Founded and created MBeze, a natural skincare brand. Earned editorial features on the TODAY Show, The View, in the New York Times, InStyle Magazine, and more.✦ Created, formulated, and developed more than 50 original beauty products.✦ Art directed the entire brand’s identity and design of every product.✦ Wrote all original copy and content for the e-commerce website, products, and marketing materials.✦ Struck international distribution deals and obtained retail space and wholesale deals at coveted retailers such as Fred Segal.✦ Continually improve processes in manufacturing across the board, while reducing costs and growing sales.✦ Manage all artist, web developer, legal, public relations, vendor, distributor, and retailer relationships.

Work with several of the largest global marketing and research companies to ensure client reports and data are delivered with the utmost accuracy, validity, and credibility. Clients include high-profile technical companies, financial institutions, retailers, and brands whose products and services are used by consumers around the world.✦ Managed a large-scale social media project for a national pet supply company with 600+ stores throughout the US, and a team of 20+ Content Strategists.✦ Wrote and delivered 70+ fun and engaging social media posts per week for 35+ stores.✦ Schedule, assign, and communicate tasks to teams on a daily and weekly basis to ensure they can meet client quotas on time and with ease.✦ Review, correct, rewrite, and clarify hundreds of reports monthly to ensure clients receive accurate data and professionally written content.✦ Provide feedback to field workers throughout the country to help them follow client guidelines and provide accurate data in reports.✦ Work independently and collaborate remotely with management on a daily basis to ensure client deadlines and standards are met and delivered.

Development Director on The Lord of the Rings, The White Council. Was in charge of and managed all art, character, parts, and asset creation, as well as the development of the look of the game.✦ Successfully managed and trained a remote team of 3D artists and production managers in Seoul, Korea.✦ Created and improved outsourcing processes and communication that other teams within the company later adopted.✦ Effectively managed, scheduled, and improved processes for internal technical directors, engineers, modelers, designers, concept artists, directors, supervisors, and production managers at headquarters.

Managed both large and small crews on feature films and TV commercials through the entire visual effects pipeline while delivering on time and on budget.✦ Facilitated project methodology and led meetings and dailies in a targeted and efficient manner to help increase individual and team productivity.✦ Created schedules for clients and studios to meet on set deliverables and feedback deadlines. Issued change orders when the scope of work changed.✦ Scheduled out entire shows and broke down every shot to ensure the project could be completed on time and on budget. Tracked all tasks and communicated daily and weekly goals to the team throughout the project.✦ Scheduled and broke down all artist and crew tasks to ensure work started and ended on time. Trained production coordinators to effectively do the same and oversaw their scheduling.✦ Established definition and clarity for the production management role at the company while providing proper training and guidance for production coordinators and assistants to perform more effectively and confidently in their roles.Film Credits:The Host - 2006 - VFX Digital Production ManagerThe Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl 3D - 2006 - VFX Digital Production ManagerCursed - 2005 - Associate VFX ProducerThe Forgotten - 2004 - VFX ProducerSecuestro - 2004 - VFX ProducerDUST Teaser - 2004 - VFX ProducerSky Captain World of Tomorrow - 2004 - Associate VFX ProducerTV Commercial Credits: BMW/Sprint “The Build” - 2005 - VFX Digital Production ManagerDisney “Coming Home” - 2004 - VFX Digital Production ManagerDr. Scholl’s “Home Office” - 2004 - VFX Digital Production ManagerGordon’s Gin “Possibilities” - 2004 - VFX Production ConsultantPepsiman “Construction” - 2004 - VFX Digital Production Manager

Managed the crew and visual effects work for more than 30 TV commercials in the Computer Graphics Commercials Department, as well as some feature films.✦ Conducted bidding on prospective projects to forecast budget, crew, and resource needs.✦ Actualized budgets and resources weekly to ensure projects were on target financially.✦ Conducted meetings with directors, supervisors, ad agencies, and clients to keep show progress and feedback on schedule.TV Commercial Credits | VFX Production Manager: Diet Pepsiwoman Twist - 2003Honeycomb “The Player” - 2003Pepsiman Twist “Bank Robbery” - 2003Pepsiman Twist “Return” - 2003Postopia.com Logo - 2003Honeycomb “High Score” - 2003Honeycomb “Recipe for Disaster” - 2003Coke “Locker Room” (Harry Potter tie-in) - 2002Men In Black II Super Bowl Trailer - 2002Telmex “Welcome” - 2002Telmex “Arriving Home” - 2002Telmex “The Best Goal” - 2002Telmex “The Journey” - 2002Telmex “Farewell” - 2002Telmex “Missing E.T.” - 2002Honeycomb “Hairborn” - 2001Honeycomb “Lights, Camera, Craver” - 2001TV Commercial Credits | VFX Production Coordinator: Pillsbury Green Giant "Believe In Magic" BIB – 2001 Pillsbury Green Giant "Believe In Magic" CSM – 2001Alka Seltzer "All Blocked Up” – 2001 Armor All "Silver Hand" – 2001 Gatorade "Fierce" – 2001Pontiac "Steel Peaks" – 2001 Alcatel "MLK" – 2001Lipton Brisk Test – 2001 Sun Microsystems "DOT" – 2000 Best Buy "Envious Gifts" – 2000 Best Buy "Magic Laptop" – 2000 Motorola "Laptop" – 2000 John Deere "Horizons" – 2000 Pepsiman "Dance" – 2000 Film Credits | VFX Production Coordinator:Peter Pan - 2003 THX 1138 DVD Release - 2003Star Wars Episode II Sequence Animatics - 2000