Carol Patrick Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Burbank, California, United States

Responded to RFPs by developing creative vision and editorial direction for high-profile video game-related live events and broadcasts that resulted in securing projects generating $2.5M in revenue within a 6 month span. Clients included Activision-Blizzard, Epic Games, NFL Marketing, NBA Marketing, EA, and Riot Games.

Project: "Dreamforce 2022" (livestream) Oversaw three livestream channels that provided a total of 72 hours of content over a 3-day span, providing daily, live, wall-to-wall coverage of Salesforce’s annual tech event, "Dreamforce," held at San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center. Supervised and coordinated all content for a highly complex live production workflow. Was the traffic cop between:- Three PCRs (their AD's) that produced live programming for their assigned Dreamforce streaming channel.- Three remote/ENG crews producing live and recorded content that aired on each streaming channel.- Producers from four panel stages located throughout the convention center.- Five post editors responsible for editing segments, recaps, and EOD VODs for international distribution.

• Hired by this boutique production company to set up, launch, and manage a livestream production team and studio to produce long & short-form streaming projects, both live and posted, for a wide variety of clients including eToro, EllenTube, and numerous YouTube influencers. • Provided production oversight for the company’s True Beauty Digital Studios, expanding content produced for popular beauty brands including Fenty Beauty (Rhianna), The Honest Company (Jessica Alba), and Drunk Elephant.

Los Angeles, Ca

Executive Producer, "Red Bull Kumite 2021: Las Vegas," a two-day esports livestream, broadcast live from Caesars Palace.

Project: Facebook Connect 2021. A 5-hour livestream broadcast from Facebook Studios in Menlo Park, CA. • Oversaw pre-production and on-site production.• Generated 4+ million views within six hours via Facebook Live and Oculus Venues

• Hired to create, develop and launch Skillz TV, a 24/7 Twitch channel designed to promote Skillz-enabled mobile games via live content, a la “HQ Trivia.” Created a 3-year product roadmap outlining production strategy, production budget, a sponsorship, marketing and social media integration plan, and a P&L showing ROI in year 3.• Secured approval from NFL Marketing to create “Skillz NFL Dev Challenge,” a “Shark Tank” inspired branded content series supporting the company’s partnership with the NFL in developing the first NFL branded mobile game.

Los Angeles

With an aggressive two-month timeline, and during the height of COVID, led the development, launch, and daily execution of the network's flagship show, “The Download,” a 90-minute, live, daily talk/panel discussion/variety show celebrating the gamer lifestyle, covering gaming news and pop culture including movies, streaming shows, tech, and fashion, with live musical performances. • In a span of four weeks, I hired a 17-person production team (producers, writers, editors, director), auditioned, hired and coached five on-air talent, created the show concept/format, oversaw all creative (graphics package, stage design, music), and oversaw the evolution of the show including expansion from 60 min to 90 min, all while navigating COVID.• Oversaw daily editorial calls, managed the shows's editorial calendar (segments, guests, long-range planning), oversaw production of the live daily show & studio production operations, developed sponsored segments for Draftkings, Subway, Champion Athletics, American Eagle, and managed the show budget.• Show lead with network executives and stakeholders from Programming, Studio Operations, Ad Sales (sponsorship integrations), Business & Legal, Standards & Practices, Rights & Clearances.

Burbank, Ca

Established and led cross-functional partnerships with Marketing, Live Events, Ad Sales, PR, Esports, Business & Legal, Rights & Clearances, Corp Comm, and five video game IPs (Overwatch, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft) to create and execute content strategies for live events, esports, and community initiatives. Achievements include:• 2019: Oversaw $2.1M BlizzCon Virtual Ticket budget for production of three simultaneous livestreams that delivered 36+ hours of content during BlizzCon (2-day event). Saved $700K by maximizing vendor deals and streamlining pre-, live, and post-production workflows.• 2018: Co-developed new 8-week “BlizzCon Season” content strategy for BlizzCon Virtual Ticket resulting in the highest-ever Virtual Ticket sales. • 2017 – 2019: Executive Producer, BlizzCon All Access Channel. Oversaw all creative production of yearly livestream that provided 9 continuous hours of coverage each day (interviews, whip-arounds of 4 content stages and 5 esports stages, hourly esports update segments, roaming reporter segments, sponsorship integrations).• 2017 – 2018: Played key role in establishing and scaling the Global Broadcast Department. Developed best practices for setting up the department, including budgeting, staffing, and production workflows & tools.

