Rebecca Edmonson

Temp Role: • Rolling calls for CFO of Columbia Pictures • Scheduling and follow-up on internal and external meetings in Outlook • Filing and tracking confidential financial documents as needed

• Spearhead market research for inbound property leads and current intellectual property • Collaborate with producers on budgeting and creative proposals for potential touring properties • Compile and distribute daily sales reports to talent and partners from over 100 venues nationwide • Coordinate meetings with content partners such as A&E, Viacom, Henson, Mattel, and Hasbro • External development point of contact for American Girl Live and Bring It! Live Tour

• Inventory system management for tour and headquarters merchandise • Head of insurance policy review and record keeping for 35 tour fleet vehicles • Scheduling and follow-up for service contracts with vendors in 17 different cities • Assist with daily review of financial reports for concessions and merchandise sales • Cross department communications and travel coordination for touring unit of 70 staff members and performers

• Coordinate with over 60 Broadway touring performers and staff as production assistant for Broadway Summer Concert at Millennium Park’s 11,000 person capacity venue • Prepare financial settlement between show and 2,200 seat venue for 2 week engagement of touring production of The Bodyguard at Ford Oriental Theatre • Enforce safety regulations and company policy with over 100 Front of House ushers • Ensure positive relations with patrons attending Hamilton: An American Musical

• Coordinate with group sales, production, and education departments to schedule private, public, and student backstage tours of 3,500 seat Civic Opera building • Analyze and report financial progress for all tours conducted in 2017 – 2018 season • Utilize Tessitura and Microsoft Access to process payments, tour requests, and secure booking details for groups of up to 350 people per day • Create and enforce work schedule for 40 tour guides throughout 8 month season

• Supervise 2,500 person Cirque du Soleil performance and giant cheesecake cutting • Manage 1,300 person Googlepalooza/Tech Talk event for Chicago Public Schools • On site support for DCASE Events such as The Chicago Blues Festival, Taste of Chicago, and other live entertainment city events with approximate attendance of 45,000 people

• Report hours and pay to SAG and producers while shooting on location • Manage team of 37 people and supervise schedule for 3 weeks of filming • Create feature film shooting schedule, scene breakdowns, and daily call sheets • Coordinate newspaper and radio press interviews for independent feature film • Collaborate with producers on location scouting and production meeting coordination