Jessica Singer

Production Assistant for factual programming, sizzle reels, sources talent and locations, concept creation, handles releases for footage, story editing, writing and filming field interviews, briefing candidates, consulting with Production Company for format and option agreements, wrangling talent, arranging schedules, traveling and shooting on location in the south.

Head of casting department, built stories with writing team, wrote 'one sheets', scouted couples, screened their relationship, booked candidates for high stakes prime time network factual hidden camera show. Met weekly with Showrunner, pitched to network Executives, answered heavy questions, handled drama effectively. Talent Wrangler and designated talent point person for shoot date, assisted Showrunner and Directors on set with talent clearance, stayed on intense time sensitive schedule, and handled releases.

Created and wrote Talent stories, prepared casting research strategy, led casting street team, briefed daily crew, scouted real couples for niche hidden camera and competition elemented factual prime time network show. Pitched talent to Showrunner and Execs, Assistant Talent Wrangler on set, assisted Field Producer for tech and shoot days, discussed releases and answered talent questions, ensured releases were completed for footage clearance, delegated tasks to various departments, first point of contact for filming and time sensitive scenes.

Designed media & research content, edited U.K. story format for U.S. & Canadian broadcast, reviewed releases with agents and talent, supervised release agreements for Production Manager, screened and presented candidates, conducted and shot interviews, traveled on location, supervised daily assistants, coordinated schedules for Executives

Selected and booked talent for 1000+ international television, digital, and print campaigns, scheduled actors for auditions, tracked and presented talent releases to production, auditioned and booked 'real candidates', supervised crew for location auditions