Cat Blackard Email & Phone Number

Winter Park, Florida, United States

I'm the Founder and lead creative force of Omniverse, a media production company specializing in dynamic storytelling podcasts. When it comes to creativity, we see no boundaries – no genres that can’t be fused, no idea too crazy to work. Our team has pioneered the podcast medium since 2009, breaking the mold with acclaimed audio drama series such as The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program. Omniverse is also the developer of the animated series, Lightning Dogs and publisher of The Nerdy Show Network, the web’s longest-running geek podcast collective. Our in-house production team is available for consultancy – to help others make their podcast dreams into a professional and successful reality.

Orlando, Florida Area

As founder of The Nerdy Show Network, I assembled an incredible team of like-minded geeks and built a grassroots collective of creativity and culture - venturing into unexpected and exciting places, and championing quality and authenticity. We've earned a cult following and dedicated fans that continue to accompany us on our myriad adventures. The network was born in the early days of indie podcasting, pioneered cinematic improvised audio dramas, and was home to our titular podcast, "Nerdy Show", the longest-running Games and Hobbies podcast. To this day, it continues to host the work of affiliates studios and creators as well as specialized in-house productions. Our award-winning audio dramas paved the way for Omniverse, our production company, which is where my focus is, but I still oversee Nerdy Show's continued output including on-going affiliate series and legacy content. As the leader of an independent outlet I've worn many hats: administration and production of podcasts, managing promotion and distribution, coordinating with creators, artists, and designers to make impeccable experiences. In addition to myriad high level management tasks, I served as host on multiple series, provided dramatic and improvisational voice work, copy writing, graphic design.

Orlando, Florida Area

As Podcast Network Director I launched and managed Consequence of Sound's podcast arm, Consequence Podcast Network (CPN) - A home for the beloved outlet's editorial content in music, film, and pop culture to come alive. I oversaw administration and production of podcasts, distribution, coordinating with creators, artists, and designers to make impeccable experiences. This includes the Sony-partnered music series, The Opus, which I directly produced, a catalog of present pop culture and industry-exploring series, and paving the way for future series - expanding the brand and delighting demographics in new and unexpected ways. In addition to myriad high level management tasks, I hosted series, did voice work, copy writing, and graphic design.

I managed a staff of freelance artists, created original logos, illustrative feature art, and graphic design, contributed numerous editorials, reviews, and investigative pieces on a wide variety of multimedia subjects as well as conducted high profile interviews with some of my favorite artists of all-time such as David Byrne, Janelle Monáe, Phil Collins, Reggie Watts, Barry Levinson, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and many, many more. As Art Director I create original illustrations, multimedia art, and graphic design for Consequence's featured articles and promotions including full-size posters, fliers, and online ad work. I also manage freelance multidisciplinary artists and illustrators to provide additional images for the site.

Cluster 1 was a video sister site to music site Consequence of Sound. It focused on the coolest and most eclectic film and animation and celebrated the fusion of music and video.

Media Potluck was an eclectic media blog where we examined music, films, video games, advertising... every interesting and off-the-beaten path piece of media we could get our hands on. On occasion our music-related articles also appeared on Consequence of Sound as their featured article series: "Audio Archaeology"

I worked at both the join Sam Goody-Suncoast that used to exist in Fort Lauderdale's Galleria Mall, and later moved to the Sam Goody in the Altamonte Mall in Altamonte Springs, FL. As a sales associate I combined my movies and music geekery with my outgoing personality and helped people get their media fix. Retail, be it alphabetizing or customer assistance, is always fun when you're selling something you love in a healthy work environment.