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Optimize daily administrative and personal support for a select group of young actorsFacilitate seamless scheduling and travel arrangements for both personal and professional endeavors ensuring efficiency and convenience Curate a social media presence and maintain promotional materials for media distributionFoster strong relationships with talent agents and production executives through daily communicationEnhance contract management and streamline residual and tax accounting processesProvide transportation logistics to/from auditions, set locations and promotional events

Lead the marketing, coordination, and photography for FACES Headshots.Selected by top talent agencies in the United States as a recommended headshot photographer for children and young adults under the FACES brand.Grew photography business to over 100 clients per year by creating social media advertising, initiating email campaigns, responding to referrals, and building lasting relationships with talent agents.Restructured packages adding 100% rate increase.A photoshoot for Janie & Jack clothing line led to a customer conversion of 80%.Images were picked up by media to include LA Times (front page), numerous TV news outlets (CNN, AP), Auditionology, the Hollywood’s casting agent’s book (front cover), and DVD movie extras. Quoted in Auditionology on how to get a great headshot. Selected by CBS Los Angeles as one of top five photographers in 2012.

Six Feet Under became a widely popular success in less than a year, with an increasing budget up to $7MM/episode and gained nine primetime Emmy Awards, 52 awards and 166 total nominations in its five seasons.Established effective collaboration between HBO and Six Feet Under talent to coordinate and schedule on-air promotional spots, magazine shoots, press set-visits, interviews and all other publicity-related activities – Scheduled the necessary crew for all the eventsOrchestrated awards ceremony planning, including nomination submissions, actor preparation, press, and day-of-event handling for The Golden Globes, Emmy Awards, SAG, PGA and WGA Award showsPrimary contact for philanthropic endeavors with charitable organizations, which gained approximately $500k in charitable donations in a five-year span by leading the donations of set memorabilia, set visits, and walk-on roles for charities and organizations throughout the USSpearheaded Director Shadowing Program, which entailed reviewing submitted work of rising directors and selecting the most talented directors to shadow an experienced SFU director for an episode. Noteworthy: Matt Shakman, who directed Game of Thrones, Wandavision, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Fantastic Four was a selectee.Successfully closed out the show with a sale of five seasons’ worth of props, furniture, equipment and more which positively impacted the show’s revenue

Manage and oversee daily affairs for Showrunner in fast-paced production officeFormulated and successfully coordinated daily communication between department heads and talent with the Executive Producer to meet swift deadlinesMastered heavy schedule of creative meetings, casting sessions, and out-of-town filmingOptimized personal and business travel, scheduling, phones, and detailed filing systemHired, trained, and managed replacement when promoted

Assist with acquisition and development of new and current projects for Sony PicturesCreated and maintained writer, director and casting lists, project status reports, production charts and project sales reportsTracked new material and wrote coverage and story notes for prospective and existing projectsHandled all personal and business travel, scheduling, phones and all other administrative tasks Successfully interviewed, hired, and managed office interns