Melissa O. Adeyemo, Mba Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Summit, Nj , Us

Melissa provides high-level strategic guidance to production companies, independent filmmakers, non-profit and state organizations, and studios on navigating international film markets, securing financing, and optimizing global distribution.

Summit, Nj , Us

Ominira Studios is a content production company and consulting firm with an expertise in creating and distributing content within the African media, arts and technology sectors. I have managed the production process from ideation through to exhibition, providing creative, financial and operational oversight through various points of film creation.Key Highlights include:• Relationship Management: Led multiple projects with different deadlines involving production, business affairs, theatrical marketing, PR and legal teams to deliver on-time film products to major film festivals • Communications: Create status reports, proposals and lead internal and external correspondence• Supervise Implementation: Project manage all phases of pre-production, production and post production; first feature film “Eyimofe” was nominated for best first feature film award (Berlinale Film Festival), recipient of NYU’s Purple List award and selected for Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) Narrative Lab • Documentary Content Product: Proven track record of compelling social impact content, assembling partnerships and driving a multifaceted strategy to manage independent film activities from start to finish; first film documentary “Dusty and Stones” was a recipient of 2020 IFB/HBO New True Stories Funding Initiative as creative partner guiding filmmaker partners, public relations and portfolio• Capacity Building: Identify industry trends, business opportunities and media strategy best practices; served as a liaison and performed due diligence and evaluation of proposals, budget, production, distribution, industry talent and finance of two major comprehensive investment teams on $1MM independent film

Nationally-recognized, 50 year-old non-profit, community-based African American theater that seeks "to produce transformational theatricial experiences that enhance African American cultural identity by telling authentic stories of the Black experience." Key Highlights include:● Financial Strategy: Utilized industry experience to create fiscal transparency; developed financial tracking workflows that streamlined fundraising revenue projections and set annual financial forecasts● Process Improvement: Created financial tracking system that streamlined fundraising revenue for non-profit and forecasted future fiscal outlook annually for the theater● Operations Workflow Improvement: Analyzed current financial structure and processes of theatrical arts business in order to improve and standardize all aspects of operations

New York, Ny, Us

The Technology, Information, Communications and Entertainment (TICE) sectors are all experiencing change, consolidation and expansion. PwC's Global TICE Practice provides a range of professional services to companies and individuals in communication industries across the globe.Key Highlights include:● Partnerships: Collaboratively developed comparative viewership and profitability analyses presentation of leading children's network for non-profit entertainment brand partner for potential $500MM+ M&A deal● Well-Reasoned Analysis and Financial Models: Spearheaded complex deal for independent film production cycle; enhanced top-level partnership for client by providing analytical data to produce and launch $100MM+ independent international film; expertly known as critical thinker in deal negotiations● Market Assessment: Created research coverage report of Motion Picture Association of America film studios in Italy to provide client with capabilities perspectives of MPAA firms across $680MM Italian market

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Strategy, TICE Technology SectorKey Highlight includes:● Implementation Management: Developed key maintenance metrics and guiding principles to regulate implementation workflow for strategic buyer in $1B telecommunications integration; assisted buyer by managing multiple work streams as well as tracking and measuring progress in order to meet legal deadlines for transition

Lagos, Ng

Lagos, Ng

Key Highlights include:● Strategically analyzed the African diaspora market in US and UK, conducted competitive benchmarking and created content plan and programming grid for proposed new television channel

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Nickelodeon (aka "Nick") is an American pay television channel billed as the first cable channel for children. It is owned by ViacomCBS through its domestic networks based in New York City. The network's programming is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2 - 17, while some of its program blocks target a broader family audience.Key Highlights include:● Collaborated with internal and external clients to offer live entertainment experiences that strengthened Nickelodeon’s brand amongst national partners; increased ticket sales by 33% over 3-year span

New York, New York, Us

Women Makes Movies (WMM) support women producers and directors from the beginning, planting the seeds for a diverse and inclusive filmmaking landscape. As the world's leading distributor of independent films by and about women, we amplify historically ignored voices and challenge the mainstream media.Key Highlights include:● Managed the marketing contact database for leading non-profit distribution company for female directed films and assisted in the creation of targeted outreach email campaigns for various film releases

Additional Production Experience:● Spike Lee’s: Inside Man ● Steven Spielberg’s: Munich● TV Pilot: The Traveler ● Feature Film: Joshua

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Entrepreneurship And Innovation, Strategy And Emt

B.A. Regional Studies In Africa With Concentration In Media And Film

International Mba Exchange

Study Abroad, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

International Study Abroad Experience, Film/Cinema/Video Studies

High School Diploma