Arthur Smith Email & Phone Number

United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

- Produced, directed, wrote, and edited over 20 projects ranging from Short films, commercials, Branded videos, social media videos, and feature films- Created and managed marketing campaigns for short films, commercials, and branded videos distributed on national TV and streaming platforms.- Collaborated with clients to develop targeted marketing strategies that increased audience engagement and brand recognition.- Oversaw and managed entire post production process including running the editing and sound mixing process

United States

- Overseeing Production of Tik Tok Lives- Overseeing Tik Tok Content Creation for brands such as CVS, Echelon Fit, Stance, and more- Managing post production process of all videos and providing notes on all assets

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

- As Marketing Co-Chair, I oversaw the development and distribution of all marketing materials across all social channels to promote and highlight events

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Completed my 1-year term as Co-President of the 30 member board

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• Managed and supervised a team of freelance Branded Content Line Producers• Managed the pricing and budgeting of all potential large scale branded productions• Oversaw and supervised multiple simultaneous branded productions at various stages of the production process• Worked with Creative Producers to come up with and execute one-of-a-kind creative concepts

• Oversaw the development and production of tentpole unscripted series’ such as “Worth It”, “Make It Fancy”, and “I Draw, You Cook”, and used lessons learned from the successful shows to innovate five new original series that achieved 90th percentile rank.• Shared performance data and trends which increased viewership by 10% while decreasing production costs by 10%.• Managed quarterly slate planning, budget, and resources to optimize efficiency.• Oversaw project management of editorial series through our Series Process• Managed a small team of creative Show Producers and external Show Producers, Directors, Writers on a project basis• Provided creative feedback on projects in development, pre-production, and post• Partnered with Publishing and PR on promotional plans and social activations• Collaborated on pilot development initiatives to identify successful pilots to scale for series pipeline

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Managed all day-to-day pre-production work flows for Buzzfeed's Branded Videos- Procured and Provided feedback on all incoming RFPs from clients- Created and drafted preliminary production budget for incoming video RFPs- Increased pre-production budgeting workflow resulting in an 8% increase in RFP bids won- Directed and coordinated communications between between client, sales, production, and post-production teams to streamline workflow and Video delivery

Los Angeles, California, United States

● Coordinated Bring Me's global multinational video Operations, across the U.S., India, Canada, U.K., Australia, and Germany, increasing video production efficiency by 15%● Developed new production processes that increased video output by 30%● Produced and Production Managed various Original digital series’ for Bring Me at Buzzfeed● Developed new processes to streamline production workflow and overall global communication across various departments● Coordinated and managed production workflows for various Editorial Sponsorships and Bring Me Original Series’ including Giant Food Time, Quest For The Best, Food Tournament, and Around The World.● Hired, managed, and trained a team of post editors in India and the U.S. to streamline and increase the speed of our video delivery process

Culver City, California

• Took on Associate Creative Executive responsibilities where I developed and pitched various video concepts that were produced and distributed on Uproxx's social platforms culminating a combined viewership of 10+ Million views• Managed budget, wrap binders, payroll, all agreements, releases, start paperwork and deal memos• Optimized production workflow by tracking all costs, record POs, pulling film permits, issuing COIs, reconciling AMEX charges, handling PC receipts, creating call sheets, building location maps, and draft production reports• Coordinated and Produced short form docu-style branded campaigns for Beautyrest, Intel, Netflix, and NBA that received combined 5+ million views on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Los Angeles, California

• Successfully won Fox's Millennial Voices Pitch Competition where I pitched books to the SVP of Production at Fox 2000.• Coordinate delivery of shows for Primetime hours including Lethal Weapon, Lucifer and The Gifted• Assistant directed (AD) eleven live show news programs• Quality checked all on-air primetime programming and commercials prior to final airing• Schedule, log and obtain QC reports for final delivery of primetime shows• Produce prime time billboards for sales and maintain/archive all program tapes

