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Producer: The "Story" Series, Educational, Make It Mine (Season 2 & 3), and Shorts!Develops innovative & honest partnerships with online content creators. On the horizon for 2024: New seasons for all series and short forms above. A live show and feature length doc in the works.

Worldwide

Documentary focused production and directing: Created original series in Italy, "Immersion(e)". Shot b-roll footage for a full-length documentary in China that airs next year. Research and development: created pre-production research, case studies, and reports on Chinese cultural shifts for Canvas 8 and independent films. Created budgets, production plans, delivery schedules, and asset management logs. Coordinated international and local travel.Editing: Immersion(e)… Show more Documentary focused production and directing: Created original series in Italy, "Immersion(e)". Shot b-roll footage for a full-length documentary in China that airs next year. Research and development: created pre-production research, case studies, and reports on Chinese cultural shifts for Canvas 8 and independent films. Created budgets, production plans, delivery schedules, and asset management logs. Coordinated international and local travel.Editing: Immersion(e), testimonial interviews, "How the Other Half Lives", Her.Captured shortsHeather added storytelling and acting instruction to her freelancing services in 2020, offering clients one-on-one coaching to expand their ideas, businesses, and personal development. Her curriculum is designed to be unique to each client's needs and draws on her experiences both as a producer and actress. Show less

Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Based in an a suburb of Zhengzhou, on contract to produce stories of diverse expats adapting to life in China. Produced: "The China Shock Series" and "Chinacast" vlog - Created budgets for equipment used in the field and in studio, navigating cross-cultural business practices and Chinese language- Pre-produced, filmed and edited interviews (formal and verite), b-roll and stock footage to create short form documentary style content- established online social media channels and… Show more Based in an a suburb of Zhengzhou, on contract to produce stories of diverse expats adapting to life in China. Produced: "The China Shock Series" and "Chinacast" vlog - Created budgets for equipment used in the field and in studio, navigating cross-cultural business practices and Chinese language- Pre-produced, filmed and edited interviews (formal and verite), b-roll and stock footage to create short form documentary style content- established online social media channels and created production strategies to foster audience growth and engagement - scheduled delivery on social media and supervised Social Media Coordinator Show less

Knoxville

Associate produced documentary, "A Place to Call Home"​, shadowing a Burundi and an Iraqi family’s first months as refugees in the American South. Developed and implemented filing system for over 700 digital assets.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Collaborated with two distinct international teams.LATAM On-Air Production Team: Supervised short-form promotion production for Latin American and Brazilian channels: schedules editors, produces post-production sessions, tracks digital asset progress, verifies graphics and audio. Key achievements:- Scripted over 20 promos for Food Network Latin America and Brazil- Completed over 100 short form videos for two regional websites - Worked with editors and team on On-Air… Show more Collaborated with two distinct international teams.LATAM On-Air Production Team: Supervised short-form promotion production for Latin American and Brazilian channels: schedules editors, produces post-production sessions, tracks digital asset progress, verifies graphics and audio. Key achievements:- Scripted over 20 promos for Food Network Latin America and Brazil- Completed over 100 short form videos for two regional websites - Worked with editors and team on On-Air promotions for marketing, talent IDS, 2 Video on Demand spots (sizzle reels), and 70+ Tastemade videos Show less

Knoxville Tn

Content Operations Team: Ordered masters and short form content, checked program licensing data and transferred ancillary deliverables for 5 international markets. Key Achievements:- Reduced weekly team meetings by 20 mins through research and implementation of new project management tool- assisted in large output deal rights submission by analysis different data sources to create a master document for 3rd party sales client- increased accuracy and efficiency of frequent… Show more Content Operations Team: Ordered masters and short form content, checked program licensing data and transferred ancillary deliverables for 5 international markets. Key Achievements:- Reduced weekly team meetings by 20 mins through research and implementation of new project management tool- assisted in large output deal rights submission by analysis different data sources to create a master document for 3rd party sales client- increased accuracy and efficiency of frequent data analysis by creating and updating shared databases- ordered 435 hrs of short form assets for 5 channels across the International region- prepared a marketing presentation for Italy's channel, Mangia, a key client in the EMEA region Show less

Contacted nonprofit and commercial clients to increase marketing success through video. Collaborated on story ideas and served as an Associate Producer on higher budget projects.

Associate Produced "Conspicuous Gallantry" (2015) and acted as executive producer for Smokey Mountain Quilter's Society segments, documenting seven quilter's personal journeys toward meeting national heroes to express their gratitude and give them personalized quilts.Produced live and archived television content at the Medal of Honor convention in Knoxville, Tennessee (September 2014).

Heather was a Production and Development intern at RIVR Media during 2014. She worked with producers, crew, editors and the development team on over seven original shows and one feature film.Heather’s experience at RIVR went beyond transcribing and creating cue sheets. She coordinated many scheduling and travel logistics for Small town, Big Event, Escaping Polygamy and Renovation Realities. She created show loglines and titles, worked with deliverables, assisted in the casting process… Show more Heather was a Production and Development intern at RIVR Media during 2014. She worked with producers, crew, editors and the development team on over seven original shows and one feature film.Heather’s experience at RIVR went beyond transcribing and creating cue sheets. She coordinated many scheduling and travel logistics for Small town, Big Event, Escaping Polygamy and Renovation Realities. She created show loglines and titles, worked with deliverables, assisted in the casting process for Renovation Realities and Puppy Pandamonium and was trusted with developing content.Heather did development research on Chance or Fate for RIVR’s Los Angeles team and attended executive development meetings regularly. She created a pitch deck for an original series and developed that idea over the duration of her internship at RIVR. Show less

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Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism And Electronic Media, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Tennessee Volunteer Channel (T.V.C.), All Campus Theatre (A.C.T.), Society of Media Arts (S.O.M.A.)

Education record

Master Of Arts - Ma, Visual Anthropology, Media And Documentary Practices

Va Visual Anthropology, Media, And Documentary Practices