Summary

More than 75% of the videos I've produced have gone viral and hit more than 1 million views in a week. In 2018, I created, wrote and produced a comedy show at BuzzFeed called "Bogus Beauty" that has more than 45 million views on YouTube to date.

Credits

6/21 – 6/22

Head of Current Programming (TikTok LIVE)

Staff Position — TikTok Details
6/21 – 6/22

• Produced, strategized and developed more than 650 LIVE events for TikTok; 5 of which were the highest-performing LIVEs of 2021 and reached more than 10.6 million total unique viewers. Broke record for best-performing US programmed LIVE in TikTok history with 8.3 million unique viewers in July 2022 • Spearheaded and executive produced an entirely original LIVE Broadway musical hosted by Andy Cohen, which received 36 million total video views across TikTok • Spearheaded TikTok New Year's Eve and TikTok Trend-A-Thon LIVE events from ideation to procurement to creative direction to execution • Managed and grew LIVE Programming team by 200% during tenure

7/19 – 7/20

Supervising Producer (The Kelly Clarkson Show)

Staff Position — NBC Universal Details
7/19 – 7/20

• Launched YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok channels in Sept. 2019 and surpassed 1 million YouTube and Facebook followers in 7 months • Pitched, wrote, produced and directed 100% of digital content featuring Kelly Clarkson, including unscripted YouTube videos, comedy-driven Instagram bits Los Angeles and engaging weekly Facebook and Instagram livestreams • Managed a team of video producers, social producers and web producers to create viral, creative, and standout digital content ranging from 3D photos to green screen GIFs to Photoshop parodies to trending memes

9/18 – 5/19

Field Producer Busy Tonight (Season 1)

E! Entertainment — TV — Busy Bee Productions Details
9/18 – 5/19

Executive producers: Tina Fey, Busy Philipps, Caissie St.Onge, Eric Gurian, Julie Darmody, and David Miner • Pitch, write, produce and direct field pieces for Busy Philipps' late night talk show 4 nights a week, which include pop culture parodies, female-focused man-on-the-street bits, late night comedy sketches, and reality pieces • Collaborate with Busy Philipps and celebrity talent on pitches and punching up scripts (guests have included Cole Sprouse, Kim Kardashian, Michelle Williams, and Tracee Ellis Ross) • Book and scout locations, gather props and costumes, cast extras and work with production on proper permits and releases for field shoots • Collaborate and pitch ideas with segment producers, writers and executive producers on in-studio bits and sketches

9/15 – 9/18

Producer (BuzzFeed)

Staff Position — BuzzFeed Details
9/15 – 9/18

• 75% of all videos produced went viral by hitting more than 1 million views in a week • Created, wrote, produced and starred in comedy series called Bogus Beauty, which gained more than 40k+ YouTube subscribers in first month and 45 million views overall to date • Led team of video producers to create mega-viral beauty, style, and female-focused lifestyle content for YouTube channel with 10+ million subscribers • Wrote, produced and edited original lifestyle humor pieces including listicles, service pieces and breaking news posts

4/10 – 9/15

News Editor MTV News

MTV — Digital — MTV Networks (Viacom) Details
4/10 – 9/15

• Produced digital content experience for MTV’s most popular shows, including The Hills and The City, by digitizing episodes, writing character and episode summaries and creating engaging ancillary content • Relaunched House of Style series by conceptualizing and producing episodes for MTV.com • Produced and hosted on-camera interviews with musicians, celebrities, MTV talent and artists and wrote treatments for branded and editorial video content • Hosted 2015 MTV Movie Awards red carpet livestream for 3 continuous hours and gained more than 10k viewers on Periscope

9/09 – 9/09

Production Assistant 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

MTV — TV — Den of Thieves Details
9/09 – 9/09

• Published daily news content and photo galleries to promote MTV Video Music Awards show and talent using custom CMS • Cut multiple SOTs daily with AVID video editing software • Produced and wrote content during live show under super tight deadlines

Media

  • We Try Escaping A Killer Like In "Halloween"

  • This Is an Ad for "Busy Tonight" Period Products | Busy Tonight | E!

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Education

Class of '14

UCB Theatre

Sketch Writing
Class of '08

Columbia College Chicago

B.A., Journalism

Skills

  • Shopify
  • WordPress
  • Editing
  • Entertainment
  • Video
  • Video Editing
  • Writing
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Creative Writing
  • Newsletters
  • Web Content
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • HTML
  • QuarkXPress
  • AP Style
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Corporate Blogging