Courtney Cortez Robinson

•Pull in photos and footage from third party vendors for Essence magazine documentary series •Source archival from Getty, Shutterstock, Pond 5, Everett and several Stock b roll vendors •Conduct research •Assist Clearance Director with licensing material •Make subclips for editors •Create soft stringouts for Essence

•Pre-interviewed/booked talent and coordinated travel arrangements •Gathered media for post, clearance and recreation teams •Collaborated with legal department to draw up contracts for talent •Created and managed production schedules •Collaborated with network executives to define and propel organization's mission and vision

•Booked talent, scheduled production shoots for seasons 8-12 •Interviewed talent •Pitched new ideas and arranged interviews and acquisition of footage for stories •Reviewed and cleared archival footage and photos •Maintained documentation such as releases and riders •Planned video shoots in studio and remotely by managing production through stages to completion

• Found appropriate stories and ideas for executives •Generated leads through cold calling, networking and social media •Conducted outreach and pre-interviewed potential contestants •Viewed, graded talent submission applications and created one sheets

• Interviewed talent and captured b-roll footage • Attended production meetings and took daily notes •Coordinated with producers to create VOD All access Special for BET Awards

•Coordinated all talent travel needs for talent and producers •Managed Production Assistants •Completed deep research of key topics and filtered according to story development plan •Assisted with editorial direction and content quality for each production •Developed project budgets and managed episodic footage/photos costs