Julia Dinardo Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Navigate the development phase effectively, attending show soft launches alongside the Pipeline Supervisor and maintaining updated knowledge of ongoing projects, special systems, and/or pipeline requirements.Work with the Resource Department, providing weekly updates to stakeholders and updating the "Pipeline Tab" within the Crew Projection document.Contribute to daily department TD scrums, following up with action items and coordinating update meetings.Create and maintain shotgrid assignments related to TD floor support - flagging upcoming testing for floor support and/or USD Testing to DPMs.Assist the Pipeline Supervisor in scheduling meetings with the HoDs, DPMs, and Pipeline - identifying TD floor support priorities, specifically for delivering shows, and communicating with DPMs, CG Supes, Head of CG & Head of COMP regarding Systems or Pipeline-related issues.Flag issues to Systems or Pipeline from 2D/CG departments, monitor urgent/immediate show floor priority tickets and communicate updates with Show Production Teams.Serve as the primary contact for production regarding pipeline and production process questions - maintaining constant communication with the Head of CG and CG Supes regarding show priorities.Direct pipeline_support emails to the Service Desk to ensure proper tracking, scheduling, and communication with training in creating PSD tickets and triage process.Collaborate with the Pipeline Supervisor to draft floor support reporting regarding planned vs. actuals and tracking of metadata for non-completed items.Consistently identify and present areas of opportunity for process improvement.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for managing and coordinating technical assignments and project details, overseeing scheduling, prioritizing, and status tracking, as well as dailies, rounds, and project meetings. Serve as liaison between production staff and stakeholders/contributors, including creative/marketing leads and post-production partners. Assist production staff in achieving operational objectives, including monitoring and reporting on progress/issues, ensuring work is approved and completed on time and to specification.Maintain project scope, status, and completion details using Shotgun, ensuring all task assignments are updated - contributing to a seamless, timely and accurate finishing process.Autonomously navigate multiple projects congruently, ensuring that teams are kept abreast of daily delivery objectives and relevant updates. Prepare and escalate billing paperwork, ensuring all hours are entered into billing/tracking software.Establish quality control and project closure processes, document all decisions and requests, and coordinate details appropriately.Coordinate media for cinesync / client review sessions.Record and prepare shot notes from clients, dailies, rounds, and/or cinesyncs - coordinating and packaging shot deliveries, including submission documentation.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Confirmed daily logs for NBA/Leafs Nation network stations, recording and editing using Harris Automation.Coordinated routing and records for live shows, monitoring captioning/audio requirements for content.Maintained responsibility for editing and archiving - with accuracy - all commercial spots per licensing agreements with stakeholders; overseeing the roll-through of commercial breaks for live NBA/OHL games.Conducted strategic archiving for daily programs using imagine and edited/timed out all logs for traffic.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Observed all department storage guidelines and naming conventions in the management and maintenance of the UR-Channel Database and FTP.Organized content on the server, placing files in the 'Final Folder' and cleaning up CMS old files.Maintained client expectations and timelines in the creation of shows and publishing of approved content to the Content Management System.Updated all content as it related to tracking documents, including client scheduling reference documents and client information sheets - adding and removing contacts as needed.Worked to facilitate efficient communication between clients and graphic designers, regularly communicating with the Technical Care Centre to ensure quality assurance and confirmation of content go-live on location.Oversaw the Test Lab and Sales Centre to ensure all stakeholders were assigned to a proper CMS, and that all functions were activated and ready for testing.Performed troubleshooting of any content technical issues alongside the development team, including system conflicts with scheduling.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Maintained accountability for the high-level monitoring of disk servers, performance of back-ups and restores, and management of incoming/outgoing data transfers.Prepared data transfers and conducted maintenance of data/asset tracking via Shotgun.Gathered files from clients and vendors, preparing requirements per agreed terms, and delivering final products on-time and budget.Collaborated with other production personnel to ensure shots were scheduled and delivered promptly; troubleshooting and correcting failing tasks as needed.Coordinated all client deliveries (outgoing and incoming), both physical deliveries and digital deliveries, maintaining an updated log of all deliveries to ensure accuracy and efficiency amongst team members.Technical QA of all masters and digital files; grading conforms and overseeing project archiving.

Calgary, Canada Area

Maintained accountability for the processing and coordination of ‘Video on Demand’ as well as specialty content for Global, using Avatega (ARI); garnered exposure to server-based technology/FTP software.Conducted scheduling for shows with S4M and monitored for proper captioning, creating incident reports for MediaNet lines and other related issues and troubleshooting daily issues for global online streaming.Designed proper audio and video levels using Vector Scope & Waveform Monitors, overseeing all BDU’s Signals/Simulcasts across Canada and the USA.Reviewed daily commercials using Yangaroo, MIJO, Extreme Reach, and Comcast.Worked to deliver exceptional customer service in all communications and engagements with stakeholders, viewers, and vendors.