Lyniel Dao Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, CA, US

London, England, GB

• Lead operations of the growing San Francisco studio specializing in design, animation and VFX for feature films, streaming series, commercials, brand content, automotive, UI/UX, AR/VR, experiential, and gaming
• Collaborate with leadership and departments on overall strategy, marketing, recruitment and sales
• Lead the production department
• Ensure financial goals are met and reporting is accurate
• Develop more efficient processes and workflows
• Mentor junior team members

London, England, GB

• Produced creative projects from feature film VFX to motion graphics for broadcast commercials, and from automotive UI design to immersive VR/AR experiences.
• Managed project quotes, budgets, schedules, and staffing.
• Maintained and built solid client relationships.
• Developed procedures and managed the operations of the newly opened San Francisco studio including overhead budgets and marketing efforts.
• Developed relationships with partner agencies.
• In charge of staffing freelance artists specializing in design, motion graphics, 3D animation, VFX, storyboarding, and production crew.

Berkeley, CA, US

• Worked with clients including Adobe, Genentech, and others to produce videos from concept through delivery.
• Managed the in-house production team. Created and managed budgets and schedules.
• Collaborated with directors, scriptwriters, art directors, wardrobe stylists, editors, animators, and vendors.
• Applied my creative marketing experience to brainstorm pitches and spec spots.

San Francisco, California, US

• Produced a series of animated videos for Nest's digital outdoor campaign across the US and Europe.
• Post Produced regional and national broadcast TV and radio spots for SpeeDee Oil Change.
• Worked with clients including Visa, Nest, Salesforce, SpeeDee Oil Change and others to create broadcast commercials, web and event videos.
• Collaborated with scriptwriters, designers, animators, motion graphics artists, composers, editors, sound mixers and VO talent.

• Managed production of corporate videos. End clients include Lithium, Nest, Phillips, Cisco, Toyota and many others.
• Coordinated broadcast commercial productions. End clients include Starbucks, ARCO, Proactiv, University of California, Cisco, Avaya, Blue Shield of California and many others.
• Coordinated a video shoot for Celebrity Cruises while crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Barcelona to Miami.

• Produced and directed videos for clients including Google, Yahoo!, Juniper Networks, Maxim Integrated, LinkedIn, Mighty Leaf Tea and others.
• Managed branded street event in San Francisco for LinkedIn that received over 850K social impressions and 225K direct impressions. Directed and produced highlights reel.
• Managed creation and delivery of over 90 pieces of media viewed by attendees and global webcast participants for Juniper Networks’ sales conference.
• Directed and produced documentary video that was featured on Yahoo!’s Shine website which has 30 million unique visitors.
• Produced video for artists Kennedy Browne which was featured in exhibitions throughout Europe, including the Bern Biennial in Switzerland

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• Executed direct marketing promotion for web developers that generated 275K impressions, doubled developer website traffic and had 243% ROI.
• Pioneered first employee participation out-of-the-box marketing program and promoted it to over 10K employees around the world.
• Initiated partnership with international lifestyle brand for high profile brand advertising campaign which had 2.9M overall site impressions.
• Co-directed and co-produced 2007 brand marketing sizzle reel.
• Brainstormed creative marketing strategies and researched current trends.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Developed relationships and collaborated with key partners in cinema, game, DVD, home theater electronics and automotive industries.
• Managed creative development and execution of 10 annual international and domestic tradeshow presences to generate brand awareness, new partnerships, and sales leads.
• Supervised distribution of THX film trailers to theaters around the world.
• Collaborated with Ubisoft on video game launch events that included film screenings and game demonstrations in London and Los Angeles.
• Supervised and improved the Home Theater Technician Training Program.

• Produced onsite and online webcast events for Fortune 500 companies with Thomson Financial.
• In charge of Business Development for high quality video and audio conferencing.
• Managed the creation of a new network operations center in Pompano Beach, FL.

• Created marketing plans and budgets for VHS/DVD feature film titles.
• Worked collaboratively with the Creative, Operations, and Sales departments.
• Quality checked DVD menus and proofread packaging and promotional materials.
• Proposed acquisition of distribution rights for animation feature films.

San Francisco, CA, US

New York, NY, US

Ba, Mass Communications

Certificate In Directing & Producing, Digital Film Production