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Los Angeles, California, United States

Showcase exceptional results and leadership capabilities, earning promotion from role of Production Manager to Senior Manager within the Performance Content Marketing Department. Acted as a key liaison between clients and internal production teams, facilitating clear communication and project expectations to ensure client satisfaction and project success. Mentored and coached junior team members, enhancing teams’ professional growth and development within the organization.• Directed conceptualization, production, and execution of creative campaigns across Performance Content and Creative Production departments with focus on alignment with client objectives and brand identity.• Achieved profitability goals and matched all creative expectations through effective management of budget.• Spearhead entire production process from pre-production planning to talent casting and onboarding, contracts negotiations, payment distributions, and on-set filming.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement innovative strategies for client campaigns, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market trends.• Evaluated and optimized production workflows and processes to enhance efficiency and productivity, resulting in a streamlined production pipeline and improved project turnaround times.• Implemented data-driven insights and analytics to measure campaign performance and effectiveness, providing valuable feedback for future campaign iterations and optimizations.• Recognized with The Communicator Awards, The Telly Awards, & The Viddy Awards in 2024 for exceptional leadership and innovation in production management, demonstrating excellence in creative and technical production capabilities.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Los Angeles Area

Obtained and organized fit-for-brand content for television, web, and social media by co-leading a team of 20-25 field producers. Expanded TMZ’s coverage footprint through identification and capitalization on emerging trends in celebrity news and pop culture. Built a culture of continuous improvement and excellence within the internal teams by performing evaluations and providing constructive feedback.• Developed and nurtured professional relationships with publicists, talent managers, and representatives to secure exclusive coverage of upcoming high-profile events and celebrity appearances.• Expanded the celebrity news coverage and ensured exclusive coverage of celebrity appearances by deploying field producers and photographers nationwide.• Spearheaded the development and execution of promotional campaigns and events to increase brand visibility and engagement, driving audience growth and retention.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Conceptualized and produced captivating lifestyle and hard news stories personalized to fit the brand identity of the Top 30 brand, boosting viewer engagement as a result. Collected highly accurate editorial information by conducting rigorous editorial research via telephone calls, emails, and other research methods, while upholding network’s commitment to journalistic integrity and quality reporting.• Showcased unique stories of special celebrity guests and entertainment professionals by scripting and producing interviews.• Led full production process by pitching new ideas, conducting thorough editorial research, writing news stories, scripting segments, directing anchors for optimal delivery, and providing critiques to video editors to ensure high-quality and engaging content.• Coordinated with network executives and programming directors to align show content with overall network objectives and audience preferences

Greater New York City Area

Enabled NBC to be the leading source of timely and reliable news content by researching, coordinating, and executing coverage of breaking news events and on-going stories, while overseeing a dedicated weekend team. Ensured accuracy, fairness, and journalistic integrity in all news coverage.• Played a key role in driving newsgathering efforts and content distribution planning through building collaboration between NBC News’ digital, broadcast, and live-show production teams.• Deployed NBC’s National News Correspondents across the country to facilitate in breaking-news coverage, developing a team of correspondents, producers, and sound, video, and satellite personnel.• Monitored breaking news developments and emerging stories through various sources, including wire services, social media, personal sources, and news feeds, providing real-time updates and guidance to editorial teams.

Greater New York City Area

Utilized Ardome software coupled with basic desktop editing skills to attach editorial metadata for a large volume of incoming videos, ensuring content organization and accessibility for editorial teams. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and implement content distribution strategies for digital and broadcast platforms.• Streamlined content organization and distribution process by feeding physical media into digital formats with advanced video hardware and software systems.• Assisted in the development and implementation of content management systems and workflows to streamline the organization and retrieval of digital media assets• Conducted regular audits and quality checks of archived media content to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with copyright and licensing agreements.• Assisted in the coordination and execution of live broadcasts and remote productions, ensuring seamless integration of video assets and live feeds into programming.

College Park, Md

• Hold responsibility for all aspects of event services coordination for customers renting/reserving space through the Stamp Event Services Department. • Make procedural operating decisions based on departmental policies and procedures • Manage all facets of event services for student organizations, departmental and non-university client events• Meet with clients to discuss and arrange details of event planning• Provide detailed facility diagram for each room to be used displaying each piece of equipment requested• Coordinate with other university service providers including facilities, information technology, campus police and dining services • Serve as on-site liaison, representing Event Services at events to interact with clients

College Park, Md

• Cover a beat on a core CNS topic and produce breaking news, investigative and enterprise video packages for the Web and Maryland Newsline, a nightly student-produced newscast• Serve in a variety of behind-the-scenes and on-air roles to help produce Maryland Newsline• Execute basic web production (uploading video packages to the CNS Website; writing text versions and SEO friendly headlines of Web packages)• Tell stories using text, audio, video, photos, audio slideshows, interactive graphics, maps, data visualization and other multimedia methods• Make extensive use of social media as part of reporting and storytelling

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Gathered and provided high-quality, captivating news content through proactive participation in editorial process, including planning, researching, news-gathering, composing, and editing activities.• Offered field production assistance on local breaking-news and creation of content for local news segment.• Conceived and suggested brand-new ideas for news stories and segments during editorial meetings.• Ensured accuracy and credibility of news stories through comprehensive research and fact-checking on news reports.

Takoma Park, Maryland

• Served as writer, reporter and photographer for the independent newspaper, Takoma Park Voice• Covered events, government, community issues and more

Harrisonburg, Va

• Log and prep DSLR video footage for editing• Assist in maintaining and documenting work flows and procedures• Assist in show studio production• Travel with the crew to assist with interviews and filming

Harrisonburg, Va

• Monitor participants’ entrance to UREC and University Park by swiping ID cards• Conduct transactions for purchases• Serve as customer service assistant to handle participant and guest issues• Serve as information agents of UREC by promoting UREC programs, services and facilities• Assist participants with registration of programs and activities• Assist participants with process and service of towel and locker rental and equipment check in/out

Harrisonburg, Va

• Manage photographs by identifying subjects of photos, rating quality of photos, preparing photos for use on JMUSports.com• Update athlete biographies • Edit "Getting to Know You" Q&A with incoming athletes for JMUSports.com• Update schedule/results and rosters on JMUSports.com• Assist with in-game statistics at home games• Assist with setup/teardown of press conferences and press activities at home games • Assist with compilation of sports statistics throughout the year• Write post-athletic event stories or weekly notes for JMUSports.com• Compile game notes to update sports record books and prospectuses

Master'S Degree, Broadcast Journalism

The Philip Merrill College of Journalism focuses on helping master’s students learn real-world, hands-on journalism. We have been trained.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Media Studies

The "General Communication" major enables students to study communication from a variety of perspectives. We have completed the major.