Served as a contracted staff writer for Jumpcut Studios in Los Angeles. Pitched, researched, outlined and wrote cinematic, comedic courses for their platform, Jumpcut Academy. Used my comedy experience to develop captivating courses geared towards their online audience. I also collaborated with their content team on future courses and other creative ways to drive their users to their platform.
Summary
7 years in writing experience for companies like AwesomenessTV, Jumpcut Studios, Papercut Films & The Second City. I have written on projects with over 100,000+ views & featured on HuffPo, at Mountainfilm in Telluride, Funny Or Die, LAist & LA Weekly.
Credits
9/16 – 10/16
Writer – Jumpcut Academy
jumpcut.com — Digital — JumpCut Studios Details
9/16 – 10/16
7/15 – 7/16
Head Writer – After Dark with Julian Clark (Season 1)
Internet — TV — First Cup Entertainment Details
7/15 – 7/16
Head writer of late night sketch show taped live before a studio audience at The Second City in Hollywood. Episodes are streamed on Amazon Video and show is broadcasted through an exclusive partnership with iTunes Podcasts. I manage a writer's room of 20+ writers. In addition to writing content for the live show AND our channel, I also lead the pitching, developing and writing of branded content for the producing company, First Cup Entertainment. Lastly, because we have celebrities join us as special guests, I have had the opportunity to work with some of the top PR and management companies in the country in order to create content that is suitable for their clients' brands.
7/15 – 7/16
Executive Producer (EP) – First Cup Entertainment
Digital — First Cup Entertainment Details
7/15 – 7/16
Founder and Executive Producer of First Cup Entertainment. Production company behind After Dark with Julian Clark and production company creating branded content for companies like Amazon, iTunes, Spreaker, Adore.FM, Golden Road Brewing, The Second City, Game Fly and Loot Crate.
12/15 – 12/15
Writer – Hot Lunch @ The Comedy Central Stages
Live/Special Event — Comedy Central Productions Details
12/15 – 12/15
iO West sketch ensemble that staged a pilot presentation at The Comedy Central Stages in Los Angeles. Directed by WB's Wabbit staff writer, Rob Janas. Material was tested at NY Sketch Festival earlier in 2015.
1/15 – 4/15
Head Writer – Awesomenesstv
Awesomeness TV — Digital — AwesomenessTV Details
1/15 – 4/15
Hired by digital production company 705 Hollywood to develop and write an SNL-style sketch show for AwesomenessTV and their online audience. Served as creator and co-head writer during the entire development and production process, including: pitch proposal, network feedback, writing of pilot, outlining of the next three episodes, casting and collaborating on ideal guests. Took extensive feedback from executives at AwesomenessTV and implemented those notes when writing and casting.
1/11 – 6/11
Writer – Counterspill.org
papercutfilms.com — Digital — Papercut Films Details
1/11 – 6/11
Hired by Papercut Films to develop and write a series of comedic, digital shorts for their project, Counterspill.org, a multi-company collaboration to draw attention to the BP Oil Spill. One of the shorts, entitled, "I Know What You Spilled Last Summer" was featured on The Huffington Post and screened at Mountainfilm in Telluride. We received and implemented feedback from the executives behind, "Who Killed The Electric Car?" documentary.
Recos
Education
Class of '08
University of California-Irvine
Bachelor's in Drama with Honors
The Second City
Graduate
The Groundlings
Graduate
iO West
Graduate
Skills
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