Zaida Soler-Williams

Post Production lead for (4) episode specials spanning 10 seasons of footage highlights.

Field produced President Joe Biden a series of pre-recorded interviews, Jill Biden keynote speech & Biden nomination acceptance in Wilmington, DE.

10-episode scripted series starring Kim Cattrall.

Managed the editorial team. Responsible for the preparation of show packages, In Memoriam, and commercial fillers. Quickly turned around bumpers throughout the live broadcast.

Supervised editorial staff for this scripted Netflix 10-episode series starring Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis & Ellen Page. Managed VFX, color timing & overall delivery.

Post Produced the 20th Anniversary for Nike's Just Do It sports influencer campaign. These were a series of doc style spots for Instagram.

Manage Post Production team. Liaise with network to ensure all network notes addressed. Supervise all color and mix sessions.

Created Post Production and Graphics infrastructure and workflows for this new syndicated news series distributed by CBS Distribution.

Established post workflows for this 7-camera studio scripted comedy game show. Supervised mixes and online color review sessions. Managed post production schedule, broadcast delivery and post wrap deliverables to network.

Post Produced foreign language social media campaign for Michelin Tires featuring 32 influencers at racing events which were shared on YouTube, Instagram & Facebook sites. (32 personalized 45 sec - 2min film shorts in English, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Serbian, Korean, Thai, Polish & Slovenian).

Supervised editorial, color and audio sessions. Managed post calendar and budget. Cleared archival footage and prepared wrap bible and deliverables.

Supervised post team on team on this scripted reality series. Oversaw all clearances, managed budget, calendars & directed voiceover sessions. Closely collaborated with the show runner and EPs on story and creative look of the series. Also liaison to network on cuts and notes updates.

Managed all aspects of post production workflow, technical supervision and budget on this highly rated show for Telemundo & Talpa Media. La Voz Kids is a Spanish language sister program to The Voice with young contestants. My responsibilities included: • Overseeing audio mix and online sessions, final deliverables and managing a team of 20 employees. • Established remote edit suites in Universal Studios Orlando and coordinated all aspects of migrating the production from our LA offices to Orlando, FL for quick turnaround of live shows to air. • Provided technical supervision on reality and live-to-tape stage studio shoots to ensure digital media was being generated to our post production specs. • Managed $2M post budget and provided regular cost reports to CFO & EIC.

• Post Produced high profile scripted promotional campaigns for MTV Brand Creative department. • Managed extensive digital delivery of short-form content for both broadcast and multiplatforms to their encoding specifications (i.e. MTV.com, Hulu, iTunes, IMDB, YouTube, mobile apps etc…). • Collaborated with Production, Design, VFX, Marketing, Ad Sales, Digital and International teams to creatively allocate broadcast assets and version for off-channel promotional and viral campaigns.

Post Produced linear and off-channel inventory for the brand creative promo campaign. Supervised all post production and design requests to meet delivery specifications.

-Managed post production operations of all long form broadcast programming for Comedy Central, Spike and TV Land to ensure third party productions deliver in accordance with technical broadcast specifications. -Effectively translated production and operations workflow issues into cost saving solutions. -Researched, developed, beta tested and deployed new technologies and applications with business partners. -Team leader establishing dailies and review & approval cloud based application workflows and system support. -Built relationships with Post Production facilities in NY & CA to negotiate favorable rates for productions.

Financed the off-off-off Broadway stage production about the origin of the Batman comic book. Managed all fiscal responsibilities: budget, fundraising, equipment, set & prop purchases & expenses. Oversaw post production for all pre-produced video roll-ins and tech directed projections during the show.

Celebrity studded fundraiser benefitting autism hosted by Jon Stewart held at the Beacon Theatre. Collaborated with the production and post team on workflows and delivery.

Peabody Award winning documentary about DL Hughley's pursuit to add 'the black man' to the Endangered Species List.

Managed Post Production operations and deliverables delivery.

Worked closely with post production team on workflows and deliverables.

Liaison to post production team on all network deliverables and workflow.

This was a documentary film about The Black Arts Movement in America and how it has uplifted communities.

Collaborated with Post Production team on workflow and deliverables.

-Created & managed Post Production and Graphics departments for the startup music network by purchasing all hardware and software; hiring department staff and building freelance pool of editors and designers. -Authored network production guidelines and established workflows for delivery to studio and broadcast delivery. -Key technical resource to all in-house departments as well as third party vendors and productions. -Managed remote editorial systems during tentpole concert events. -Managed $10M department and capital budgets. -Developed network database to catalogue assets, track deliverables and content rights and clearances. -Post Produced various segments, billboards & promos. -Worked on numerous music shows including but not limited to: 2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Fuse Rocks the Garden: Foo Fighters & The Cure, Chainsaw Awards, Voodoo Music Fest, Uranium, Untitled Rock Show and various music festivals.

Post Produced fan interstitials lead-ins for music videos. Audiences voted on favorite tastemakers that would return or be eliminated each week.

Post Produced interstitials of kids listing themed top 5 mixtape selections to lead into music videos.

Responsible for all rights & clearances of archival material of documentary, THE LULLABY OF BROADWAY: Opening Night on 42nd Street which compared the 2001 & 1980 Broadway musical productions with the 1933 film of same name. Also responsible for maintaining the tape library.

Booked all crew and talent, interviewed Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige and Clive Davis. Scheduled all shoots and secured locations. Licensed archival media, managed the production budget and supervised delivery to the network.

Researched stories, booked crew and talent, locations and scheduled shoots. Licensed all archival media, supervised post production network delivery.

Generated and researched story ideas. Pre-interviewed farmers, loggers, miners & others in the construction/ big rig industry for this MSNBC one-hour documentary about men’s passion for large machinery. Supervised and coordinated all aspects of production. Field produced key segments. Hired all crews and managed the production budget.

Booked crew and talent, scheduled production shoots, licensed media, managed budget and supervised post production network delivery.

Researched stories, set up shoots with celebrity interviews, managed production budget, edited scripts, co-wrote show summaries and interview questions, co-interviewed Director Jerry Zaks, acquired all footage and supervised photo research, generated and managed production bible.

Directed one segment within the documentary. Uncovered and licensed rare never-before-seen footage. Located and pre-interviewed all subjects for documentary. Set up & coordinated all shoots in New York, Boston & Florida for this highly rated CourtTV program.

Coordinated post production for Spanish, French, German & Italian versions of MANIA: Armani Fragrance commercial package. Assisted in casting VO talent & hired translators.

Provided post production support for both off-line & on-line Avid editors for the 20-week, half-hour adult literacy series broadcast on PBS stations. Set up all post procedures for this startup production company. Also assisted with pre-production & production needs including, but not limited to shooting additional b-roll.

Supervised all aspects of Post Production for City Life (four-part, half-hour, Emmy Award winning documentary series about New Yorkers).

Scouted locations, researched story ideas & pre-interviewed featured talent for "Molly o'Neill's New York: A Taste of the City". Coordinated & set up shoots. Co-wrote 20-page booklet offered as a gift with the 90-minute pledge special celebrating NY cuisine. Logged, digitized, & uprezed high volume of documentary footage for Editor, Nancy Baker. Molly O'Neill was the NY Times Magazine food columnist and author of three cookbooks.