Ellen Ho Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca

• Founder of an ingredient-conscious craft services company that serves healthy and hearty snacks to the cast and crew of productions - on commercials, films, television, industrials, music videos, etc.• We handle breakfast, lunch and third meal catering for productions upon request.• We specialize in food styling as well - creating beautiful high-quality food shots to look as viscerally appealing as possible. That can range from plating and doing the actual cooking to selecting cutlery and arranging an entire table spread. Our obsession with gastronomical aesthetics has led us to share food as a deep and meaningful experience that evokes an emotional response. We channel our love and passion for food and eating into our work for editorial and advertising print, film, television, and commercial spots.• We shop for and deliver snacks to growing mid-level corporations and startups on a consistent basis.For more information, please visit www.thevittlespoon.com• Recovered all initial startup costs in just a few months.• Performed administrative and financial duties such as formation filings, bookkeeping, payroll processing, state and federal taxes, account management.• Designed, created and manage company website.• Built business from the ground up.• Acquired clients through maintaining relations and word of mouth referrals in addition to strategic marketing and partnerships.• Curate high quality snacks and hors d'oeuvres for casts and crews of productions, with special consideration for dietary restrictions.• Coordinate menu details and logistics with productions and various kitchens for breakfast, lunch and third meal.• Negotiate appropriate food budgets with production depending on size of their crew.• Negotiate contracts with production depending on scope of job.• Expanded the business to allow for providing services to multiple productions concurrently.

International

• Former COO and founding team member of an international non-profit that provides disaster relief and aid to third-world communities in need through designing beautiful, deep and powerful journeys around the concept of voluntourism.• Worked closely with the Executive Director on many levels to accomplish the mission of the organization. Scope of work included, but not limited to internal and external policies, procedures, marketing strategy, customer relations, partnerships, legal filings, paperwork, fundraising platform design, org expansion, trip and event planning, contracts, company culture, and communication with the Board of Directors.• Designed the website and overall branding identity of the organization from the ground up.• Acquired pro bono legal counsel for the organization, and worked with attorneys on non-profit formation filings and pending contracts.• Planned and coordinated charity fundraisers to raise money for the non-profit's causes, which included soliciting silent auction donors, donation follow-up, curating art, scheduling talent, scouting venues, negotiating budgets, finding partnerships and sponsors, and more.Our achievements in the last three years:$249,132 Raised61 Homes Rebuilt16 Settlements Impacted4 Health Centers Equipped1 National Park Conserved1 School Rebuilt119 Volunteers DeployedFor more information, please visit www.trekrelief.org.

International

• Professionally shoot weddings, engagements, new borns, set production stills for films/commercials, celebrities, travel, food, lifestyle, editorial, corporate, product, fashion lifestyle, people, nature/landscapes, animals, special events, travel, etc.• Have experience in principal photography, secondary photography, photo assistance and producing.• Communication with the client to meet their specific needs.• Photo editing and post-processing with Lightroom.• Print select images on wood and exhibit work at art shows. Experimenting with glass and metal.For portfolio and more information, please visit www.ellenhophotography.com

California

• Scout and book shooting locations.• Maintain client relations.• Oversee the casting process from beginning to end.• Problem-solving and trouble shooting during pre-production, on set and throughout post-production.• Acquire necessary shooting and street closure permits.• Work with location managers, police departments and fire marshalls to meet the needs of the production while staying within city restrictions.• Manage schedules, budgets, details and logistics of productions. This entails daily contact with other departments of the company, such as human resources, sales and accounts payable, as well as outside vendors. Coordinate accommodations for casts and crews on location, prepare and file paperwork with the unions, process labor contracts, order appropriate equipment.• Hire appropriate talent and crew for respective shoots.• Perform production office general administrative duties.• A list of projects that I worked on, ranging from shorts, commercials and feature films to television shows and web series: EA Games, Gymboree, Ktown Cowboys, White on Rice, Off Campus, Dilated, GayKeith, Rockville, Death by Fungus, Meg DeAngelis' Debut Show, Game of Six, Paradise Lost, Only You, Fire in a Dovecot, Pleasures, Fall North, Soul Cat, Grace in Sara, 8-Ball, Miya, Divorce from Data, Ketab, True Love, One Year, Old Friends, August, Arrythmia, Houses and Homes, Fiona's Script, Homegoing.For resumes and portfolio, please visit:www.ellenho.netwww.imdb.com/name/nm3102674/

