Summary

Emmy award-winning producer with 10 years of experience in documentary, reality, food, science, and lifestyle television seeking further opportunities to craft compelling stories in pre-production, field, and post.

Credits

5/15 – 8/15

Story Producer Love at First Swipe (Season 1)

TLC — TV — Jane Street Entertainment Details
5/15 – 8/15

Guided story arc in edit and compiled Avid string outs for multiple episodes of a new TLC show starring Clinton Kelly (of What Not To Wear) about dating profile makeovers.

11/14 – 5/15

Producer (Field and Story) True Life Update 2015

MTV — TV — Gigantic! Productions Details
11/14 – 5/15

Overseeing "True Life: Checkups and Check-ins," an update special of memorable health stories from past True Life episodes from pre-production through picture lock. Responsibilities include coordinating shoots, writing beats and interview questions, field producing, scripting, stringing out footage, managing post schedule and edit, and getting episode to picture lock.

7/14 – 11/14

Story Producer Rewrapped (Season 2)

Food Network — TV — BSTV Entertainment Details
7/14 – 11/14

Scripted episodes and produced edits for food competition show about chefs attempting to recreate and innovate popular American snack foods.

7/14 – 7/14

Story Producer Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word

MTV — TV — Gigantic! Productions Details
7/14 – 7/14

Post-produced, field produced, and wrote narration for Emmy-award-winning special about transgender youth.

4/14 – 7/14

Field Producer Who's Lived in My House? (Season 2)

HGTV — TV — BSTV Entertainment Details
4/14 – 7/14

Directed talent and crew on homeowner tours of houses with unique pasts. Conducted interviews. Wrote beat sheets and interview questions. Scripted segments and crafted story for post.

11/13 – 3/14

Senior Producer (Multimedia content)

Advertising — Switchblade Entertainment Details
11/13 – 3/14

Lead team responsible for producing and editing dynamic multimedia content for online and retail. Worked on branding and content initiatives for major entertainment franchises like Smurfs 2, Skyfall, One Direction, J.K. Rowling's Pottermore, etc.

9/13 – 11/13

Story Producer Mustang Millionaire

Nat Geo Wild — TV — Lincoln Square Productions Details
9/13 – 11/13

Produced story for 3 one-hour long episodes of a miniseries about horse trainers taming and preparing wild mustangs for competition. Edited stringouts. Scripted VO. Managed multiple edits.

6/13 – 8/13

Producer My Super Sweet 16 Most Massive Meltdowns

MTV — TV — MTV Networks (Viacom) Details
6/13 – 8/13

Wrote and produced two five-hour-long countdown specials of 20 past My Super Sweet Sixteen episodes, called “Most Massive Meltdowns” and “Blingest Bash 1 Rescore."

Recos

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Education

Class of '05

Kent State University

Bachelor of Science

Skills

  • Reality
  • AVID Media Composer
  • Editing
  • voice over
  • Content Strategy
  • Digital Media
  • Entertainment
  • Final Cut Pro
  • New Media
  • Social Media
  • Video
  • docu-series
  • Marketing
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Digital Strategy
  • Lifestyle Television