Burbank, Ca

Emmy Nominated: Live Sports Special EventCOMPANY: ESL and ESPNSHOW TITLE: ESPN EXP Invitational: Apex LegendsGENRE: EsportsLIVESTREAM DISTRIBUTION: ESPN.COM, TwitchSUMMARY: The inaugural ESPN EXP Invitational at X Games Minneapolis featured 20 professional Apex Legends teams competing for a $150,000 prize pool. Held at U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings. Live coverage spanned two days (five continuous hours each day) and featured 12 matches, with post-match analysis, and interviews with Apex Legends players and X Games athletes.RESPONSIBLE FOR: - All creative, including show format, show rundowns, show open, graphics, pre-produced interviews, selecting on-air hosts, hiring key crew positions (director, editors, playout ops) and vendors, and bench producing the broadcasts. - Liaison with ESPN stakeholders from Programming, Production Design, Business & Legal, and Rights & Clearances to fully integrate our broadcast into the overall X Games broadcast, included matching the X Games look & feel regarding branding, rights & clearances, and legal.- Collaborated with ESPN Marketing and PR stakeholders to book interviews with X Games athletes (for feature packages) and for sponsor integrations via branded segments.

Los Angeles, Ca

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Ola Balola ProductionsPRODUCED FOR & WITH: YouTube GamingAIR DATES: - 2015: June 15 > 12 continuous hours- 2016: June 13 > 12 continuous hours- 2017: June 11 & 12 > 9 continuous hours each dayDISTRIBUTION: Worldwide via YouTube Gaming Channel (https://gaming.youtube.com/) and Gameslice.com.VIEWS (by end of broadcast):- 2015: 7 million. It was YouTube’s Most Watched Livestream of 2015.- 2016: 5 million- 2017: 6 millionSUMMARY: Each year’s livestream provided exclusive coverage of E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) and was YouTube Gaming’s official E3 livestream. Co-EP’d and hosted by Geoff Keighley. Each year’s coverage included:- Exclusive game demos- Exclusive premieres of video game trailers- 80+ on-set interviews with studio CEO's, game designers, celebrities, and popular YouTube creators- Live coverage of each press conference from Microsoft, Bethesda, Ubisoft, EA, and Sony- Immediate post conference reactions from Geoff and our panel of gaming insiders and experts- Social media & audience engagement throughout each livestream via integrated hashtag polls, heat maps, and viewer comments. Platforms used: Tagboard (2016 & 2017) and MegaPhone (2015).SPONSOR INTEGRATIONS- 2015: Samsung, Xbox and Gramercy Pictures- 2016: Samsung, Xbox, Google Play and Sour Patch Kids- 2017: Tostino’s, DreamWorks (“Transformers”), Focus Features (“Atomic Blonde”), SyFi channel

Los Angeles

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Ola Balola Productions. Produced for YouTube / Google.AIR DATES: Thursday's at 5pm PT. Limited first-order (8 episodes).SHOW LENGTH: 1 hour.PLATFORM: Livestream.DISTRIBUTION: YouTube Gaming Channel (https://gaming.youtube.com/) and Gameslice.com.HOST: Geoff Keighley (Executive Producer). SUMMARY: A weekly talk show covering the latest video game news, tech, and pop culture, with exclusive first looks at gameplay and trailers. Recurring guests included YouTube gaming influencers iJustine, MatPat, AngryJoe, NadeShot and members of RoosterTeeth. This was YouTube's first live series; aired as part of YouTube's Prime Time Gaming line-up.

Santa Monica, Ca

Hired to bring production of an existing talk show in-house and “level up” the production quality. Maximized existing show budget. Oversaw design and build of new set. Hired production crew and vendors. Established production workflows. Completed project on time and within budget.

Los Angeles

(Promoted)> Managed a 28-person in-house production team in the production of 50 – 60 hours per week of content and programming. Strategically scaled department to handle seasonal productions while minimizing budget expansion.> Created & produced long and short-form content & programming for DirecTV’s Audience channel and for syndication. -- Owned: creative vision, show budgets, staffing, casting talent, editorial, show rundowns, graphics, music, show opens, scripts, field segments, sponsor integrations/branded content, bench producing live shows, directing field shoots, overseeing post-production, and managing social media content. > Led cross-functional partnerships with Marketing, Ad Sales, Programing and Corp Comm to achieve business goals in the creation and production of high-priority projects that increased revenue and ROI, including:-- Increased PPV/VOD movie sales 22% by creating and producing The Screening Room and The Maltin Minute.-- Created/Produced BlizzCon on DirecTV, a yearly broadcast that collectively generated over $8M in revenue.• Owned relationships with NBC Sports, NBC Daytime, NFL, CBS Sports, ESPN, Fox RSN and Blizzard Entertainment in the development and production of original content & programming that helped differentiate DirecTV from the competition.

