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New York, Ny, Us

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for the management of the BBC Studios Americas’ post-production resources in North America including editing, audio, production stage and storage and systems architecture. Manage a staff of 10 employees covering four departments within the Operations Division. Maintain a multi-million dollar budget, procure technology, forecast capital and operational expenses and negotiate contracts and manage relationships with external vendors. Establish policies for file-based asset delivery, long-term retention of content and oversee the asset fulfillment for BBC Studios' Distribution business to EST, VOD and SVOD authenticated platforms. Work closely with all departments to ensure that the technical needs for media and content are met and maintained.

New York, New York

Responsible for the management of all BBC Worldwide Americas’ post-production resources in the U.S.; including editing, audio, production stage and storage and systems architecture. Manage a staff of 9 employees covering four departments within the Operations Division. Maintain a multi-million dollar budget, procure technology, forecast capital and operational expenses and negotiate contracts and manage relationships with external vendors. Establish policies for file-based asset delivery, long-term retention of content and oversee the asset fulfillment for BBC America’s VOD and SVOD authenticated platforms. Work closely with all departments to ensure that the technical needs for media and content are met and maintained.

New York, Ny

Controlled operations for the New York video and audio post-production division for Food Network and Cooking Channel Networks. Developed policy and procedures for all aspects of the facility, managed staff of more than 20 industry professionals, and was responsible for payroll, annual reviews and salary decisions. Met with other senior managers to develop strategy and plan integration of new initiatives and actively worked with the Engineering department on maintaining, upgrading and improving technology to ensure optimal and reliable performance of equipment.

New York, Ny

Controlled operations for the New York video and audio post-production division for Food Network and Cooking Channel Networks. Developed policy and procedures for all aspects of the facility, managed staff of more than 20 industry professionals, and was responsible for payroll, annual reviews and salary decisions. Met with other senior managers to develop strategy and plan integration of new initiatives and actively worked with the Engineering department on maintaining, upgrading and improving technology to ensure optimal and reliable performance of equipment.

New York, New York

Managed the daily operations of a prominent video post-production company catering to well-known broadcast and cable network clientele. Reported directly to the President and possessed supervisory responsibilities for the Engineering, Editorial, Production, Scheduling, Administrative and Accounting Departments.

New York, Ny

Utilized my managerial skills and technical knowledge to control the day-to-day operations of one of New York City’s leading post-production facilities. This involved managing a department of schedulers and regularly meeting with the President, General Manager and other department heads to promote efficiencies of cost and operations.

New York, Ny

Managed Scheduling Department of large commercial video post-production facility that catered to Advertising, Cable and Broadcast clientele.