Mark Langman Email & Phone Number

Emeryville

Emeryville

• Manage daily operations and long-term assignments for audio staff including recruiting, development, and promotions in addition to managing the general organizational structure within the department.• Create and manage capital budgets across all product lines company wide including approving purchases based on the current and projected forecasting • Develop career paths and goals for direct reports and conduct performance reviews on a bi-annual basis.• Schedule and lead team project meetings on a regular basis.• Primary liaison to the legal department including new vendor set up, contract management, and talent release documentation.• Lead the development of training modules, initiate new external developer relationships and facilitate conflict resolution when necessary • Provide outside key resources as needed for the development teams for audio development.• Manage and negotiate agreements with licensors, signatories, talent agencies and unions while developing new cost reduction strategies to integrate and reuse content for new business models • Lead all localization efforts across the organization for all markets on various platforms and toys including managing studio and vendor relationships as well as all audio production.• Lead all departmental externalization efforts including managing third party development and locating new business opportunities to reduce operational costs company wide.• Ensure timely deliveries of assets within defined budgets and schedules.• Collaborate with Technical Directors and Audio Directors to define guidelines and standards for new audio architectures and platform designs.

Emeryville

Emeryville,Ca

• Managed combined team of Audio Leads, Associate Leads, Contractors and Composers • Responsible for all new hiring, staff development, promotions, and general organizational structure within the department.• Oversaw and managed audio creation for various types of projects with total responsibility for budget, time lines, scheduling and staffing • Worked with outside vendors, Engineering, Product Development, R+D and Industrial Design departments to evaluate audio systems and chip requirements for new platform design and make necessary recommendations based on costing, content, memory limitations and product requirements.• Responsible for the audio design and creative vision for new platforms.• Collaborated with licensors such as Disney, Pixar, Nickelodeon and others to develop audio for high profile licensed titles.• Implemented complete localization of audio for several International projects utilizing domestic assets.• Attended numerous management training seminars both on and off site.

Emeryville,Ca

• Cast and directed talent, created sound effects, composed and edited music, managed document and controlled the overall audio needs of multiple projects simultaneously.• Managed overall sound design and audio content for various titles, engineered assets using proprietary processing and down sampling procedures to fit within Leapfrog’s platform memory constraints including creative solutions utilizing low bit rate audio coupled with limited speaker bandwidth.• Implemented small footprint audio compression routines such as ADPCM, OGG, LPC and CELP using various chip architectures including ASIC and Gen Plus.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Organized, performed, and managed sound design, audio control, and editing functions for Magazine shows including CNN.com, CNN Time, CNN Newsstand and CNN Specials. • Managed the design and implementation of sound effects for network shows and projects.• Managed audio development and staff on multiple projects, scheduling clients and overseeing departmental budgets.• Worked closely with Creative Services and Marketing departments to produce promotional spots for CNN, TBS, TNT and other AOL-Time Warner companies. • Auditioned, selected and directed voice talent for all genres of television production.• Led the development of new music packages for Turner networks and shows. • Ensured smooth coordination between video, graphics, and audio professionals.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Music

Music Business Degree, Music Business

Project Management Certification, Project Management

Certified Internet Webmaster, Web Page, Digital/Multimedia And Information Resources Design