Kimberly Austin

Responsible for overseeing travel and logistics for crews shooting around the world. Helped reconcile the budget; Processed and accounted for crew and vender invoices, administered and accounted for all credit card purchases made for the show, prepared daily reports of all expendatures.

Supervised staff of 20+ Segment, Story and Field Producers plus other staff: Supervised all story content and shooting schedules from pitch through delivery; Supervised VO sessions; Served as a main contact for network executives, Pitched all stories and experts to the network, Supervised clearance and production departments for budget and schedule.

Supervised staff of 20+ Segment, Story and Field Producers plus other staff: Supervised all story content and shooting schedules from pitch through delivery; Supervised VO sessions; Served as a main contact for network executives, Pitched all stories and experts to the network, Supervised clearance and production departments for budget and schedule.

Produced ¼ of the stories on a staff of 7; Found, developed, booked, and preinterviewed subjects for stories shot around the world, Wrote questions and shot lists, Gathered supporting elements, Responsible for maintaining accuracy from inception to delivery, Created shoot sheets and story information templates put into use by all Story Producers.

Managed acquired footage budget and supervised clearance coordinator; Created tape database and footage tracking systems, Served as contact for CMT website producers and saw to it that they had original content, Found, screened and pitched footage from individuals and companies internationally; Booked, preinterviewed and set up shoots; Managed office staff.

Pitched, developed, booked, wrote and produced 1/3 of all episodes; Rehearsed guests and talent prior to shooting on set; Stepped out needle crafting projects for live-to-tape demonstration/how-to show; Assisted Supervising Producer in rewriting other producer’s scripts.

Responsible for creating, booking and producing content in the field with the families to make them over, physically and emotionally while their house was being rebuilt; Conducted both OTF and sit-down interviews with family to get their reactions to each day’s activities as well as their final house reveal.

Supervised a 3 camera crew of 20+ people in the field; Responsible for finding, developing, and following all elements of show content as well as logistics for shooting; Directed host and expert talent; Conducted OTF and sit-down interviews with homeowners, host and experts; Created daily shooting schedules.

Found, pitched, developed and set up shoots for stories on health related issues across the country, Found real people willing to be interviewed to give a face to each of the health issues discussed; Followed stories through post to maintain content and accuracy.

Created, booked and field produced activities and challenges for engaged couples to test their readiness for marriage; Conducted OTF interviews to get reactions from couple as well as friends and family to events during shooting.

Created, pitched, booked and produced how-to/demonstrations on a variety of home related topics; Prepped and rehearsed guests and host for segments done live-to-tape.

Researched, pitched, booked and pre-produced stories on missing persons and unsolved crimes.

Developed, pitched, booked and field produced content for show on beauty in our culture; Set up hidden camera shoots to test theories of how people react differently to pretty vs. plain people; Interviewed well known people in entertainment, business and culture; Cleared acquired footage and managed the budget for same.

Managed acquired footage budget for feature film clips and archival footage; Found, licensed and cleared feature film clips and archival materials; Researched burlesque and provided information to the writer/producer.

Found, booked, and pre-produced real people doing activities from the book “101 Things To Do Before You Die”; Found and licensed acquired footage to cover the rest

Found, pitched, booked and pre-produced on average 2 stories per week; responsible for maintaining story content and accuracy through delivery; Wrote several stories.

Booked, preinterviewed, and prepped small claims litigants to appear before Judge Wapner; Prepared write ups for the Judge on each case; Produced stories on the floor during taping; Conducted post judgment interviews with litigants.

Created, wrote and produced live an average of 15-20 segments per week featuring cooking, crafts, decorating, celebrity interviews, health, home improvement, collectables, gardening etc; Created hundreds of games played on camera with hosts and celebrity guests including, singing, obstacle courses, trivia, cooking, charades, crafts and more.

Found, interviewed and booked families to appear on game show; Made sure families had evenly matched team members; Supervised families during taping.