Summary

14+-yr entertainment & sports professional turned (creative) TV producer. Extensive experience with various genres of reality television as well as some scripted earlier in my career. Seeking Producer-level+ positions in any creative area.

Credits

12/15 – 12/16

Account Director (Microsoft) / Director, Production Strategy

Staff Position — Corbis Entertainment / Branded Entertainment Network
12/15 – 12/16
5/15 – 5/15

Segment Producer The 2015 Billboard Music Awards

ABC — TV — Dick Clark Productions
5/15 – 5/15
3/15 – 4/15

Associate Producer Chevrolet's #BestDayEver

YouTube — Digital — JASH Productions
3/15 – 4/15
5/14 – 7/14

Coordinating Producer The People's Couch (Season 1)

Bravo — TV — all3media america Details
5/14 – 7/14

Oversaw screener acquisitions and pre-production planning for field teams for near real-time weekly show turnaround Oversaw show's Twitter efforts by the end of the show's run

4/14 – 5/14

Producer (Field) The People's Couch (Season 1)

Bravo — TV — all3media america Details
4/14 – 5/14

• Oversaw field team (cast & crew) producing 2 households/week & identified key story points for weekly Post turnaround • Co-produced screener acquisitions & production with Co-EP for weekly show turnaround • Responsibility areas included: talent & crew management; story production & tracking for Post; identifying/pitching/sourcing screeners for weekly show turnaround; writing nightly hot sheets; etc.

9/13 – 4/14

Associate Producer (Field/Story) The People's Couch (Season 1)

Bravo — TV — all3media america Details
9/13 – 4/14

• Part of 2-person field team producing 2 families per week & identifying key story points for weekly Post turnaround • Responsibility areas include: supporting producer in field with talent & crew management, story production & tracking for Post, hot sheets, etc; identifying key story points for Post teams; transcribing live footage in the field; etc.

2/14 – 3/14

Associate Producer Chasing the Cure (Pilot)

ABC — TV — Bunim/Murray Productions Details
2/14 – 3/14

• Part of 2-person team which produced cast for studio-based Network pilot episode • Responsibility areas included: co-producing contestants in-studio; coordinating with various crews (inc. stage managers, wardrobe, hair/makeup) for all cast producing purposes; interviewing contestants during pre-production; writing cast hot sheets, pitch rundowns, & wardrobe looks; etc.

2/14 – 2/14

Associate Producer (Field/Story) The Writers' Room (Season 2)

Sundance — TV — Relativity Media Details
2/14 – 2/14

• Working closely with Executive Producer to identify key story points in the field • Responsibility areas include: story tracking for Post Production teams; transcribing live footage in the field; etc.

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Education

University of Southern California

BS, Business Administration (Marketing)

Skills

  • Avid
  • Post Production
  • Television
  • Video Production
  • Content Strategy
  • Entertainment
  • Event Management
  • Integrated Marketing
  • New Media
  • Social Media
  • Television Production
  • Budgeting
  • Event Planning
  • Live Events
  • Project Management
  • Budgets
  • Broadcast Television
  • Public Relations
  • Creativity
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Outlook
  • Staff Management
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Promotions
  • Marketing
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Special Events
  • Sports Marketing
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Entertainment Industry
  • Branded Entertainment
  • entertainment marketing
  • Event Marketing
  • Creative Content Production
  • Grace Under Pressure
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Client Services
  • Creative thinking
  • building relationships
  • Relationship Development
  • Project Execution
  • Business Relationship Management
  • Multi-task & Handle High-volume Workloads
  • Personnel Supervision
  • Project Implementation
  • Relationship Cultivation
  • Studio Performance
  • Written & Verbal Communication Abilities