Cayla Sharp Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

I help startups and tech organizations communicate with customers, community, and investors through storytelling in the form of product videos, documentary-style case studies, podcasts, recruitment videos, tutorials and much more. Clients include A-Plan Coaching, Broadly, Brandless, Fast Forward, Weights and Biases, Welkin Health, and WHILL.

San Francisco Bay Area

I created ads and short brand videos for small businesses and nonprofits through Youtube's Director onsite program. Roles include script writing and pre-production to shooting and editing in a streamlined and efficient process.

Blacksburg, Virginia

Fighting Gravity is a theatrical performance group which fuses blacklight, Japanese Bunraku theater, illusion, and movement to create unique spectacles. Since we competed on America’s Got Talent in 2010, I’ve taken part in forming the group into a sustainable company with ongoing performances, creating unique experiences and a vessel to travel the world. Notable performances: with The Far East Movement on Dick Clark’s New Years Eve Special and at Canada’s Much Music Video Awards, with Will.I.Am and Jennifer Lopez at the American Music Awards, Appearances on Germany’s Das Supertalent, Simon Cowell’s Red or Black, an ongoing performance at The Box Cabaret Nightclub in New York City and London, and numerous performances at events for Dell, Intel, Adobe, Nike, Audi, Mercedes, and Quicken Loans.​As an active leader of the group, I handle technical production and a variety of tasks including conceptualizing and directing new pieces, programming lighting, mixing music, designing props and set pieces, and managing ongoing projects and business operations.

New York City

Paradiso is a narratively driven escape room in New York City. The intimate show leans into the aesthetic of noir film, combining technical theater techniques with live actors and puzzles. Audiences of up to 10 at a time work as a team to find their way through multiple immersive sets, discovering characters along the way and attempting escape before their 60 minutes are up.​As the Associate Creative Director for Paradiso, my role began with conceptualizing and contributing to creative conversations with attention to the audience experience and brand identity. I created design draftings and renderings of the physical space, while also creating a visual identity through developing and directing photo and video shoots, creating teasers, trailers and in-show digital content and puzzles. As the sound designer, I specified, installed, and programmed an audio playback system as well as composed, recorded, synthesized, and mixed the score and sound effects.

New York City

- Designed decks, presentations, and collateral- Filmed and edited director reels and case studies- Assisted in office managerial tasks- Managed website content

New York City

Assisted Director Michael Counts on immersive theater projects, events, fashion, and installations.- Organized digital files, documentation, and collateral - Created 3D renderings and imagery for proposals - Researched and supported creative development

Touring Production

The Walking Dead Experience is a one-of-a-kind immersive experience which renders the world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead the night that the zombie apocalypse breaks out. The 30 minute touring show ushers audiences up to 6 at a time through a series of sets, encountering actors and overcoming obstacles to escape safely. The show is completely automated: opening a door, or encountering someone along the way determines the way the system reacts and advances lighting, video, and sound cues.​Assisting in the design process, I created draftings and renderings of the spaces for creative conceptualization. I produced video shoots to create in-show content used in holographic displays and projections. As sound designer, I recorded, mixed, and programmed soundscapes and sound effects. I also conceptualized, filmed and edited the teasers, behind-the-scenes content, and photographs used for press and marketing. Message me for a more in depth behind-the-scenes video.

Bachelor'S Degree, Show Production And Touring

Studied the technical aspects of producing live entertainment. Studied audio console/system signal flow and live sound reinforcement.

Industrial And Systems Engineering