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Oversaw development of director’s treatments on commercial bids that were successfully awarded for clients such as:- General Motors-Created and developed reels through WireDrive for director’s submissions to agencies-Organized and maintained cloud based storage and WireDrive database-Designed creative materials for pitches, presentations and bids using Keynote, Powerpoint, and Adobe inDesign-Assisted 3 Executive Producer in daily business, talent and project management, as well as, commercial job procurement-Scheduled business and personal meetings/appointments, coordinated professional travel arrangements and answered phones-Handled event coordination, office & media management, and morning prep and close of office

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Proofread director’s treatments during commercial bidding process-Organized and maintained cloud based storage and WireDrive database-Designed creative materials for pitches, presentations and bids using Keynote, Powerpoint, and inDesign-Assisted 3 Executive Producer in daily business, talent and project management, as well as, commercial job procurement-Scheduled business and personal meetings/appointments, coordinated professional travel arrangements and answered phones-Handled event coordination, office & media management, and morning prep and close of office

Greater Los Angeles Area

• As associate Lead Creative, I managed the development and pitching creative concepts for use in daily shows• Produced 60+ episodes of live television and 10+ episodes of digital series programming • Supervised the distribution of online content videos to all social media outlets, which received combined 3+ million views• Streamlined workflow by inputting run-of-show into iNews for live broadcasts, as well as, supervised Chiron placements • Coordinated and supervised pre-production, production and post-production

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Provided support for Production Coordinator for various commercial productions-Moved, Loaded and transported all production equipment, furniture and props needed for production-Provided On set Assistant support for Camera department, Transportation, Production Offices & Production Design department.-Assisted Production Coordinator with payroll duties, distributing W-2s, and administrative support-Worked on Ash vs. Evil Dead Promo, Animal Kingdom and various specials

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Developed, produced, shot, directed and edited over 10 branded campaigns, nine scripted films (Short and Feature-length), • Oversaw development of Eight screenplays and pilots for Original Scripted Series’ and Scripted Feature Length Films• Coordinated the distribution of feature film Lilin’s Brood on digital streaming platforms iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play• Generated shot lists and overheads, casted actors and coordinated stunts for overall story progression• Oversaw payroll and created custom P&L documents, financial waterfall models and final cost reports • Supervised and managed development, production, post-production, as well as, online social media marketing• Managed entire productions from 10 to 50+ people during of several scripted film projects

Manhattan Beach, Ca

-Coordinated, Scheduled and Filmed all Online Yoga classes. Answered phone calls and managed studio.-Downloaded, Organized, and Assistant edited all recorded footage for online use

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Provided detailed coverage for scripts, books, short stories etc. • Researched prospective talent and projects for development• Answered Phone calls, Organized electronic/physical files, set- up meeting and pitched film concepts

Greater New York City Area

•Prepared competitive analysis to get a sense of where the competitors are advertising and how much they are spending•Assisted in the development of media plans that specify which forms of media were used to effectively reach the target audience•Developed media delivery analysis•Assisted in execution and tracking of client billings•Pulled research to support the development of media objectives•Helped build Media Flow charts to map out GRPs for television commercials

Greater New York City Area

Coordinated research for acquisition and procurement of materialsRevises, edits and designs documents for presentation purposesAttends weekly meetings and provides weekly updates on activitiesParticipates in strategic planning for housing development programs

Greater New York City Area

-Developed link-building strategies and acquired webpage backlinks to help increase clients Page Rank -Built and managed relationships with vendors and bloggers

Baskig Ridge, Nj

• Led a team of 10 Interns to create a Verizon Energy Star Certification Manual to implemented for Verizon Systems• Created recommendations to reduce Energy consumptions for their 24 largest buildings• Tracked, analyzed and maintained utility accounts, which resulted with an Annual Estimation of $188,884.63 of savings on Energy Bills

Provided customer service to clients of a health care product lineMarketed health products to potential customers via personal meetings and telephone inquiriesProvided information on the marketing system and products to customers and potential workersPackaged and shipped products Business Leaders of Tomorrow; Traveled door to door giving out information on a free job-training programHelped to get applicants into the system to receive job trainingDistributed flyers to bring awareness to the community about the program

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Film And Television Producing Program, 3.85

Bachelor Of Science, Marketing,Theater

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. - The Gamma Nu(ΓN) Chapter, Council of Commonwealth Student Governments, Penn.