Melissa Lyman

Collaborate with filmmakers, creative executives, production teams, and finance during pre/post-production. Manage and oversee production schedules for VFX, animation, and motion graphics teams. Analyze the scope of work, created VFX breakdowns, and bidding packages. Ensure show tracking, daily targets, deadlines, budget, and deliverables. Hire VFX and animation teams, recruit artists and vendors while overseeing contract negotiations. • Demonstrated initiative by implementing Shotgun tracking software that increased workflow by 30% allowing the team to meet and in some cases, re-assign deadlines – all in real-time, to track all work. • Supervised and produced VFX and animation projects: Muppets Now, Muppet Babies Playdates, 1982, Wildcat, Body at Brighton Rock, Flesh & Blood. • Produced and managed animation toolkits for Disney and Pixar: Soul, Onward, Frozen 2, Toy Story 4, Lion King, Incredibles 2, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Dumbo, and Christopher Robin. • Produced and managed designs/motion graphics for studio creative content, and digital signage for studios: Disney Channel, Disney Animation, Pixar, Dolby, Netflix, All Things Comedy, and Soapbox Features.

Managed and oversaw editorial, DMP, comp, roto, and paint departments for feature projects, artists, coordinators, and process to deliver shows on time and on budget. • Managed projects: Black Panther, Justice League of America, and The Meg. • Managed large VFX teams 30+ in-house artists and 5+ outsource vendors. • Communicated with multiple studio locations. • Oversaw department schedules, assist in dailies, and meetings across multiple projects until show wrapped.

Constructed the initial schedule of deliverable milestones and dates along with bid and budget. Worked with the supervisory team to assess the creative and original scope needed per project. Lead dailies and managed day-to-day operations of the show within the facility, including production staff and artists. • Produced projects: Alpha, Underworld: Blood Wars (features), and Kong Destination Skull Island (VR Special Project with ILM). • Worked in tandem with the VFX, VR, and department supervisors to foster communication between the facility and the show/client. • Managed VFX teams 15+ in-house artists and outsource vendors. • Helped to motivate the team and keep productivity high and progress going to meet deadlines on projects.

Managed bids, budgets, and schedules and led a team of colorists, editors, VFX artists, and junior producers. Built and maintained client relations with studio executives, creatives and filmmakers at Warner Brothers and Paramount. Supervised client sessions for conforming, color grading, VFX, film & DCP screenings, and audio mixing. • Brought in an additional campaign by delivering stellar finishing work that generated an additional $400k, increasing revenue for 2016. • Produced trailers: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Kubo and The Two Strings, Terminator Genisys, In the Heart of the Sea, Big Eyes, Pan, Godzilla, The Huntsman, Me Before You, and The Chef.

Teamed with Executive Producer (EP) and clients in creating and driving schedules of project assets and deliverables. Organized, scheduled and directed editorial, artistic, technical, and production personnel and managed final QC and finishing on all deliverables. Handled media/video asset management, compressions, converting footage and simple edits. • Showed initiative by visually developing and designing original graphics for content replacing stock footage. FOX preferred the unique designs and was designated as the official graphic designer for each promo.