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Los Angeles, California, United States

Continue growth in content programming and operations; expand strategic partnerships• Reestablish sponsored content business to fund new projects aligned with programming• Create new O&O podcast network alongside launch of new slate of vodcast programming• Explore further strategic expansion, including O&O membership offering, additional opportunities for partners, and improved capabilities in web tech and ad ops

Los Angeles, California, United States

Improve cost-efficiency, workflows, and diversification of revenue streams to scale digital strategy• Oversee front-end website CMS migration and backend Video CMS migration to more cost-effective and scalable approaches• Oversee expansion of VOD and FAST programming on new OTT platforms• Expand content programming to include live, livestreamed, and VOD comedy showcase for emerging talent

Greater Los Angeles Area

Develop and improve data-driven digital programming strategy for social, web, and OTT content platforms for a total audience of 40 million people. Oversee:• Execution of strategy through Digital Ops, Content Production, and Social Programming• Redefinition of creative voice to guide creation and curation of new and legacy content• Drastic evolution of digital production, workflow, and programming approaches to adapt to logistical, cultural, and market changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Create original content and entertain the audience of all core digital platforms• Produced all in-house videos and series, optimized for all digital and social platforms• Collaborated and advised on branded and marketing content for partners and TV programs• Hit targets for budgets, revenue, and performance growth

Greater Los Angeles Area

Launched Independent Creator Program to Executive Produce exclusive original content from top outside comedy writers and filmmakers:• Managed ongoing development, production, and programming slate to release content with over 100 million views in 2017• "Time Travel Dieitician," a sketch in this slate, is the second-most viewed video in Funny Or Die's history, next to the company's first ever video, "The Landlord," and has been featured on NBC's, "Dr. Oz," as well as various film festivals.Supervise the Funny Or Die Community program:• Establish pipeline for comedy creators to grow their audiences and improve their content• Provide resources for creators to advance their careers through our platform• Create opportunities to connect top creators with industry professionals in and outside of Funny Or Die to pursue new projects.Work with Programming team to:• Advise internal creative and production teams on optimal ways to present ideas to an internet audience• Curate and package new and library content to be the most relevant comedic voice on the internet• Develop new tools with engineering team to improve experience for creators and audiencesWrite original comedy videos for in-house production.

Created full time digital media production company to create original content for web, television,film, and live performance, as well as provide social media services to companies and individuals.• Produced, co-wrote, and starred in “Edison/Tesla/Brian/Dave” winner of Samuel FrenchOff Off Broadway Short Play Festival, 2012• Produced, co-wrote, and starred in “Startups,” finalist in New York Television FestivalComedy Central Pilot Competition, 2012

New York, Ny

Writer for "Maude" house sketch team "Ripley" (and formerly "Chunk") a team who produces a new half hour sketch comedy show each month at the theater.Co-writer, Actor, Producer of "Lonely People", a half-hour sketch comedy show about loneliness, created with independent group "Mike Duffy".

Greater New York City Area

Produced all internal and original content for YouTube-funded partner channel• Produced, wrote, directed, and acted for a 20 episode micro budget original sketch comedyseries with approximately 2 million total views on YouTube• Produced and developed successful partnerships and series with outside creators, such asLandlineTV, whose 11 episode series has totaled over 1 million views on YouTube• Produced and directed Geeking Out, a dedicated YouTube channel with host Kerri Doherty,which reached 30,000 subscribers and over 1.2 million total video views.

Created and maintained web and social strategy for comedian Chris Gethard’s web/TV talk show.• Produced, developed, and integrated design for two distinct full-featured websites, crucial toboth the stage and television versions of the show.• Developed ways to integrate comedic bits from the show with online presence.

PA for Digital Media projects in support of TV shows “Sesame Street” and “The ElectricCompany” for children• Maintained, enhanced, and created new content for Emmy Award-winning website• Assisted producers on set for creation of web-based content• Managed online video presence for “The Electric Company”

New York, Ny

Internship at top film production company, producers of “Synecdoche, New York” and “EternalSunshine of the Spotless Mind”• Provided organizational support in all production phases of 5 multi-million dollar films• Wrote coverage on incoming solicited scripts to catalyze development of new projects

Successfully revived comedy festival after eleven-year absence; brought fifteen college and professional comedy groups from throughout the country to perform at GWU.Produced five shows in three nights with nationally recognized headliners; coordinated corporate sponsorships, funding, and budgeting; scheduled acts, coordinated staff, directed tech, designed graphics and created web presence

Conducted analyses to determine ticket prices and production schedules used in advertising materials.Successfully developed Design Brief and organized show Post Mortems to foster more informed growth in show production, company identity, and marketing

Bachelor'S, Dramatic Literature (Minors In Theater And Creative Writing)

Activities and Societies: The Comedy House LLC, receSs, Always On Productions, The Colonialist, 14th Grade PlayersPresident of receSs.

Improv And Sketch Comedy

Completed coursework in improvisational comedy performance and sketch comedy writing.