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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Executed the launch of MTV’s first ever direct-to-consumer SVOD channel, MTV Hits, which has over 200K subscribers. Delivered structured metadata and assets to Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Roku for over 2000 titles including RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jersey Shore and Teen Mom.Created the strategy and managed asset delivery for 15 PlutoTV AVOD channels which consist of over 3000 full-length episodes. Of the 15 channels, Love & Hip Hop, Wild ‘n Out, VH1 Hip Hop Family, and The Challenge are… Show more Executed the launch of MTV’s first ever direct-to-consumer SVOD channel, MTV Hits, which has over 200K subscribers. Delivered structured metadata and assets to Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Roku for over 2000 titles including RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jersey Shore and Teen Mom.Created the strategy and managed asset delivery for 15 PlutoTV AVOD channels which consist of over 3000 full-length episodes. Of the 15 channels, Love & Hip Hop, Wild ‘n Out, VH1 Hip Hop Family, and The Challenge are among the most-watched channels on the platform.Led the delivery of MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo’s On Demand programming strategy across SVOD, AVOD, Set-Top Box Video On Demand (STB VOD), Electronic Sell-Through (EST) and TV Everywhere (TVE) platforms by managing a team of four that scheduled and packaged 250-500 assets weekly.Developed binge strategies to engage fandoms for scripted programming such as Teen Wolf and Awkward, which would average over 1M VOD transactions leading up to each season premiere. Conceived and implemented DAI promo campaigns using Freewheel that generated over 1 million monthly impressions across MTV’s VOD footprint. Show less

New York, Ny

Oversee a department that schedules and delivers in average over 300 monthly assets for Video On Demand, Download-To-Own, Hulu, Netflix, TV Everywhere, and Video On Demand C3.Align channel priorities with VOD initiatives.Create and maintain VOD schedule of 25 hours of monthly programming that averages 2 million transactions per week.Maintain relationships with DTO partners (iTunes, Xbox, Amazon, etc.) by communicating schedule updates and series priorities for MTV, VH1… Show more Oversee a department that schedules and delivers in average over 300 monthly assets for Video On Demand, Download-To-Own, Hulu, Netflix, TV Everywhere, and Video On Demand C3.Align channel priorities with VOD initiatives.Create and maintain VOD schedule of 25 hours of monthly programming that averages 2 million transactions per week.Maintain relationships with DTO partners (iTunes, Xbox, Amazon, etc.) by communicating schedule updates and series priorities for MTV, VH1, Logo, and CMT.Consult on new partnerships and distribution deals to insure our obligations are achievable and fair.Initiate deployment of Viacom’s VOD C3 test which was responsible for a significant bump in C3 ratings.Create weekly tracking documents for multiplatform scheduling which are distributed to various departments.Develop windowing strategies around series premieres in order to leverage content and optimize promotional exposure.Manage a team that execute multiplatform operations across all of Viacom's Music Group. Show less

New York, Ny

Coordinated with series production about delivery needs and multiplatform asset production. Strategized and implemented new initiatives around series and tent-poles to drive linear ratings.Streamlined digital delivery process resulting lower costs and faster turnaround.Oversaw new platform launches including Hulu, Netflix, TV Everywhere, and other third party streaming services.Managed and trained two production assistants to handle metadata entry and work order… Show more Coordinated with series production about delivery needs and multiplatform asset production. Strategized and implemented new initiatives around series and tent-poles to drive linear ratings.Streamlined digital delivery process resulting lower costs and faster turnaround.Oversaw new platform launches including Hulu, Netflix, TV Everywhere, and other third party streaming services.Managed and trained two production assistants to handle metadata entry and work order creation for digital delivery.Collaborated with Digital Encoding teams to cut down on rush deliveries and data errors.Developed and executed special packages for Content Distribution and Marketing team in order to secure barker and cross channel promotion. Show less

New York, Ny

Scheduled VOD assets and entered metadata for MTV using Viacom's programming software (PTS)Collaborated with the Director of Multiplatform on VOD programming strategyResponsible for VOD asset delivery and quality control

New York, Ny

Maintained tape library consisting over 900 tapes using Pilotware.Acquired and delivered assets to be encoded for the on demand network.Worked with Producers to conceive creative ways to use existing programming.