Alesia Batiste

Assisted Production Team with Casting and Event execution

• Assist B.E.T. Corporate Communications staff with executing duties • Escorting and slotting media outlets on red carpet • Escort talent celebrity on red carpet ensuring that they receive media coverage from various media outlets • Media outlet check in

• Planned, coordinated, and executed projects event • Assembling vendors and team leads for daily meetings • Managed day to day operations • Reviewed and approved all contractual agreements • Budget management • Disseminated tasks and responsibilities to staff and interns • Devised intricate detailed timelines for all vendor participants • Lead with negotiations for space contracts and book event space, arrange food and beverage, order supplies and audiovisual equipment, make travel arrangements, order event supplies, and ensure appropriate components are in place to meet the quality expectations of the client. In charge of planning and fully executing various events. Conduct research, make site visits, and find resources to help clients make decisions about event possibilities. • Assist with preparing budgets and provide periodic progress reports to clients for each event. • Keep track of event finances including check requests, invoicing, and reporting.

• Collaborated with Directors/Producers to create breakdowns notices for characters and scheduling qualified actors for auditions • Created extras casting training manual and new employee manual • Casting Extras for feature films • Set Wrangler to ensure all actors are checked in when arriving on set working directly with the 2nd AD’s • Prepared audition sheet and script excerpts • Child Permit Coordinator • Recording auditions/reading script with talent • Scheduled audition appointments and callbacks • Contacted agents • Prepared and review headshot and resumes • Ensured that all audition sessions run smoothly • Scouted for talent for principal and background extras roles • Managed social media site for WSA Casting • Disseminated tasks to casting assistants and interns • Developed Policy and Procedures and Staff/Intern Training Manual

Extras Casting Assistant

• Prepare casting call sheets and script excerpts • Recording auditions/reading script with talent for auditions • Scheduling audition appointments and callbacks • Contacting agents • Prepare and review headshots/resumes • Ensures that all sessions run smoothly • Scouting for talent Managing social media sites Booking talent for wardrobe fittings and scheduling for production shoots

� Assist backstage production managers � Organizing setup in preparation for celebrity interviews/Organizing fan and celebrity meet/greets � Greeting talent upon arrival/shadowing talent on-site � Escorting talent to/from dressing room and VIP Hospitality � Escorting talent to/from stage, escorting talent to/from book signing, and to transportation � Runner � Data entry

Assisted with all principal casting duties

• Personal Assistant to CEO • Secured celebrity interviews in Atlanta for African TV Network Show based out of Africa airing to 60 million viewers • Assisted production team by providing assistance on set during live tapings • Providing relevant content to Production Engineers for placement • Utilized social interaction sites for clients exposure

• Attending all scheduled PR meetings • Assist BET Corporate Communications Staff • Assist with setup of the CENTRIC Soul Train Awards 2012 red carpet • Escort and slotting media outlets on the CENTRIC Soul Train Awards 2012 red carpet • Escort celebrity talent on Centric Soul Train awards red carpet

• Attending all scheduled PR meetings • Assist BET Corporate Communications Staff • Assist with setup of the CENTRIC Soul Train Awards 2012 red carpet • Escort and slotting media outlets on the CENTRIC Soul Train Awards 2012 red carpet • Escort celebrity talent on Centric Soul Train awards red carpet

• Assist B.E.T. Corporate Communications staff with executing duties • Escorting and slotting media outlets on red carpet • Escort talent celebrity on red carpet ensuring that they receive media coverage from various media outlets • Assisted with media outlet check in

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