Jim Kowats Email & Phone Number

601 F St NW, Washington DC 20004

• Lead all production for Monumental Sports & Entertainment, including the Washington Wizards, Washington Capitals, Washington Mystics, Wizards District Gaming, Capital City Go-Go and the Monumental Sports Network, as.
• Oversee production staff, including 40+ full time personnel and contractors
• Provide editorial guidance on more than 2,000 original short and long-form digital content projects yearly, ensuring that they are fresh, compelling and relevant, and utilized across all platforms and distribution.
• Oversight of creative and budgetary processes for all content produced on a year-by-year basis, including live shows, network series and specials, reality and access-based content, in-game entertainment, promo.
• Develop and oversee annual production budget, forecasting all digital and linear production requirements, project based invoicing and actualization, capital expenditure purchases, media asset management and.
• Stay competitive in landscape of emerging digital video and production strategy, and drive staff to increase creative, dynamic, engaging formats and techniques that delight consumers and distinguish MSE content from.

Silver Spring, MD

• Oversee more than 80+ hours of content production per year.
• Manage project budgets, ensuring the timely production and delivery of more than 80 hours of programming yearly.
• Review and approve casting, preliminary and final treatments, outlines, scripts, production schedules, budgets, selects, graphics, music, rough and fine cuts, final narration, and final versions for all assigned.
• Hire and direct the activities of key external producers and personnel on projects, manage internal support staff, and work collaboratively with social media, digital, and marketing teams.
• Act as network representative within the production community, for broadcast and print media, and at conferences and events.
• Conceive and pitch series and specials internally, and work collaboratively with outside producers on new projects.

Washington D.C.

• Guided the creative and execution of network and non-profit projects for clients worldwide. Clients include Discovery, National Geographic, TLC, Animal Planet, CourtTV, PBS, History Channel, UKTV, Channel 7 Australia.
• Chad and Darfur: Displaced Spirits, PBS and International Relief & Development
• Treasure Quest, Discovery Channel
• Some Assembly Required with Brian Unger, Discovery Channel
• Speed Capital of the World: Bonneville, Discovery Channel
• Lottery Changed My Life, TLC

Washington D.C.

• Credit highlights Include:
• Expedition: Blue Planet with Alexandra Cousteau: digital series chronicles the interconnectivity of water and water issues around the globe through interactive, expedition-based storytelling.
• Break It Down: series follows crews as they use science and engineering to take apart some of the world’s most complex man-made structures.
• Lockdown: docu-series follows inmates and staff in America’s most challenging jails and prisons.
• Dangerous Encounters: wildlife series hosted by Dr. Brady Barr, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, as he investigates curiosities in the animal kingdom.

Silver Spring, MD

• Oversaw extensive development, pre-production, field production, direction, and post-production of dozens of hours of original and reversioned programming for Discovery Networks International and U.S. networks for.
• Managed direct reports and multiple teams of writers, directors, casting directors, department heads, and production staff.
• Oversaw production finances and ensured adherence to budgets and schedules.
• Co-managed production of Discovery’s National Park Parkdocs for Discovery, Travel Channel & the National Park Service. Credit highlights include:
• Eco-Challenge: Australia, Morocco & Argentina
• Everglades: River of Life

Master’S Degree, Communications, Culture & Technology

https://cct.georgetown.edu Thesis - Redefining the Role of Documentary in Television

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism And International Studies

Activities and Societies: Delta Tau Delta Fraternity, Dance Marathon, Homecoming Chairhttp://www.medill.northwestern.edu