Caitlyn Conefry Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

• Write in-depth analyses of TV and film scripts across all genres, providing tactful and actionable feedback for writers on character arcs, motivations, conflict resolution, 3-act screenplay structure, and dialogue for.
• Apply critical thinking and story analysis skills while developing writers' knowledge of storytelling
• In its quarterly newsletter, Coverfly chose to highlight a positive review of my script analysis from a writer, which fewer than 20 readers out of hundreds of readers have achieved
• Maintained an above-average writer feedback score for my entire tenure at Coverfly
• Praised by management for writing especially insightful coverage

Greater New York City Area

• Wrote and co-produced a comedy sketch selected by NY Comedy Festival’s “Always Happy, Never Sad” video screening as reviewed in Time Out New York (2019)
• Wrote and co-produced "Courtney's Nervous Breakdown," a comedy sketch which aired on BRIC, Brooklyn's public access channel; also streams on YouTube (2020)
• Recruited a wonderful team of scrappy talent
• Wrangled tight budgets and scheduling blips
• Edited "Courtney's Nervous Breakdown" in Final Cut Pro X
• Cast actors by scouting local NY live sketch comedy productions

Greater New York City Area

• Teach English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) to adults at low literacy, beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels
• Promoted from part-time to full-time teaching position
• Created instructional materials to be used by other teachers upon management’s suggestion

New York, New York, United States

• Write original thought leadership, providing insights and analysis on consumer behavior, digital trends; provide thought leadership to media and advertising agencies before new business pitches
• Conduct research and interview subject matter experts
• Articulate easily digestible breakdown of technical terms and digital landscape topics for industry outsiders
• Lead proofreading of "Splash Dive" research presentation documents (10+ pages), before sending to agencies ahead of new business pitches
• Edit and proofread colleagues’ Thought Leadership, including ideas for additional insights
• Write promotional long and short write-ups for the Collective Intelligence podcast's social media and landing pages, which contributed to over 100 first-week downloads per podcast (top 30% of all podcasts)

Greater New York City Area

• Taught beginner ESOL to adults

Greater New York City Area

I joined New York City Screenwriters Collective, a nonprofit designed to provide free screenwriting education and personal script feedback to its 3,600 members. When I signed on as the script coordinator/development assistant, there hadn’t been anyone in the position for a while. My mission was to rescue the nonprofit’s meeting calendar from months of.

Bronx, NY

• Taught intermediate ESOL to adults
• Emphasized the writing process and essay writing
• Maintained an average daily attendance of 25+ students

Bronx, NY

Greater New York City Area

• Designed curricula for a writing workshop and literacy classes
• Invented and implemented games to teach literacy to ESOL adults
• Managed schedules for high-need students to receive small-group instruction at an after school program

NYC

• Increased student post-test scores by up to 20 percentage points
• Specialties included: making grumpy students laugh, soothing anxious test-takers, building students' confidence

Philadelphia, PA

• Awarded independent study credits to join an invite-only class and co-produce five-minute video interstitials for Temple University Television, the university’s cable access network.
• Pitched ideas for original content; wrote a treatment for a half-hour comedy program
• Reviewed and evaluated 25 student films in writing for the station manager
• Managed pre-production on videos; coordinated shoots and prepared interview questions

London, UK

• Learned and used company-specific software to manage clients’ booking information
• Researched, contacted, and evaluated potential concert venues for 30 clients
• Created and maintained organizational documents for 50 clients with Microsoft Excel

New York, NY

• Selected B-roll footage, learned and used iNews to transcribe interviews for 40 of the show's daily video packages on a tight deadline
• Provided support to the show's medical correspondent and producer, editing department staff, and camera crews on shoots and in the newsroom
• Received praise for timeliness, conscientiousness, and ability to communicate information between departments

New York And Calverton, NY

• Provided on-set and administrative/office support to a crew of 90 members
• Transported costumes and documents between set locations (once fit and safely delivered a delicate Humpty Dumpty costume in a tightly packed PT Cruiser)
• Learned the ins and outs of small-budget fiction production

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communications And Certificate, Writing, Graduated Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: "The Temple News," Temple University Television (TUTV)

Education record

• Sketch comedy writing, level 100

Education record

• Wrote a 30 Rock spec script in a workshop run by Stony Brook/Columbia Professor Alan Kingsberg

Education record

• Sketch comedy writing, levels 101 and 201