Nick Birren

• Leads team to produce weekly one-hour talk show • Co-produced the 1,000th episode and Season 7 premiere • P2P relationship development with A-list talent, publicists, and medical experts. • Creatively develops and coordinates logistics for field shoots • Operates a strict budget • Writes teases, headlines, scripts, and title graphics, and additional web-info

• Generated advertising “trade outs” with small and big businesses for cross promotion. • Only Producer on staff to independently shoot, edit, and produce pretaped video packages. • Fostered long-term relationships with publicists, talent managers, and on-air talent. • Wrote scripts, teases, title graphics, and additional web-info on daily basis.

• First television crew ever to be allowed exclusive access to document Ms. Winfrey’s private life. • Directly liaised with Ms. Winfrey & her Chief of Staff to coordinate production schedule. • Contributed in writing questions and conducting personal interviews of Ms. Winfrey. • Negotiated with production houses to maintain our show budget.

• Solely responsible for creating the Employee Pitch Program for employees to pitch ideas to executives. • Managed department assistants by creating office systems and structure to support executives. • Directly assisted the Chief Creative Officer with managing her office, schedule, and contacts. • Dealt with C-level executives and their offices on daily basis.

• Created a tracking database of upcoming television and film writers. • Maintained a department database of actor’s headshots, résumé’s and demo reels. • Independently read scripts and supplied creative notes to department executives • Taped and edited DVD sizzle reels of actor test sessions. • Coordinated pitch meetings for two Vice-Presidents

• Created a tracking database of upcoming television and film writers. • Independently read scripts and supplied creative notes to department executives • Taped, edited and created DVD sizzle reels of actor test sessions. • Worked with Legal Affairs in creating deal memos for writers, producers, and actors. • Coordinated pitch meetings for two Vice-Presidents

- Interviewed A-list writers, directors, and producers for the weekly on-line articles - Attended press junkets and events to cover the making of Hollywood studio films