Mariah Summers

Assists the Creative Producers with day to day production duties, helps with concepting ideas for ads, pitch decks, manages the call sheets and contact lists, books locations, cast and crew for video shoots, tracks budget, NDA’s & invoices, Assists on set with video shoots and coordinates with necessary vendors Helps the Creative Producers with production process and manages deliverables from each project

Helps screen and QC promotional content for Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, Universal Kids and more. Assists the Senior Producer and SVP of post production with pulling selects in Avid Media Composer Organizes shoot footage and project assets that clients provide. Creates and collates digital links and drives for client route Submits and organizes deliverables and archives digital files Conducts music research for editors Manages multiple editors and audio mixers Develops relationships with clients to facilitate the acquisition of assets from all groups as needed per project Manages/ tracks assets and deliverables on multiple projects Conducts project prep to stay on schedule and hit client deadlines Attends kick-off calls to understand the project and production goals and understand all the delivery dates

-Responsible for all Simon & Schuster pre-production scheduling and routing of post-production footage -managing internal relationships with marketing business owners; acting as the primary contact for all video posts to our syndication and content partners, reviewing and editing copy for all videos and assisting in all general duties associated with internal and remote location shoots. -works closely with the Director of Video Content & Digital Advertising and all videographers acting as the central point of contact for the internal team as well as the publishing units keeping all production moving forward and on schedule

Book guests to appear on the show and work with them while they are in town for taping Involvement in all show day procedures, assisting production team in all stages of production and on set Performs research on potential show topics or guests Manages social media accounts and interacts with social audience and potential show guests

Supports the Investigative Unit with different news stories for World News, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Nightline Transcribes videos as they feed into the video library Coordinates feeds, researches videos, stills, and editorial information Assists with booking spaces for interviews

Works under pressing deadlines on nightly show Daily logging of video and audio elements that are featured on the show as well as highlighting significant sound bites for producers Assists producers with camera shots, shooting b-roll, adjusting lighting, and setting up interviews on video shoots Helps make necessary rough cuts to segments before broadcasting to air Assists with bookings Participates in daily conferences and editorial meetings

Shot beauty shots/b-roll of Hampton University’s campus for SportsCenter on a segment they were doing on Hampton University being the first HBCU to host a Men’s NCAA D1 Lacrosse game

Assistant editor/camera person on location shoots Shot and edited video footage of special events around NYC such as the NBA D-league tryouts, Kayla Itisnes’ Fitness Boot Camp, Capsule’s fashion tradeshow and about three other notable events. Produced promotional Instagram videos and customized YouTube thumbnails on Photoshop