Summary

Whitney, a Producer, based in Los Angeles, has 1 Producer credit and 2 SVP of Development credits, and has been a member since 2013.

Credits

5/15 – 1/16

Producer Apothecarry Brands

YouTube — Digital Details
5/15 – 1/16

Produced, budgeted, casted and supervised the edit on a slate of introductory product videos

6/09 – 6/15

SVP of Development

Staff Position — Mike Mathis Productions Details
6/09 – 6/15

o Independently controls all creative development. Creates and generate formats, reaching out to the producing community to solicit pitches, writing proposals and pitching shows to buyers as the sole development executive. o As development head, identified and developed the Judge Mathis productions brand as it pertains to new project development, and led cross-functional team that developed 5 shows picked up internally – a net increase of 500% a success rate that prompted a promotion from VP to SVP. o Budget, script, produce and provide feedback and insight on all demos and sales reels. Reduced costs of in-house sizzle reels by 45% by developing a process to better utilize internal resources. o Worked closely with Business Affairs to adopt and design a streamlined system for optioning nonfiction projects. o Successful in pinpointing rising talent to develop for future programming thru nesting and other avenues of raising their consumer market awareness. o Identified and gained access to high Q score talent for daytime series development through my relationships at talent and management companies as demonstrated by our successful signing of Keke Palmer to a talk show holding deal. Skilled in working closely with top tier/difficult talent to develop programming. o Development highlights include “Just Keke” talk show and “The Mathis Project,” both for BET and picked up to series, “The Judge Mathis Show” (scripted comedy) bought by FOX and “Keke” slated for syndication fall ’16. o Recognized success in building partnerships with, and gaining commitments from reluctant or hard to access government agencies and other organizations as exhibited by our partnerships with US Navy, Wayne County Prison System, and Friends Outside LA, amongst others.

8/14 – 12/14

SVP of Development Just Keke (Season 1)

BET — TV — Mike Mathis Productions Details
8/14 – 12/14

Developed the show, pitched and sold, gave active notes throughout production

3/11 – 2/12

VP of Development The Mathis Project (Season 1)

BET — TV — Mike Mathis Productions Details
3/11 – 2/12

Developed, pitched and sold the project, helped gain access to police dept, cast, gave notes etc.

3/08 – 3/09

Director of Development

Staff Position — GRB Entertainment Details
3/08 – 3/09

o Hired by Curt Northrup, SVP of Development, to manage creative development. Researched, created and generated formats, wrote proposals and pitched shows to buyers. Highly experienced in writing paper formats and fleshing out competitive formats as evidenced by developing “Pick Ups and Hook-Ups” that was bought by CMT. o Created relationships with, and took pitches from, producers and agencies, building lasting partnerships with various talent and companies as demonstrated by the fact we optioned 17 outside projects in a 9 month period. o Acquired overseas formats to develop for the US market. o Responsible for scripting, producing and giving notes on presentation demos and sales reels, as well as hiring editors and production staff to work on projects. o Successfully developed shows for corporations to specifically meet their product placement needs in an organic way as evidenced by development deal with Betty Crocker. o One of two executives charged with re-conceptualizing and revamping

6/06 – 3/08

Director of Development

Staff Position — Base Camp Films Details
6/06 – 3/08

o Generated and developed various non-fiction pitch proposals for presentation to major networks, producing and editing presentation demos, managing creative relationships, charting market trends, creating show bibles, budgets and other deliverables for network development deals, and giving/addressing network notes on pilots. o Key member of the development team of “Six Degrees of X” an innovative big budget adventure race reality show piloted for Sony Pictures Television Intl. o Forward-thinking producer as evidenced by work on development team for “World Wide Web Games” tournament special for GSN, which was the first casual gamer competition ever broadcast. o Fostered relationships with agents and agencies in order to build partnerships with various talent/companies.

1/07 – 9/07

Story Producer (Lead) Six Degrees Of X (Pilot)

TV — Base Camp Films
1/07 – 9/07
2/07 – 7/07

Associate Producer College Hoops 2K8

College Hoops 2K8 — Digital — Base Camp Films Details
2/07 – 7/07

Script writing, working with talent, production budget and schedule, equipment rental

Recos

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Education

Class of '03

Loyola Marymount University

MFA/Film Production
Class of '00

Michigan State University

BA/Theater, Broadcast Journalism
Class of '96

Creston High School

Diploma/

Skills

  • Producing
  • Reality
  • Television
  • Directing
  • Editing
  • Broadcast
  • Creative Direction
  • Digital Media
  • Film Production
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Casting
  • Final Draft
  • Screenwriting
  • Development
  • Short Films
  • Programming
  • Story Producing
  • Cable Television
  • Alternative
  • Syndication
  • Syndications