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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Studio Post Production lead on all festivals, screenings & premieres within Paramount Media Networks, Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios, Nick and CBS. • Continued to manage and see through the remaining Showtime unscripted titles that were under my purview, including The Circus, VICE, Personality Crisis: One Night Only, Beyond the Aggresives: 25 Years Later and The Aggressives.

West Hollywood, California

• Point person for technical post production and incoming delivery of unscripted titles for Showtime. • Worked with Producers, Post Production personnel and their facilities, vendors, and various internal departments to ensure content delivered on time and adhered to Showtime’s technical specifications, formatting standards, and archival policy. • Orchestrated final delivery to Network.• Fielded technical post production questions regarding audio, video, captioning, subtitles, and QC. • Consultant for content formatting, branding, and run times. • Hosted post production finishing, mixing, and delivery logistics calls with Producers, post teams and post facilities, and provided them with supporting documentation and access to delivery portals. • Directed asset delivery to various departments at Showtime; responsible for ensuring delivery dates are met. • Advised fiber feed protocols, arranged transmission details, and oversees the feeds to confirm successful receipt by Showtime and distribution partners. • Procured early working broadcast and distribution files for festivals, screenings, awards submissions, localization, and QC testing. • Accountable for the redelivery of all rejected materials, and notifies all concerned parties of content issues. • Directed archival LTO formatting and validation, and supported DAM team with asset archiving.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed, tracked, and distributed incoming deliveries for Showtime's unscripted content, including documentary feature films, acquisitions, docu-series, comedy specials, and sports programming/live feeds.• Worked closely with producers and post production teams to ensure physical and digital elements deliver on-time and to Showtime's technical specification in order to meet delivery/distribution deadlines for domestic and international partners. • Communicated camera shooting, audio mixing and mastering requirements prior to finishing and final delivery.• Supervised audio and video fixes and re-deliver fixed assets to various entities.• Updated delivery schedule, technical specifications and requirements on a regular basis to meet domestic and international industry standards. • Managed Free TV versioning for all unscripted content.

Beverly Hills, California

• Oversaw the production, finishing, delivery, and asset management of all marketing audio/visual deliverables for assigned campaigns. • Localized marketing content for international distribution, including graphics, subtitles, and audio dubs to ensure global day and date releases across all assigned Netflix Original Series titles.• Communicated production, finishing, and localization priorities between internal creative and regional marketing teams, as well as external vendors, in order to ensure teams were aligned and deadlines were met with accuracy and efficiency.

Santa Monica, California

• Post Production Manager on approximately 10 feature titles per year for Focus Features and Focus World releases.• Responsible for the timely delivery and quality control of all picture and sound elements for distribution to theatrical, home video, electronic sell-through and ancillary release platforms. • Coordinated the delivery of pre-theatrical elements for marketing, publicity and home video departments for finishing purposes.• Managed the delivery and localization of all theatrical elements for international release and distribution to the company’s foreign sales agency partners.• Reviewed and updated post production delivery schedules to reflect current technical standards and best practices.

New York, New York

• Successfully implemented and co-managed a digital cinema mastering lab within department.• Localized and packaged DCPs for international distribution.• Coordinated international film releases for more than 20 foreign territories.• Managed delivery of film, sound, marketing, video and legal documents to worldwide distributors.• Implemented best practices for physical and file-based delivery to prevent piracy.• Formatted and converted sound elements in Pro Tools for distribution.• Reviewed film deals prior to final execution and provided feedback to legal department.• Ensured distributors met financial and legal obligations prior to creation and delivery of assets.• Supervised theatrical localization for feature and trailer release in both 35mm and digital cinema.• Technical advisor and liaison between international distributors and vendors.• Promoted from Assistant Manager position.

New York, New York, United States

Brooklyn, New York

• Tracked deliverables for DIY Network series 10 Grand in Your Hand.• Supervised editors and ensured on-time delivery.• Performed detailed quality checks on each episode before delivery to Scripps Networks.• Managed scheduling of video transfers, pick-up production shots and voice-over sessions.• Organized and uploaded digital media deliverables through FTP servers and video hosting websites.• Tracked financials and daily reports through FileMaker Pro.• Promoted from Office Coordinator position.

New York, New York

• Hired on a freelance basis to fill-in as Night Desk Coordinator.• Aided technicians with building Avid editing suites for in-house editors and clients.• Apprenticed technicians with troubleshooting, maintenance and daily operations of editing suites.• Assisted team with tape vault, administrative duties, client services and planning special events.• Organized client media and equipment inventory in FileMaker Pro.• Projects in post-production included: Black Swan, The Adjustment Bureau & Salt.

New York, New York

• Assisted staff with daily tasks of production company and its non-profit theater, Maysles Institute. • Assisted Albert Maysles with camera, sound mixing/recording and release forms on documentary film shoots.• Organized and maintained distribution agreements, contracts and music clearance documents for the Maysles Films library. • Edited clip reels in Final Cut Pro. • Researched and pitched ideas for films in development. • Researched and located archival footage for Muhammad and Larry, a documentary which aired on ESPN Film's 30 for 30 documentary series. • Fill-in personal assistant to Albert Maysles.

Cleveland, Ohio

• Events editor, web editor and contributing writer for magazine.• Implemented and maintained weekly web newsletter. • Assistant editor for multiple custom publishing-based projects. • Editor for the State of Ohio Spring/Summer Travel Planner. • Managed interns.

Cleveland, Ohio

• Fact-checked copy for accuracy and clarity.• Pitched story ideas accepted for print. • Contributing writer with the magazine.• Completion of deadlines while multitasking multiple assignments.• Received full-time position at sister publication, Ohio Magazine, at completion of internship.

Independent Producing Certificate

Earned with Distinction

M.A., Documentary Film And History

• Joint master's degree program between The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public.

B.A., Communication

Activities and Societies: Society of Professional Journalists, Student Chapter

Journalism Certificate