Jana's coaching practice developed from years of working with teams, executive leadership, and organizations and finding competitive and cutting-edge solutions. She has worked with high-performance leaders in Fortune 100 companies and supported Academy Award® and Emmy Award® winning crews.Areas of Expertise: • One-on-one and group coaching sessions with management and leadership, emerging talent, strategic direction, and team building. • Content development for coaching transformation programs, leadership development, and team building. • Career coaching and branding. • Professional Certified Coach (PCC) International Coaching Federation (ICF)• Certified in Positive Intelligence, EQ-i 2.0, and EQ 360 Review ProgramsNotable Workshops and Facilitator• Positive Intelligence (PQ) • Emotional Intelligence • Skip the PIP• Should Have SaidClients Include: Sony Pictures AnimationNickelodeon AnimationAma La Vida

Ama La Vida is an innovative career, leadership, life and health coaching company centered around the understanding that you can and should love your life. Ama La Vida uses a proprietary blend of online eCoaching modules with one-on-one virtual sessions with your personally matched coach to help its members create meaningful, measurable change in their lives.

Jana was hired to build a global recruiting department for Sony Pictures Animation. Over the years, Jana partnered with five different studio management teams, and multiple film project directors and creative teams devising global talent acquisition strategies, world-wide university relations, DEI, and film and animation festivals, and engagement programs for award winning crews. She coached directors, artists, and production management towards meeting business objectives, career direction and overall outcomes. Credit List: VivoMitchells vs the MachinesSpider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseHotel Transylvania 1, 2, 3 & 4The StarSmurfs 1, 2 & 3Surf's Up 1 & 2 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 1 & 2Surf's Up Open Season

Responsible for staffing the first feature film, Jonah, for the studio. Sourced and hired 350+ crew and staff. Responsible for full-cycle recruiting of all feature and DVD creative teams and production management teams. Meeting the business objectives and provide strategic solutions to project needs. Managed university relations and engagement programs.Managed relocation, outplacement services, and coaching for project-based teams. Credit List: Jonah: A VeggieTales MovieAn Easter CarolVeggieTales: The Ballad of Little JoeThe Star of Christmas

Established, built, and managed the entire global talent acquisition function from the ground up in a creative, dynamic, and fast-paced hiring environment. Partnering with studio executive management, project directors, and creative teams devising talent acquisition strategies that included external applicants and sourcing passive talent, compensation, programs, and communication strategies.Responsible for full-cycle recruiting of all feature, TV, games, and music creative teams. Meeting the business objectives and provide strategic solutions to project needs.Credit List: Spirit: Stallion of the CimarronShrek (Initial Three Crews before it went to PDI) The Road to El Dorado The Prince of Egypt