Jason Drantch Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca

• Oversee most watched local prime sports show in nation’s second-largest media market• Ratings consistently number one in households, total persons, and key adults 18-49 and 25-54 demos• Optimized sports department’s daily production workflow, reducing inefficiency by 33%• Overhauled communication procedures and relations with other departments, increasing productivity by 25%• Produce weekend half-hour Sports Final shows, sports segments in nightly newscasts, pregame, halftime, and postgame shows for Clippers, Raiders, and Dodgers games airing on KTLA• Create rundown, assign stories to writers, design graphics, coordinate live shots, and booth shows in control room• Write scripts for on-air talent; cut and edit highlights, sound bites, packages, etc. for shows • Find and set up features; field produce shoots, interview subjects, and edit package• Train new hires to use ENPS/Adobe Premiere Pro and teach our department’s standards and practices• 2022 L.A. Emmy Award Nominee for producing Black History Month special “Honoring Athletes”

Studio City, Ca

• 2018 L.A. Emmy Award Winner for producing sports coverage in “CBS2 News at 6: Fire Telethon”• Promoted over several coworkers with higher seniority to become the youngest producer in the department• Produce nightly Sports Central shows and news sports segments on CBS2 and KCAL9• Assist with local coverage around national events airing on CBS2, such as Super Bowls, March Madness, Thursday Night Football, and Rams preseason games• Determine show’s content, write scripts, design graphics, set up live shots, and oversee PA’s work • Coordinate with anchors and news producers, handle decisions in the booth, and supervise that shows air smoothly

Studio City, Ca

• Cut and edit highlights, sound, B-roll, and teases for Sports Central and CBS nightly news sports segments• Write scripts and shot sheets for on-air talent, varying each one to match individual anchor’s unique delivery style• Collaborate with a small team to complete all tapes on time, often under high-pressure with strict deadlines • Assist producers with any other tasks needing to be completed

Ucla

• Covered UCLA baseball, softball, women’s soccer, and men’s and women's tennis.• Wrote over 100 articles, including previews and wraps for games and features on the teams and the players.• Interviewed high profile college athletes and coaches, as well as professionals, former pros and Olympians• Conducted research, calculated stats and found interesting topics for notebooks and features• Maintained a constant, effective social media presence, providing news, commentary and analysis via Twitter• Covered additional relevant stories to UCLA sports such as UCLA facilities renovations, the Olympics, and the Director’s Cup.• Served as a co-host on Daily Bruin Radio sports show "Out of Bounds."

Studio City, Ca

• Daily logging of sporting events and press conferences.• Attended games to help cameramen conduct interviews and record sound.

Anaheim, Ca

• Planned and conducted a focus group regarding the buying and selling of Angels tickets on the secondary market rather than the primary and how to change that trend.• Discovered reasons that consumers head to the secondary market and developed a plan for the Angels to bring the consumers back to their ticket markets.

Westwood, Ca

• Developed a marketing plan to improve season ticket sales for UCLA men's basketball.• Focused on the benefits of social media and how to use it to optimize ROI to improve ticket sales.

Bachelor’S Degree, Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: Daily Bruin, Bruin ScoutsMinors: Film, Television, and Digital Media; Political Science

Sports Management And Marketing

MBA Program on Managing Enterprise in Media, Entertainment and Sports with a specialization in Sports Management and Marketing.

High School

Activities and Societies: SAS (Schools for Advanced Studies), Junior Optimist Octagon International (JOOI) Club, Le Sabre (student.