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Greater Philadelphia

• Managed a team of over twenty professionals from multiple departments including research, casting, field production/interviews, post, archival and recreations from research stage through final delivery.
• Worked closely with production management team to track all costs and maintain spending flexibility to ensure that project was delivered on time and under budget despite tight deadlines and production hurdles.
• Communicated regularly with high level executives at the production company and network level to ensure quality and consistency across all episodes.
• Managed the execution of contracts between production company and third-party vendors and oversaw reviews by production company legal team.Clients: Oxygen, HGTV, DIY

Greater Philadelphia

• Assisted showrunner in all aspects of pre-production and production
• Directly managed a team of 10 producers and editors in the postproduction department, delivering ten episodes on schedule under tight deadlines
• Directly managed the recreation department creatively and logistically
• Worked closely with production management team to track all costs and maintain spending flexibility to ensure that project was delivered on time and under budget despite tight deadlines and production hurdles.
• Communicated regularly with high level executives at the production company and network level to ensure quality and consistency across all episodes.
• Managed the execution of contracts between production company and third-party vendors and oversaw reviews by production company legal team.Clients: Oxygen, HGTV, DIY

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Acted as both creative and logistical lead in postproduction department. Managed a team of assistant editors, editors, and story producers to guarantee cuts were delivered on time and formatted to network stylistic and.
• Communicated regularly with high level executives at the production company and network level and directly implemented client feedback quickly and thoroughly.
• Maintained trackers to ensure postproduction costs were held under budget.Clients: Nat Geo Wild, Animal Planet

Greater Philadelphia

• Researched and scouted potential stories and wrote pitches, scripts and outlines for network approval.
• Organized preproduction for field shoots and conducted on camera interviews/ directed scene work to capture compelling video.
• Managed teams in office and in the field to ensure shoot days were productive and cost-effective.Clients: Wondery, Investigation Discovery

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Told a variety of stories across multiple genres for diverse audiences.
• Researched, wrote pitches, scripts and outlines for potential projects and addressed creative feedback from high level executives and worked with field production team to bring these stories to life.
• Logged, organized, and strung video using AVID Media Composer and worked with editors to deliver dynamic, entertaining content to several clients. Clients: Hulu, Oxygen, HGTV, Nat Geo Wild, HLN, Discovery, Travel

Greater Philadelphia Area

Worked with Paramount Studios to license film footage and production stills researched subjects, coordinated shoots, booked and conducted interviews, acquired and licensed archival material from various outlets, and post produced for both hour long and two-hour long documentaries.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Developed and pitched ideas for potential series, wrote one-sheets and presentations for network meetings, scouted talent, scripted, shot and post produced sizzle reels.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Comcast On DemandProduced short-form on demand content for various original projects. Proposed budgets to client, secured talent, prepared shoot logistics, wrote scripts, field directed, post produced and communicated with client through delivery of final product.