partnerships, establish effective marketing strategies, event production, cause-marketing partnerships and fundraising. • Help filmmakers to clarify and achieve their engagement objectives, extend the life of their films, and reach an international audience through film festivals, community screenings, partnerships and social media. • Worked on: Project Wild Thing (2012), Faster! (2012), Under One Roof (2012), Searching for Venice (2012), Sugar Babies (2013), Phil’s Camino (2015), Gurukulam (2016), SOLD (2016)