Greater Los Angeles Area

A yearly, live, PPV broadcast that provided wall-to-wall coverage of Blizzard Entertainment's annual video game convention, Blizzcon, broadcast from the Anaheim Convention Center. Each year's event spanned two days, providing 9 hours of live continuous coverage each day, including the Opening Ceremony, exclusive on-set interviews, roaming reporters covering key areas throughout the convention center, behind the scenes pre-taped feature packages, Community Night Cosplay competition, and each year's closing night concert which included Ozzy Osbourne, Tenacious D with Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Blink-182 and Metallica.• Distribution: DirecTV PPV broadcast channel with a livestream simulcast to BlizzCon.com (pay wall). • Each year, I collaborated with dozens of Blizzard stakeholders across 4 IP's to identify major announcements, storylines, and key executives and game developers to interview for pre-produced feature packages and for live broadcast interviews.• Created and Produced 15 to 20 short-form feature packages each year. Coordinated all shoots, directed field crews, interviewed talent, and supervised editing of all packages including selecting music, approving graphics, securing final approvals from Blizzard.• Owned all aspects of live broadcast including budgeting, staffing, talent, overseeing set design and show graphics package, creating show rundowns, bench producing all shows.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Coordinating Producer of daily (M-F) 3-hour, live, sports talk show syndicated to NBC Sports Network and simulcast to Sirius XM and 230 terrestrial radio stations.Coordinated production logistics and all creative (show opens, scenics) when the show went on-location each year during Super Bowl week.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Creator/Producer/Writer of four one-hour specials highlighting key moments from the first five years of The Dan Patrick Show. Distribution: NBC Sports Network

Weekly, half-hour magazine show highlighting the latest movie offerings on DirecTV Pay Per View. • Coordinated and produced all shoots. Directed talent and production crew. Approved scripts and supervised post-production and delivery of shows.• Collaborated with PPV Marketing and PR on selection of movies, PPV messaging and expansion of show to include adding sponsored segments and on-location shoots.• Distribution: DirecTV Pay Per View channels, directv.com, JetBlue in-flight TV.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Short-form series hosted by iconic film critic Leonard Maltin in which he provided interesting facts and background on his favorite movies available on Directv Cinema (PPV) and On Demand (VOD). The segment increased purchases of PPV & VOD movies by 22% within the first three months of launch.

Los Angeles & Austin, Texas

• Weekly, half-hour, live call-in show for the daytime drama, Passions.• Responsible for all aspects of the show including show format, writing (scripts), field producing packages, post-production of all show content, graphics, social media, bench producing live shows.

Los Angeles, Ca

> Creator/Product Owner of DirecTV’s Emmy Award-winning "Mix Channels" interactive broadcast platform and apps, enabling subscribers to watch multiple networks on a single screen, using DirecTV’s remote control to access interactive content. Includes the iconic NFL Game Mix, Sports Mix and Masters Mix channels. -- Established product vision and created product definition docs and wireframes. Led and managed cross-functional stakeholders including Broadcast Engineering, Broadcast Ops, Set-Top Box, UX & Design, Legal.-- Created concept for production of short-form update segments for News Mix and Sports Mix.> Launched, managed and scaled DirecTV’s:-- Broadcast Production Studio > 6,000 sq ft., two PCRs, three stages, three edit bays, and offices.-- Broadcast Production Department > 18 f/t staff, dozens of contractors, vendors, and on-air talent. Created and oversaw 20 – 30 hours of original content produced per week, including content for News Mix and Sports Mix channels.> Drove expansion of Mix Channels and interactive content by developing relationships with media companies, including:-- NBC Sports for 2006 Winter Olympics Mix & content – won Emmy-- CBS Sports, ESPN & USA Network for U.S. Open Mix (tennis) (2007 – 2014) with exclusive side court-coverage-- CBS Sports for 2006 - 2012 March Madness Mix with interactive on-screen bracket – won EmmyCO-CREATOR / PRODUCER: NFL Game Mix, NFL Short Cuts, 2006 Winter Olympics Mix, 2006 March Madness Mix with on-screen interactive bracketCREATOR / PRODUCER / WRITER INTERACTIVE APPS: Created broadcast apps for Audience Network (fna 101 Network) shows and specials: Friday Night Lights (drama), SXSW (concert), Farm Aid (concert) and Passions (daytime drama).

Greater Los Angeles Area

Nightly highlight shows featuring the best performances from Directv's eight hours of daily SXSW music coverage; coverage spanned three days each year.

Hollywood, Ca

• Collaborated with the show EP, Phil McGraw and show producers to create in-show features and exclusive web content designed to drive traffic to the show and back to the site. • Created editorial strategy and content calendars, analyzed site metrics, performed daily site updates, wrote show summaries, managed LA and Chicago-based web teams. • Oversaw a site re-design that increased traffic from an average of 250,000 page views a day to over a million a day.