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Implement and develop new processes and workflows that coincide with technical and industry trends.Develop staff by leading training sessions on new processes and procedures.Drive change management to align with company objectives and future direction.Identify inefficient processes to reduce waste and increase productivity.Manage mastering projects by ensuring post teams are educated and onboarded on required specs and connected with vendors to deliver content successfully.Drive increasing morale by training and supporting staff to establish confidence and knowledge on current processes and ushering the to pursue career growth.

• Manage staff to ensure they adhere to current workflows and procedures.• Provide technical support for global media distribution operations it resolve issues in a timely manner. • Communicate daily with vendors to ensure media content is efficiently mastered and distributed to meet U.S. and international broadcast quality requirements and air dates by generating work orders, purchase orders and tracking reports. • Communicate effectively to escalate critical issues and notify pertinent departments of possible delays.• Manage and collaborate with vendors in order to master, distribute, and repair production masters, audio elements, and script material for accelerated and non-accelerated international dubbing and subtitling. • Anticipate evolving needs by alerting vendors to trouble-spots that may require further scrutiny and discussion during vendor QC. • Work with third parties to acquire material and develop a logical workflow to meet air dates and distribution due dates. • Develop procedures and SOP’s as new applications are introduced and work flows are developed. • Train new hires and temporary employees in various tasks, work flows, and guidelines. • Collaborate with team members and other departments to ensure streamlined workflows and ensure cost savings.• Drive projects towards efficient and successful completion while adhering to budgets and ensuring billing is processed in a timely manner.• Manage multiple mastering projects for adult, family, and children’s television programming. • Served on the DATG Education task force to establish a career development program for staff. • Serve on system application task forces to trouble shoot and test implementation of new systems to be utilized in mastering workflows.• Serve on the Wonderland SC3 Working group to develop and refine a new repository system for globally accessed assets.• Manage the onboarding of new clients with vendors and facilitate the implementation of new spec requirements.

• Provide technical and customer service support for global media distribution operations. Regularly interact with vendors to ensure digital and tape-based media content is efficiently mastered and distributed to meet U.S. and international broadcast quality and air dates by generating work orders, purchase orders and tracking reports. Utilize vendors to create and repair production masters, audio elements, and script material for accelerated and non-accelerated international dubbing and subtitling. Coordinate and oversee formatting and delivery of file and videotape content to ensure Disney quality program material. Regularly communicate with globally dispersed affiliates and production companies to meet deadlines, rectify rejections, enhance and streamline work flows, and maintain an up-to-date technical specification database to adhere to a trending and evolving industry. Conduct format checks on programming, including but not limited to, evaluating show formatting, textless materials, M&E/optional track configuration and creation, legal issues. Alert vendors to trouble-spots that may require further scrutiny during vendor QC. Relay detailed information via format check notice to other departments. Work with third parties to acquire material and a logical workflow within time constraints. Connect production companies and vendors to resolve technical issues. Develop SOP’s and trained new hires and temporary employees in various tasks, work flows, and guide lines. Review and evaluate Disney Channel, ABC, and ABC Family content to ensure it meets international standards. Collaborate with team members and other departments to ensure streamlined workflows and ensure cost savings.

• Prepared & developed lesson plans on a quarterly, monthly, and weekly basis. Coordinated fifth grade level summer school curriculum. Coordinated fifth grade math curriculum and team meetings within the department to implement effective learning strategies. Structured & implemented the math department’s effective curriculum. Coordinated the school’s off campus activities. Co-created and implemented after school and weekend tutoring programs for underachieving students. Significantly enhanced students’ mathematical computational and reasoning skills.

Served as a liaison between editors and clients. Ensured effective production by filling orders for masters and dubs. Improved production flow by correcting inefficient patterns, costly delays and maintaining up-to-date records. Closely monitored all of my clients' post-production processing. Ensured and supervised apt completion of time sensitive information. Proofread Spanish and Portuguese subtitles for translated featured and episodic shows. Performed administrative duties such as data entry, report generation, logging messages, and filing.

Created course curriculum on a weekly and monthly basis. Implemented lesson plans, graded and evaluated course work. Provided classroom management. Communicated with parents, staff and school administrators concerning progress of students and new curriculum for the year. Worked with students on proofreading and editing. Developed curriculum that engaged students in class discussions to reinforce understanding of objectives. Reinforced the understanding of information through creative games and competitions. Coordinated Saturday school and tutoring curriculum.

Preformed vast administrative duties such as preparing reports and presentations, answering phones, purchasing office supplies and equipment. Provided administrative support directly to company CEO and president. Handled PR for external inquiries and helped with the development advertising materials. Setup travel arrangements and food service for internal and external meetings. Ensured timely filing and upkeep of time sensitive information. Revised company memos and newsletters. Supervised administrative staff.