Karolyn Szot Email & Phone Number

United States

New York / London / Los Angeles

• Producing creative experiences, digital content, branding, and events for Google and YouTube
• Spearheaded integrated creative agency within Google that developed campaigns and content proposals ranging from 10k to 3M.
• Oversaw in-person and virtual event execution, digital asset creation, film & photo shoots (domestic & international, AR interactive immersive content, website builds, podcasts, art/ print, branding & design assets.
• Translated briefs / RFPs into project plans, built budgets and reconciled costs
• Produced interactive immersive experiences for a 300ft ramp inside Google’s Pier 57 event space in Chelsea Market, NYCo Led operational strategy development, story, and design exploration for exhibitions
• Developed creative branding and style guides for different divisions of Google while maintaining their brand identity

• Oversaw virtual production for 5 engagement programs per month for various Google teams and diversity initiatives
• Supported YouTube creators with at-home content creation and introduced them to best practices on the platform
• Analyzed event attendee engagement and feedback from post survey data
• Researched and implemented other creative interactive tools for events (Slido, etc)
• Became an expert in different virtual event livestreaming softwares (Streamyard, Hopin, Vmix, Brandlive etc)
• Created event landing page, online registration, event invites, and corresponded to event attendees

Los Angeles, California, United States

I founded the Silverlake Fencing Club in Los Angeles, California. I've promoted the sport on the ABC7 Morning Show, Univision, The Voice, KTLA's L.A. Unscripted, Buzzfeed, Refinery29's show "Be A Badass,” a Reese’s Olympic commercial, and was a part of the Los Angeles Olympic bid presentation at Mayor Eric Garcetti’s 2017 inauguration. I'm also a writer.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Managed a high volume of large-scale production and event requests for top creators (Marshmello, Katy Perry, Will Smith, Kidz Bop, Kesha, etc) and oversaw over a dozen productions a week
• Point-person for all production operations in YouTube’s in-person studio and drove day-to-day administrative tasks
• Spearheaded both weekly and daily all-team meetings (approx. 20 people). Motivated the team and aligned them on action items for both events & productions, and supervised a production team of four people
• Streamlined production workflows and implemented best practices in YTSLA's Production Creator Handbook
• Worked with building’s engineers, facilities team, and tech support to identify and troubleshoot technical issues
• Production managed the YouTube VR Creator Lab. A 3-month production-intensive VR / Augmented Reality program.

• Coordinated productions, creator experiences, events, AR / VR workshops, and labs for creators who maintained over 100k subs
• Communicated production requests to multiple teams, including facilities, engineering, security, reception, and tech cage
• Streamlined projects from pre-production tech scouts through submitting final videos to Google's legal clearance
• Introduced creators to resources available to them within the facility, coordinated building access, and issued MSA
• Taught pre-production course to YouTube creators that resulted in them jumpstarting their own projects and growing their channels

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Produced children's content on YouTube, which garnered over 5 million views and led to BabyFirst and NETFLIX distributing 26 episodes of our show “Shushybye Baby” o Shot on a virtual set using a tricaster to live.
• Coordinated Production Operations for the Oxygen Network, Defy Media, Break Media, etc o Monitored TV production budgets, crew deal memos, vendor contracts, SOWs, insurance COIs, film permits, safety protocols, gear.
• Produced videos for Top Creator, "MysteryGuitarMan," helping them scale their YouTube channel by managing their bigger-budgeted projects, which improved their production value and allowed them to create more content
• Hired influencers, produced, and shot ecommerce photography and video content for Vine Street Market USA

- The show aired on NETFLIX and Baby First TV on DIRECTV, Dish Network, Time-Warner and Charter, and throughout Europe, Asia, Latin American and the Middle East.- Directed 26 episodes of the kids TV show "Shushybye Baby" as well as 52 music videos, and a Davy Jones tribute - Experienced with live broadcast production workflows and live editing with a.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Social Media Manager for eco-friendly reusable tote bag company
• Managed all the technical aspects of social media programs across multi-platforms (YouTube, facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat etc)
• Produced photo/video shoots, created ads, and managed all of the company's media files

Los Angeles, California, United States

Production Coordinator on the feature film “Higher Power” (2018)

Burbank, California

- Production Coordinator for the Oxygen Network. - Managed shows in all aspects of production and operations - Handled production calendars, budgets and schedules, organized meetings and managed all production materials and assets

• Working as an assistant to TV and Film Director, Garry Marshall.
• Shadowed Garry Marshall on productions and assisted him with multiple tasks and time-sensitive deadlines
• Responsible for aligning the elements across various projects that Garry was actively developing
• Interned for Garry summer of 2008 and worked for him intermittently throughout my freelance career

Internship

website, videos, photographer, event organizer