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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

• Established and managed all aspects of business, financial, and creative operations.
• Directed operations for 2 storefront locations and company wholesale division.
• Developed brand identity and quality-control protocols.
• Increased customer sales 27% by implementing quarterly product launches and soliciting new clients.
• Successfully reduced annual food and labor costs by 12% through proper budgeting, scheduling, and management of inventory.
• Guided day-to-day operations, including supervision of staff, budgeting, collaborating with new catering clients, as well as existing wholesale clients (Nordstrom, Whole Foods and Steppenwolf Theater).

Greater Chicago Area

• Spearheaded innovative marketing campaigns that resulted in multiple appearances on Food Network and Cooking Channel, and features in O Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler and Daily Candy.
• Applied graphic design solutions that increased page hits, new customer acquisition and online sales by 20%.
• Developed and maintained company website and all social media, which generated over 50,000 followers.
• Designed artwork for marketing purposes, including company logos, website graphics and brand mascots.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Created original animated projects, character designs and digital clean-up for companies including Warner Bros TV Animation, Disney Television Animation, Cartoon Network Studios, VH-1 and MTV.

Burbank, CA

• Character and Prop clean-up on "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy” and “Evil Con Carne”.
• Freelance Character and Prop clean-up on numerous Cartoon Network Studios shows.

Burbank, CA

• Responsible for all aspects of production from pre to post on "Grim & Evil" and "Cartoon Cartoon". Assigned daily and long-term project tasks to production teams, as well as assisted in problem-solving with producers.
• Facilitated the creation and maintenance of production schedules and ensured the delivery of weekly reports.
• Worked closely with directors and design team on artwork approvals, notes and post production retakes.
• Broke-down storyboards, created design lists and gathered any necessary reference materials for artists.
• Communicated daily with overseas production facilities and tracked any legal or Standards & Practices notes.

Hollywood, CA

• Collaborated on launching Emmy and Annie award nominated series, including "Powerpuff Girls", "Dexter's Laboratory", "Johnny Bravo", "Cow & Chicken" and "Grim & Evil" as well as Scooby Doo! home video projects.
• Managed all creative aspects of each show, from pre-production though post. Generated extensive creative notes during all phases of development and production that provided artists, writers and directors with a clear.
• Created and managed budgets and schedules for series in development and production.
• Solicited and fielded pitches, as well as met with artists and writers to discover new projects, original voices and fresh perspectives to collaborate with.
• Established and maintained relationships with agents, managers, producers and network/studio partners.
• Participated in creative discussions and brainstorms on all stories, outlines and scripts in development.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Reviewed pitches and developed projects for pilot consideration.
• Gave notes on all script drafts and rough cuts from development through episode delivery.
• Lead and participated in brainstorms for shorts and series in development.
• Formulated and maintained department’s development and current series grids.
• Researched trends by attending trade shows and conventions.

Master'S In Counseling, Counseling Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Media Studies