Business leader and executive producer with two decades experience building businesses by successfully creating, selling, and producing projects with top talent, leading media companies, and Fortune 500 brands.Sales. 12+ years successfully packaging and selling shows while building relationships with buyers at domestic broadcasters, streamers, top-30 cable networks, emerging platforms, entertainment divisions at media agencies, and a handful of international distributors. Creative Producing. Hands-on creator and executive producer on more than 75 series for broadcast, streaming, cable, and digital that span scripted comedy, doc, competition, food, fashion, beauty, talk, celebrity, science, adventure, and travel. Includes many innovative, first-of-a-kind interactive or hybrid series and multiple award nominations and wins. Talent. Intrinsic ability to earn the trust & confidence necessary to create collaborative partnerships with A-list artists & athletes, directors, celebrity personalities, and digital influencers. This reputation extends to talent and lit reps at the major agencies and management companies.Physical Production Management. Practical experience in all aspects of line producing including budget creation & management, production scheduling, above- and below-the-line staffing & deal making, production cost management & reporting, pre-, production, and post-production infrastructure and processes, and vendor and 3rd-party production company procurement & oversight. 50% in Los Angeles, 25% in NYC, and 25% everywhere in between. Operations. After 20 years of holding hybrid creative-and-business roles within both enterprise and startup environments, have developed a keen understanding of how to balance the implementation of operational structure to ensure business visability & performance while empowering frontline creatives and sellers with the necessary entrepreneurial and creative freedom. Particularly in times of business upheaval and/or emerging opportunity. Team Management. Almost two decades of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team management in three different but equally fast-paced & highly dynamic businesses: Digital Advertising, Digital Media & Technology, and Entertainment Production. Managing high performing teams starts with respect & good communication but only truly materializes when you give team members ownership and then hold them accountable.
Listed skills include Integrated Marketing, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Digital Strategy, and 27 others.
