Andrea Sanchez-Sarmiento

• Conduct daily outreach utilizing cold calling and email blasts; scout for new talent • Write one sheets to pitch contestants to producers • Interview potential contestants via phone and various video conferencing programs • Ensure cast members were vetted and cleared for production • Serve as Casting Wrangler on set for ‘The Hustler’ during production.

Conducted daily outreach utilizing cold calling, email blasts, social media; scouted for new talent. Interviewed potential contestants via phone and various video conferencing programs. Booked contestants with producers. Tested music knowledge of potential contestants. Ensure cast members were vetted and cleared for production.

• Maintained PPE inventory and equipment to adhere to covid related restrictions. • Applied and filed for all LLC related paperwork including permits and licenses. • Coordinated communications and maintained calendars/booking for producers/artists for studio time. • Designed press kits, posters and coordinated productions for marketing outreach. • Greeted artists upon arrival and acted as IT / liaison for all studio activity.

• Maintained inventory and directed operations for monthly assembly and outreach to distribute toiletry kits to houseless individuals in Skid Row. • Obtained and managed inventory of food market products for weekly bodega events providing groceries to those in need during Covid. • Coordinated communications, tracked and followed up on requests and managed those of immediate attention. • Designed and created brochures and pamphlets for fundraising and awareness purposes. • Provided photography/videography for social media accounts during events.

• Wrote and curated social media content for non-profit mental health recovery website. • Assisted with creative development and coordination during fundraising campaigns. • Produced and edited video for weekly advocate interviews. • Assisted in managing social media accounts via Hootsuite.

• Developed and managed social media accounts; executed live campaigns at annual film acquisition screening. • Managed heavy phone and email communication; coordinated meetings and sessions between talent agencies, managers and production. • Provided general office management support to filmmaker Ava Duvernay and the Executive Director. • Developed and managed social media accounts; executed live campaigns at annual film acquisition screenings. • Distributed screeners and press materials for international film festivals and maintained internal press files.

• Handled all travel paperwork for Fiat international commercial. • Drafted Itineraries; filled out applications for visas and passports for the production team. • Ensured that staff had required vaccinations and documents. • Ordered and picked up meals, ordered supplies.