Jillian A. Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Direct oversight of creative ecosystem for independent film studio, including development, packaging, finance, production, and sales.
• Curated inaugural original film slate, with an emphasis on commercial, talent-driven content across a multitude of genres; lead on-set producer for select films.
• Creative liaison with Warner Brothers regarding shared development and production slate.
• Engineered film finance and sales plan, with co-studio and studio economics through partnerships with streaming platforms, studios, financiers, and international sales companies.
• Supervised strategic overall deals, with a focus on diversity and inclusion; architected Black Noir Cinema, a joint-venture focused on emerging BIPOC directors and talent.
• Hired and mentored creative development and production team.

Santa Monica, California

• Expanded Imperative from a nascent production company to a multi-department creative studio and financier.
• Implemented creative filter and supervised development, packaging, and production for film and series.
• Identified singular underlying material for development, including Clint Eastwood’s The Mule (WB) and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple).
• Lead producer for select films, including Mindy Kaling’s Late Night and Thom Zimny’s The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash.
• Developed feature and television scripts; crafted written pitches and visual materials, including concept designs and trailers. Sold series to a variety of studios, broadcast, cable, and streaming platforms.
• Developed and maintained relationships with premium writers, playwrights, and directors, with a specific emphasis on auteur filmmakers.

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

• Lead creative executive for independent film and television production company with a specific focus on New York-based playwrights, comedians, musicians, and performance artists.
• Oversaw multi-platform entertainment properties, including development and production of feature film, animated and digital series, and graphic novels.
• Lead producer of feature film Black Dynamite (Sony) and Black Dynamite: The Animated Series (Adult Swim); co-author of the Black Dynamite comic for IDW.
• Managed company talent roster, including Freestyle Love Supreme (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs, Chris Jackson, Utkarsh Ambudkar). Booked appearances in venues nationwide, coordinated festival and television.
• Founded and oversaw joint venture with Japanese animation studio, Ultra Super Pictures. Key US contact for overseas principals, responsible for business development and acquisitions.
• General managed theatrical stage shows (Off-Broadway) featuring marquee talent.

Los Angeles, CA

• Developed and produced 11-minute animated television pitch and pilot for Adult Swim.
• Supervised day-to-day production for 22-minute animated television series, including casting, storydevelopment and supervision of writing schedule for 10-episode first season.
• Primary network liaison: negotiated ATL budget and key talent contracts, coordinated marketing and publicity campaigns.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Directly oversaw development of 22-minute live action comedy pilot for Adult Swim (initial pitch through final delivery).
• Key set producer. Duties included: hiring department heads, casting, scouting locations, negotiating union contracts (IATSE, AFTRA), cost reporting, and managing day-to-day pre-production and production in Georgia.
• Post production supervision and accounting; coordinated physical and legal delivery.

Los Angeles, CA

• Lead on set producer for independent film.
• Created and implemented marketing campaign for film. Oversaw creation of film’s websites, Internet marketing plan, and key artwork.
• Coordinated festival and premiere screenings, and convention appearances (Comic Con, Wonder Con)
• Facilitated domestic and international delivery (physical and legal)
• Quarterly reporting to financiers
• Managed creation and distribution of film soundtrack and score albums.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Theater And English

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Centennial Scholar, Summa Cum Laude

Education record