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New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

Led the production, communications, marketing, and media strategy to control the external voice and information exchange with stakeholders, coalition partners, traditional/new media outlets, and the public, including overseeing all social media platforms, online marketing, press releases, and video campaigns.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Secured new talent, drafted episode scripts, booked locations, and developed full season creative for prime time series.

Directed team of producers and editors on commercial digital and live event projects, ideated treatment decks, booked crews and talent, managed project budgets, produced on-set shoots, managed edit assembly, and served as primary point of contact to high profile clients.

New York, New York, United States

Developed initial pilot creative, network decks, style guides and narrative beat sheets, managed production talent, supervised shoot schedules and budgets, booked locations, strung out storylines, and supervised Post team of editors through episode assembly.

Partnered with advertising and corporate clients to produce 35x30 documentary series, digital shorts, and live event media, created pitch decks, managed budgets and vendors, drafted scripts, cast talent, booked locations and crew, directed camera, conducted field interviews, and managed post production team of editors and animators through delivery of final branded media content.

Directed team of editors for final episode assembly, developed fine cut scripts for network delivery of story segments, wrote shot lists, filmed interviews with contributors, and managed all archive, scoring, and GFX for on-air episodes.

Directed camera and crew on both domestic and international field shoots, researched and wrote story segments, drafted shooting scripts, scouted and locked locations, and conducted interviews with expert contributors and on-air talent.

Greater New York City Area

Directed crew and talent on re-creation shoots, wrote and assembled webisodes for network's online audience, produced host wraps, and developed stringouts for Post team.

Greater New York City Area

Researched new story ideas, drafted narrative episode segments, set up shoot travel and story elements, managed deliverables, secured contributors, created call sheets, and ran point for crew on the set.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed pitches and sizzle reels for new show concepts, researched and drafted new series formats, and managed all submissions from production companies and talent agencies. Additionally, supervised existing and potential talent & hosts for all programming while launching new talent for projects in pre-production.

Produced segment stories, managed talent, booked locations, and supervised delivery of post production deliverables and fine cuts for unscripted reality series.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Developed partnership opportunities for network programming, handled on-site talent needs at Travel & Adventure shows, and managed agency and network events including Realscreen summits and Upfronts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Set up and administered national training seminars and conferences through marketing and outreach, ran donor development programs, managed all staff initiatives for Board of Directors, and directed all membership services.

Ma, Producing For Film And Video, 4.0

Mastered techniques in producing film and video including drafting screenplays, development of production strategies and shooting.

Ba, Legal Studies, Philosophy