Melvin Taylor Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Working as an assistant director and production assistant for companies such as Showtime, Amazon, Apple TV, Universal, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Discovery.

Greater New York City Area

• Weekly produces a live in-studio broadcast reaching 2 million streams annually.• Operates control board for in-studio programming.• Regulates program timing and plays underwriting.• Monitors the technical quality and accuracy of incoming and outgoing on-air programming from main studio.• Schedules guests monthly, edits all show interviews and segments for digital distribution.• Produces digital content for show and station social media platforms.• Supports off-air underwriting production, layering music to system and programming automation programs.• Following applicable laws and FCC regulations.• Protects station’s license by censoring live programs and deleting words/phrases not permitted on air.• Executes playlists for server or simulcast programming.• Assists with adjusting signal and programming content to ensure transmission meets federally mandated broadcast standards.• Processes time-out programming for accurate play back.• Checks studio equipment for proper functioning and notifies PD of technical malfunctions affecting quality of the broadcast.• Screens in-coming phone calls and selectively chooses callers for On-Air Talent and talk shows.• Handles emergency inserts (e.g. news updates, breaking stories, alert system tests, etc.).• Coordinate remote shows during national quarantine.

New York, United States

Covering the Golden State Warriors as the Heavy.com primary writer and builder of social media pages distributing Warriors content and news.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

•Prospected and pitched Fortune 500 clientele with weekly correspondence.•Developed C-level relationships with key partners and clients.•Created and disseminated weekly reports for Senior Managers and Directors.•Worked with national leads to analyze, optimize & draw insights from data to grow global accounts.•Aided growth of North American pipeline worth over $3.0MM in annual revenue.

Greater New York City Area

• Produce a weekly live broadcast on WLGK Logik Radio reaching 90k streams monthly.• Develop weekly show segments, schedule guests for shows, edit show interviews, createsocial content.• Create & edit music mixes, prepare & run equipment, during live programming.

Greater New York City Area

•Monitored breaking news, with a focus on business and politics; booked a variety of high-profile guests for weekly shows; edited and produced written website content.•Conducted in-depth research for topics; worked with studio producers and provided news guidance for business, lifestyle, and political programming; wrote talent scripts.•Pitched story ideas for digital segments and provided editorial guidance on news coverage, drafted storylines for booked guests, analyst discussions for hosts, and social media content;•Ensured the accuracy and timeliness of on-air content; provided context, key details and various storyline perspectives for on-air talent.

Greater New York City Area

•Analyzed and reviewed television advertising spot materials for clientele•Utilized programs such as E-Port, Dare, PCReppak, IBS and others to conduct and organize business•Developed and strengthened relationships with buyers and assistants at media agencies using interpersonal skills•Advised orders over $50 million throughout numerous markets daily with strong attention to detail•Created and distributed weekly monitoring reports for National Sales Account Executives, Directors and clientele

Greater New York City Area

•Pitched storylines and guests for daily shows and written content on CBS local and national websites.•Used Adobe Creative Suites and Mac OS to record shows, implemented social media strategy to grow accounts to over 30,000+ followers with matching engagement.•Play.it/brownandscoop and on iTunes.• Guests included:SPORTS:Joe Jellybean Bryant, Mark Cuban, Jeff Jarrett, Rick Barry, Warren Moon, Edgerrin James, Zach Johnson, Dwayne Harris, Geoff Schwartz, Horace Grant, Speedy Claxton, Isaiah Austin, Mario Andretti, Mike Stanton, Danilo Gallinari, Brad Smith, Jay Bromley, Bobby Hart, Leigh Steinberg, Jabrill Peppers, and more.ENTERTAINMENT:DJ Khaled, Jahlil Beats, David Banner, French Montana, Joseph Sikora, Jim Breuer, Silkk The Shocker, Stephanie Santiago, Vin Rock of Naughty by Nature, Lil Bibby, Jay Sean, DJ Steph Floss, Perez Hilton and more.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

While working for Openreporter I assisted in slogan and website design, produced blog posts to update the OR community on upcoming events, as well as promotional work to spread the awareness of the company.

Greater Chicago Area

Assisted in the pre and post production of the UV paint party events. Managed large crowds, along with strong teamwork from other crew members. Learned and then taught the basics of audio engineering as well as recorded video used within the official Operation Glow YouTube videos.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

•Shot various high school sports competitions across the Chicagoland area.•Monitored broadcasts from the Aurora office during broadcast hours, providing feedback to our on-site crews and school broadcast partners.•Edited highlight clips to use in HSC app and distribute to social media partners.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Sports writer. Weekly coverage about the Los Angeles Lakers and all news NBA related. Tweets daily about potential Laker acquisitions and news. Interacts with Laker fans worlwide via Twitter, Facebook, and Google +. Use WordPress to publish articles and original content. Published opinionated articles related to Los Angeles Lakers news and transactions. Communication with NBA and other major sports experts to accumulate information. Interact with worldwide

New York, New York

I conducted audience research for their lead advertising sales account executives. Doing so I utilized programs such as WRAP! Overnight, Prime Lingo, Kantar, and SharePoint. Also, I created one sheets for the marketing department to assist in visual presentations, rearranged all national station inventory, provided directors with weekly updates on national market and daily updates on primetime ratings and shares.

Greater New York City Area

I am one of the 23 selected fellows from a pool of 1,200+ applicants within the IRTS's Broadcast Sales Associate program. I will work within a major television corporation's national television sales team for the entirety of the summer.

Galesburg, Il

Senior sports writer who covers Knox College Prairie Fire sports weekly. Tweets sporting news as well as audio, visual pieces.

Chicago - Galesburg

Conducted public relations for sports and educational organizations. Built and researched blogs, magazines, newspapers, radio/television stations for media lists. Distributed press releases and secured interviews for clientele.

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Bi-Weekly coverage about the Los Angeles Lakers and all news NBA related. Tweets bi-weely about potential Laker acquisitions and news. Interacts with Laker fans worlwide via Twitter, Facebook, and Google +. Use WordPress to publish articles and original content. Published opinionated articles related to Los Angeles Lakers news and transactions. Communication with NBA and other major sports experts to accumulate information. Interact with worldwide

Galesburg, Il

-The Program Coordinator works as a floor staff person as well. The Program Coordinator reports to the Executive Director.-Work with the Executive Director and Program Committee (and Board of Directors if necessary) to plan the programs for Discovery Depot, providing a budget for each program. -Work with the Executive Director and Program Committee to promote the programs, increase attendance and membership.- The Program Coordinator is in charge of all advertisement for each program. -It is the responsibility of the Program Coordinator to obtain the materials needed for the programs. All purchases must be approved by the Executive Director.-The Program Coordinator must work all of the special programs or make sure a staff person is available to work. - The Program Coordinator will work with area agencies and business to increase volunteers at the Museum. -The Program Coordinator is required to attend the Program Committee meeting each month. -As all employees, the Program Coordinator is required to remain professional and treat each guest with respect. - It will be the responsibility of the Program Coordinator to administer the weekly Deposit.-The Program Coordinator is responsible for any other duties deemed necessary by the Executive Director, Program Committee or Board of Directors to ensure the success of the Discovery Depot programs and organization as a whole.

Bachelors Degree, Elementary Education And Journalism

Activities and Societies: Honor Board (Co-Chair), Mortar Board, Phi Gamma Delta (House Manager, Risk Manager, Corresponding Secretary).

Broadcast Journalism And Production