Kevin Furuta

Executive Producer in charge of short-form content for NBCUniversal International’s E! & Style channels and digital platforms. Under my guidance, our team produced hundreds of spots that were vital in enhancing our channel breaks and bringing views to our social media sites. Duties Included: • Development & strategic implementation of short-form content for our channels and our increasing ad-sales business. • Development and production oversight of short-form content for NBCUniversal International’s Emerging Market and Syfy channels. • Hiring and mentoring our entire production staff which included producers, graphic designers, audio mixers, editors, APs, PAs, VO artists, field crews and on-camera talent. In addition to short-form content, during my tenure, I produced numerous long- form shows including the Hot Summer 25, the BAFTA Red Carpet Countdown Show, Red Carpet Confessions and our international live voice-overs for our Award Season red carpet shows. Began my career at NBUniversal as a freelance producer and was subsequently promoted to Supervising Producer 3 years later. Promoted to Executive Producer in January 2012. Also in 2012, became a committee lead for NBCU’s Asia Pacific American Employee Resource Group.

Lead producer of The Zip File International, a weekly, half hour show that featured tech news, gear and video game content. The show aired in such countries as Italy and Korea and was viewable by United States armed forces serving in the Middle East. Additional responsibilities included producing network promos and sales reels for MIPCOM, CASBAA and other international conferences.

In charge of the creative process, personnel management, and execution of all interactive productions for EnterMedia. Organized talent, engineers, graphic designers, associate producers and corporate personnel to ensure aesthetic quality and delivery of broadcasts. For the NFL’s 2000 season, produced weekly interactive broadcasts for the Minnesota Vikings football games. The broadcasts drew thousands of simultaneous, interactive viewers throughout the season and was ground breaking in terms of its delivery and interactive content.