Collin Simmons Email & Phone Number

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Atlanta, Ga

Launch of HBO Max including:• Selected from existing WarnerMedia teams to build and grow the HBO Max content offering from inception to present• Lead development of slate management systems and content across internal divisions to feed HBO Max content pipeline• Helped build content strategy in partnership with finance, acquisitions, research, and programming teams to create robust content offering through existing corporate portfolio for priority demos to complement existing HBO subscriber baseContent strategy and analysis for HBO Max including:• Leading content strategy for Movies, Unscripted Series, and Comedy Series • Strategizing acquisitions and originals through detailed analysis of existing inventory and programming opportunities to drive revenue through subscriptions and engagement with key audiences• Genre and sub-genre deep dive decks to drive strategy through data, visual storytelling, and executive rhetoric• Detailed volume projections with financial planning teams to accurately determine inventory and subsequent needs• Directing content evaluation and cataloging through key qualifiers: diversity, genre, demographics, talent, etc. to inform original and licensed content strategy that aligns with corporate goals• Managing full inventory for new SVOD service from launch up to 5 years into the future Content Management and Pipeline Optimization including:• Building and growing content management system in partnership with programming strategy teams to maximize corporate portfolio of content to best serve growing and potential new subscribers• Directing existing HBO Programming & Planning teams on system integration through shared process goals

Manager, TNT Scheduling, Programming & Scheduling - TNT & TBSProject Managing full upfront schedule including:• Stewarding and communicating several partner departments’ needs to develop and execute upfront schedules for linear and digital platforms to meet needs and deadlines of relevant groups such as Development, Marketing, Operations, Research, and Sales• Managing up to 17,000 hours of TNT’s schedule with attention to detail, consistency, and deliverablesOriginal series scheduling including:• Scheduling long range and upcoming original series for TNT & TBS while managing relationships with partners• Brainstorming and executing promotional and launch stunts for original series on digital and linear platforms that integrate needs of invested departments and sponsorsManaging acquired series strategy and programming including:• Authoring acquired series stunts and optimization strategies through thematic elements • Scheduling acquired series throughout the entire day to maximize ratings and viewer experienceCollaboration on movie scheduling on linear and digital including:• Increasing movie digital scheduling and transactions based on promoted and themed stunts• Integrating digital and linear scheduling to the benefit of audiences and sales opportunities Development and production of the Competitive Recon planning portfolio for linear and digital platforms including:• Creating ad hoc competitive reports that work toward problem solving and anticipate multiple scheduling scenarios, competitive avoidance, and scheduling trends• Leading and expanding a competitive sharepoint site by following industry news and trends • Projecting competitive schedules over a year into the future with accuracy and context• Managing department communications with a dynamic competitive highlights video board, breaking news alerts, and running departmental meetings to discuss relevant competition and industry updates

Coordinator, TNT & TBS Programming, Competitive Recon

Standards & PracticesAdult Swim & Cartoon NetworkTracked and analyzed competitive series for parental ratings and contentCompared parental ratings and format standards for original content and competitors

Department of CommunicationsLead instructor: Film Aesthetics & Analysis, History of Motion Pictures, American Film History I, American Film History IIResearch support for senior staff

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Ph.D. Work, Tv Studies

Additional classes in Marketing

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Thesis: "Laughing at Both Sides": A Study of Politics, Puppets, and Profane Paper Boys in South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, and Team.