Working on Prime Video/Amazon Ads business and multi-title AV sizzles events such as Upfronts, Unboxed, etc

Franchise & Tentpole Series marketing - Amazon Studios Marketing | AV Production

Creative Production Studio | Series/Franchise marketing.

Creative Production Studio, Originals Marketing - Series/Movies-Responsible for managing, maintaining, and distributing all video marketing assets related to our Amazon Originals programming on our streaming platform, Prime Video. -Manage all operational aspects of video projects (trailers, promos, sizzles, etc.) from inception to completion. Work very closely with the Campaign Project Manager to ensure that the video deliverables are falling within the overall campaign timeline and budget.-Create schedules, determine resources, estimate time, track costs and project completion requirements.-Obtain necessary approvals and communicate plans to stakeholders.-Ensure team establishes and maintains appropriate processes, procedures, forms and job tracking to keep video deliverables on time and on budget.-Anticipate and effectively mitigate problems; and consistently communicate to stakeholders about updates on progress, relevant delays or issues and budget implications.-Work closely with Post-Production to determine episode availability in order to manage stakeholder expectations.-Request video content from Post-Production and traffic to external agencies.-Communicate creative feedback to agencies throughout the life of a project.-QC video files before releasing final files to the end user(s).-Deliver final files to internal and external partners as necessary.-Manage localization of assets for multiple territories for Day & Date global marketing release, including subbing & dubbing.-Work collaboratively and proactively with internal team and external agencies to assess project requirements and ensure efficient development and delivery of video assets per the marketing plan.-Provide regular feedback to the marketing and creative teams to establish project priorities and communicate milestones and deadlines.-Manage and deliver large volume of video assets to external partners -On set live production special shoots-Produced Super Bowl spot for HUNTERS

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• Report to VP of AV Creative Services Home ent and digital distribution • My responsibilities include directing, producing, and managing the development of the AV creative for a diverse and heavy slate of titles for the Home Entertainment and digital distribution group. This includes feature film and TV titles from Lionsgate Theatrical, TV, and Starz (a Lionsgate company), as well as partner studios that have distribution deals with Lionsgate such as A24, Netflix, Saban, Roadside.• I collaborate with several teams including Brand, Social, PR, Digital, Print, SVOD, OTT, Sales and Servicing to ensure all assets are developed and executed to meet our strategy and deadlines. I provide constructive feedback on projects with a team of editors, a coordinator, and out-of-house creative agencies in a producer role. My duty is to manage my projects from beginning of creative to finishing and delivery. I direct in-house and out-of-house resources to ensure campaigns are delivered on time from my creative inception and direction to full finishing and post-production dictated by finishing memos I create and adhere to full QC of deliverables before servicing them.• Management of in-house editors, coordinator, external creative agencies, and creative content shoots with various budgets and demanding timelines.• Oversee music, legal, and MPAA clearance of materials as well as cost negotiations with client/vendors to remain within or below allotted budgets.

• Produced A/V marketing materials for the company’s heavy film slate including TV spots, trailers, reels, bumpers, and digital/online spots (included social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat) for features and acquisitions both domestically and internationally through our in-house creative services agency for theatrical and home entertainment marketing. Gave creative direction to trailer editors and loaded A/V materials through the dub room for editorial. • Viewed early/unreleased versions of feature films prior to theatrical release under strict confidentiality to plan and cut projects.• Booked, directed, and paid voiceover narrator talent through agents. Worked with union narrators in sound booth with sound engineers to read scripts of copy for the messaging of all out-going A/V materials. Negotiated rates and various deal terms.• Handled graphics requests for our designers to create end cards, lower thirds, title treatments, TIVO toppers, and legals based on project direction. • Role included copywriting, script structuring, and management/creation of overall workflow charts for the department to maintain priority of deadlines. The workflow charts were extensive excel spreadsheets that kept historical record of every version of marketing materials created in-house as well as costs associated from production to provide to finance for book-keeping and auditing purposes. • Procured music cue sheets and worked with the music department for clearances. Worked with finishing department to prepare projects for final delivery after approval.• Home Entertainment projects included A/V for DirecTV, Video on Demand, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Video, American Airlines, and various EST channels.

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Theatrical International Motion Picture Marketing• Maintained and updated daily international media spreadsheets by pulling data from territory media plans as well pulling weekly box office grosses to create reports to share with various internal marketing departments and our international finance team.• Aided in film marketing campaigns for international releases of the studio’s films, which averaged about 12 films per calendar year. Responsible for creating our department slides for filmmaker PowerPoint presentation decks with the marketing operations team.• Focused mainly on the top 11 territories, but also kept close working relationships with smaller territories, which together made up 60 territories. Worked directly with vendors, creative, online, and mobile agencies for placements of advertisements in each of the mediums’ spaces – TV, Print, Online, Outdoor, & Radio.• Managed TV/Online copy rotations of major territories for trafficking of spots with the creative advertising and interactive teams.

• Full administrative support to the SVP of Global Media Operations, Motion Picture Marketing. Managed calendar, set up meetings with external clients, vendors, filmmakers, production companies, and international territory offices. Served as back up support for the EVP of Worldwide Marketing & Advertising. Aided in domestic and international film campaigns.

Shot and edited videos with talent for the Wonderful Pistachios ad campaign.Worked with PerezHilton.com to advertise the videos on the blog

· Assisted VP of Production ­ Answered phones, managed calendar,; travel, processed expense reports, set up meetings, managed departmental needs, booked studio space, reconciliation of charges · Served as a liaison between MTV executives and outside production and talent companies · Coordinated new hire set-up; collected and processed timesheets; hired and managed 4-5 interns per semester; cleared locations and obtained permits; created and sent out call sheets for day-to-day News shoots; worked extensively with production management · Production Assistant for the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards and 2010 MTV Movie Awards

*Utilized facebook and twitter to promote an online video contest for Butterfinger*Brand Ambassador*Produced a new video to promote the contest every week*Did several media interviews including ABC News and Los Angeles Business Journal

*Assisted the department in office tasks*Helped with edits and tagging for promo spots*Participated on local shoots with artists, celebrities, and local events

*Gave feedback on TV Pilot pitches and Rough cuts*Maintained office duties/tasks*Developed own TV show idea and pitched it to the development team

*Maintained reception desk*read scripts and wrote coverage*bounded scripts

*Had a resident assistant leadership type role for the UT in Los Angeles program.

*Maintained front desk*Ran errands and tasks*Volunteered and media events*Counselor at a youth film program