As an independent, motivational life and career coach, Clare Roy assists her clients in creating the life they truly desire. Devoted to professional and personal development, her expertise includes leadership, training, mentoring and advising groups and individuals in professional and personal arenas. She has a solid performance record in building meaningful partnerships with her clients to deliver results that meet her clients’ needs. Clare brings over 20 years of business experience in the fields of leadership, management, television production, television training & development, operations and advertising. A dedicated, Emmy Award-winner Clare was consistently honored with awards and promotions. With a keen ability to motivate, inspire and lead to success, this former senior executive focuses on innovation and driving results.Known for her contagious energy, uplifting spirit, positive outlook and delightful sense of humor, Clare is an inspirational and authentic leader with the ability to inspire trust, clarify purpose, align organizational systems, unleash individual talents, and build long-standing, collaborative relationships throughout all tiers of an organization. While located in Bethesda, Maryland Clare’s reach is boundless. She works effectively with a wide variety of local, regional and long distance clients including C-Level executives and individual contributors.

Support post-production operations for the leading nonfiction media company in the world, overseeing $500K operations budget. Work in cooperation with departmental leaders to realign staffing goals and develop strategies to empower teams to achieve success. Inspire out-of-the box thinking to resolve challenging scenarios while managing complex situations with multiple moving parts in relation to culture change and change management. Implemented numerous methods and processes to improve performance and increase productivity while reducing costs. Developed method to gather and analyze metrics for vital business needs.• Accomplished six-month temporary labor cost reduction of $22K with the creation of a new strategic approach to provide alternate resources for multiple departments.• Played pivotal role in establishing Post-Production Operations team and departmental processes for Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) with a Discovery/OWN joint venture.• Accommodated overflow of post-production work to be completed in-house after $6M reduction in network external spend, successfully leading four departments with existing resources and maintaining excellent customer service while managing the launch of three new Discovery networks.• Reduced the number of required edit sessions by 33%, yielding cost savings of $16,475 over a four-month period with implementation of high-level corporate initiative that identified and developed efficient workflow systems to save time and money.

Managed production of short-form, corporate sizzle reels for affiliate cable distribution meetings, program partnerships meetings, and ad sales use. Analyzed third-party programming for potential acquisition. Developed and maintained lasting relationships with potential program vendors and key clients including The Humane Society of the United States, US News & World Report, and AARP.

Attained fast-track promotion through a series of increasingly responsible positions based on strong performance in workforce reengineering, process optimization, productivity improvement, and quality leadership. Scope of production responsibilities included management of original long-form programming, reversioned acquisitions, special projects, and live productions. Directed editorial content for Animal Planet, Discovery Health Channel, TLC, and Discovery HD Theatre. Provided creative feedback to producers. Collaborated across multiple platforms on all related projects including Business Affairs, Ad Sales, Development, Programming, Legal, Marketing, and Talent Management.

• Managed relations with post production house’s clients, staff and external vendors.• Worked with various sales staff and clients to determine specific post production requirements.• Supervised all audio-related operations including scheduling of staff, narrators and audio suites, negotiating and acquiring music rights and securing digital couriers.• Scheduled post production services for multiple suites including linear and non-linear editing, telecine, DVD, graphics, narration, sound design and mix suites.• Coordinated details and supervised final billing of each project.