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Silver Spring, Md, Us

Silver Spring, Md

Silver Spring, Md

Offering Consulting Services for:High-profile EventsMarketing and BrandingNew Product and Initiative LaunchesOutreach ProgramsCorporate, Non-profit and Government PartnershipsCause Marketing

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Afi Silver Theatre And Cultural Center

Directed all aspects of international documentary film festival, increasing revenue, audience, awareness and prestige.Oversaw the operations and finances for the festival and its year-round offerings as well as the day-to-day operations of AFI DOCS and its staff.Worked in conjunction with AFI Advancement to explore and maximize sponsor and other donor opportunities, and AFI Mar-Com to optimize brand awareness and media opportunities. Worked closely with the Director, AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center throughout the year on AFI Silver Theatre activities, including developing targeted marketing plans, strategies and partnership opportunities; preparing retail marketing analyses and related strategies; and handling other special projects to support and grow the daily year-round operation of AFI Silver, one of the world’s premier film exhibition centers.

Silver Spring, Md

Directed all aspects of administration and marketing for international documentary film festival, increasing revenue, audience, awareness and prestige.• Supervised planning, development and execution of AFI DOCS.• Identified and hired core team• Served as logistical and strategic hub for festival, facilitating communication and effectively integrating the activities of staff, contractors and partners.• Developed comprehensive marketing plan, establishing framework for continued growth.• Oversaw creative campaign, media placement, festival collateral, publications, new product development, sponsorships, ticketing/registration, industry partnerships, digital/social media strategy.

School Of Media And Public Affairs

Oversaw creation, administration, and marketing of an all-day summit on global food security.• Established programmatic story arc for the event.• Worked with internal and external partners to identify and secure speakers and panelists.• Oversaw marketing, creative and outreach resulting in a “sold-out” house.• Served as logistical and strategic hub for initiative, effectively integrating the activities of staff, contractors and partners.• Developed and managed budget.On October 30, 2013, Feeding the Planet gathered leaders from agriculture, business, finance, academia, NGOs, government and media alongside students from across the country to focus on game-changing innovations in global agriculture and food security. The summit explored transformational and scalable developments in policy, practices and technologies and paid special attention to the related issues of gender, climate change and urbanization.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Directed creation, administration, partnerships and marketing for a new multi-platform civic engagement project dedicated to elevating the tone of national debate by providing a baseline, myth-busting understanding of key facts related to critically important issues.• Established foundation for initiative, refining concept, naming and structure.• Developed budget tiers and timelines for project launch, roll-out and ongoing development and outreach efforts.• Developed and maintained key content partnerships with digital media, web, video and event partners.• Served as logistical and strategic hub for initiative, effectively integrating the activities of staff, contractors and partners.Face The Facts USA is a multi-platform, non-partisan civic engagement project created to elevate the tone of national discourse and surface solutions to pressing national challenges. Led by veteran journalist Frank Sesno and The George Washington University, in partnership with high profile media brands, think tanks, universities, celebrities and others, Face The Facts USA uses humor, creativity and viral appeal to present citizens with a baseline, myth-busting understanding of key facts on core issues and bring people together for thoughtful consideration of public policy alternatives.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Produced a 4-day documentary film workshop for the Korean Producers and Directors Educational Association.

Developed, implemented and promoted major corporate image-building initiatives:Created the award-winning Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier science competition for middle school students.• Facilitated production of 10 hours of programming on Discovery Channel and Science Channel.• Turned corporate goodwill initiative into a sponsored property generating $1.4 million in revenue.Responsible for Discovery’s role in the creation, launch, and development of AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival• Launched in 2003, Silverdocs (now AFI DOCS) is the nation’s premier documentary festival, drawing luminaries such as Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Al Gore, Jonathan Demme, Jim Jarmusch and others.• Directed all aspects of Discovery’s annual effort, including development of creative, marketing, special events, and conference sessions.Directed Discovery’s partnership with the National Park Foundation. Worked closely with Foundation and Park Service officials to update the image of the National Parks and raise public awareness of the breadth, depth and importance of the Park system.• Facilitated the production of 27 hours of Parks programming for the Travel Channel.• Oversaw production of Discovery-branded visitor films now shown in 100 National Parks and Historic Sites and Public Service Announcements running on Discovery Networks.

Launched Discovery into the consumer retail market, successfully rebranding the Discovery Store chain and the 125-store Nature Company chain as Discovery Channel Stores.

Sr. Mgr., Marketing & Sales Development 1994-1996Sr. Mgr., New Business Marketing 1993-1994Developed and executed launch plans and marketing strategy for Discovery Channel’s entry into Latin America and Asia, surpassing aggressive distribution goals.Supervised the creation of Discovery’s award-winning exhibitions at international television markets, MIPCOM ‘93 and MIP-TV ’94, supporting a 300% growth in Program Sales revenue.

Designed marketing strategies and brand-defining national promotions for the re-launch of TLC.Partnered with non-profit organizations and sales team to make TLC the leader in cable television in affiliate distribution, new subscribers and overall marketing support.Created TLC’s award-winning Ready, Set, Learn! promotion, introducing key commercial-free pre-school programming to the affiliate community.

Launched Discovery’s first interactive video product and “Assignment: Discovery” on-air programming for the education market.

Produced catalogs and packaging for Fine Arts Films (Opera, Ballet, etc.)Oversaw advertising and fulfillment.

Bs, Communications

Activities and Societies: Kappa Alpha Theta, Opera Theater

Bs, Music

Activities and Societies: Wesleyan Singers, Cardinal Sinners