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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Created numerous clear and organized spreadsheets to track numerous elements of production and related projects.- Facilitated daily dissemination of key information and production documents to department heads, crew members and outside vendors, ensuring all relevant parties had the necessary information to keep production running on schedule.- Edited and formatted scripts at request of projects’ directors & producers.- Wrote marketing copy for film's promotion at request of producers.- Developed & maintained relationships with vendors & reviewed previously-executed vendor contracts to ensure production company’s compliance as film’s final cut was completed and delivered.

- In charge of researching and confirming information related to participants and assets included in feature length documentary film, and communicating relevant findings to multiple remote teams.- Wrote and edited scripts for voice-over recording sessions which were ultimately included in the film.- Reviewed and gave notes on cuts of the film across various stages of production.- Worked on a tight timeline to identify and secure legal rights for numerous replacement assets based on evolving needs of film’s director, producers, and clearance coordinator.- Reviewed previously-executed vendor contracts to ensure production company’s compliance as film’s final cut was completed and delivered.

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Coordinated, ran, and took notes during daily virtual, in-person, and hybrid pre-production meetings as production moved from remote to in-person work.- Interfaced with and disseminated information and production documents to department heads and on-set crew, helping facilitate communication between departments when necessary.- Formed and maintained relationships with third party vendors to help ensure production had all the necessary equipment to remain on schedule and confirm contracts were executed accurately.- Managed and coordinated travel for international cast, producers and crew members across multi-city shoot.

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Took detailed notes during daily writers room meetings and on calls with showrunners and studio or network executives, disseminating those notes to all relevant parties in a timely manner.- Worked with writers to develop and execute season-long serialized story-arcs, and find solutions to story problems as they became evident across the course of both seasons.- Researched background information for use in various scripts at showrunners’ and writers’ direction, ensuring accuracy for a story set across numerous real-world locales and cultures.- Gave feedback on drafts of scripts throughout production at request of showrunners and writers.- Edited and formatted scripts for distribution to studio, network, and production executives.

New York, New York, United States

- Created and maintained documents pertaining to daily production schedule of numerous film and television projects as required to maintain compliance with studio and union contracts.- Facilitated communication between on and off-set departments, making sure all parties had the latest information required to complete their work efficiently and safely.- Managed starring cast members on & off set, helping ensure they were able to do their jobs and avoiding delays in the production schedule.- Managed and directed background cast members, ensuring they gave believable but unobtrusive performances and did not cause any delays to the production’s schedule.

New York, New York, United States

- Worked with clients to identify the unique qualities of their brand and develop effective strategies for product launches, growing active user-bases, and international expansions.- Built and managed company websites and newsletters, writing and editing regular blog posts, interviews, industry-specific reports, and communications from company founders and CEOs, and using SEO strategies to ensure the created content was effectively driving web traffic.- Wrote copy for press releases, marketing and advertisements, and other public-facing communications, helping create and increase exposure and user bases.- Developed social media strategies and created necessary content to help increase audience engagement by as much as 15% month-over-month.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

- In charge of reviewing potential intellectual property violations reported by creatives using the site, helping determine if users had intentionally stole from one another and taking the necessary actions based on the determination.- Developed site-wide rules around use of generic and repeated design submissions. Trained other customer support agents on these policies after they had been approved by company founders, leading to a dramatic decline in the submission of generic designs.- Provided email and phone support to buyers interested in starting a project, helping them find the right package to fit their graphic design needs, helping them with any issues they faced while using the site, and reporting any bugs to the development team.

- Graded exams for four, 350+ student lecture courses in the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, focusing on the early development of rock and pop music and the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan.- Assisted professor in the transition from multiple-choice exams to long-form essay exams, resulting in a dramatic decrease in instances of cheating among students.- Held regular office hours for students who had questions about course materials, and proctored private exams for students with individual learning plans or facing extenuating circumstances.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

- Helped students and patrons identify, locate, and check out books and other media.- Organized returned books for re-shelving in main university library stacks.- Coordinated large shipments of books on loan to Google University projects.- Worked with rare books library to ensure proper handling of university’s rare books collection.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

- Spearheaded the radio station’s transition from physical to digital media, including supervising the digitization of station’s collection of over 10,000 CDs, and the implementation of a new software platform to make the digital library accessible to on-air DJs and track what was being played to ensure FCC compliance and provide data to promoters and record labels that sent the station music.- Managed a committee of over 20 members charged with reviewing new music sent to the station, training committee members in writing reviews that would to assist on-air DJs with song selection and ensure the station adhered to its format and broadcast license requirements.- Helped develop and grow the station’s online presence, assisting in the launch of “WIUX B-Side,” a second, online-only radio station, and writing numerous record reviews and long-form pieces for the station blog, “No Frequency.”- Attended weekly meetings of the station’s board of directors, working together to grow the station while maintaining it’s identity as a community hub through programming decisions, participating in local events, and hosting multiple concerts and festivals throughout the year.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

- Host of a weekly radio program devoted to new and local music. Developed and grew audience to make show one of the station's most popular programs.- Developed relationships with listeners through off-air phone calls and internet engagement.- Worked with other DJs to avoid repeated plays of individual songs as required by FCC rules.