California

• Notable bookings include: Thirteen Reasons Why, Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, Tabloid, Dead of Night, True Crime with Aphrodite Jones, Rod Stewart's Christmas Special, Glee, Caprisun, Google Shopping, Snapchat.• Travel to meet and interview with potential clients. Attend commercial, print and theatrical auditions and callbacks.• Work closely with photographers, hair and clothing stylists, makeup artists, and clients to produce the desired look.• Work with marketing professionals and all types of clients to ensure campaign success.• Display brands and merchandise in print and online advertisements.• Promote products and services in television commercials.• Create and maintain a portfolio and resume of accumulated work on various websites and casting resources.• Study scripts and memorize lines. Understand the difference between auditions and shoots.• Maintain relations with talent agents, managers, casting directors, directors, and other talent.• Film and edit audition tapes and videos for remote castings.• Curate wardrobe and looks according to shoot description, role, brand, and creative direction for auditions and shoots.For resumes and portfolio, please visit:www.ellenho.netwww.imdb.com/name/nm3102674/

Santa Monica, Ca

• Notable bookings include: Apple, TD Bank, Budweiser, Oreo, Intel, PNC Bank, T-Mobile, Carnival Princess Cruises, Lincoln.• Travel to meet and interview with potential clients. Attend commercial, print and theatrical auditions and callbacks.• Work closely with photographers, hair and clothing stylists, makeup artists, and clients to produce the desired look.• Work with marketing professionals and all types of clients to ensure campaign success.• Display brands and merchandise in print and online advertisements.• Promote products and services in television commercials.• Create and maintain a portfolio and resume of accumulated work on various websites and casting resources.• Study scripts and memorize lines. Understand the difference between auditions and shoots.• Maintain relations with talent agents, managers, casting directors, directors, and other talent.• Film and edit audition tapes and videos for remote castings.• Curate wardrobe and looks according to shoot description, role, brand, and creative direction for auditions and shoots.For resumes and portfolio, please visit:www.ellenho.netwww.imdb.com/name/nm3102674/

San Francisco, Ca

• Notable bookings include: AT&T, JC Penney, Motorola, Cisco, Qualcomm, Legal Zoom.• Traveled to meet and interview with potential clients. Attended commercial, print and theatrical auditions and callbacks.• Worked closely with photographers, hair and clothing stylists, makeup artists, and clients to produce the desired look.• Worked with marketing professionals and all types of clients to ensure campaign success.• Displayed brands and merchandise in print and online advertisements.• Promoted products and services in television commercials.• Created and maintained a portfolio and resume of accumulated work on various websites and casting resources.• Studied scripts and memorized lines. Understood the difference between auditions and shoots.• Maintained relations with talent agents, managers, casting directors, directors, and other talent.• Filmed and edited audition tapes and videos for remote castings.• Curated wardrobe and looks according to shoot description, role, brand, and creative direction for auditions and shoots.For resumes and portfolio, please visit:www.ellenho.netwww.imdb.com/name/nm3102674/

Los Angeles, Ca

• Notable bookings include: Taken 3, Dunkin' Donuts, Apple, Sony Viao, Thrivent Financial, Chevy Spark, McDonald's.• Traveled to meet and interview with potential clients. Attended commercial, print and theatrical auditions and callbacks.• Worked closely with photographers, hair and clothing stylists, makeup artists, and clients to produce the desired look.• Worked with marketing professionals and all types of clients to ensure campaign success.• Displayed brands and merchandise in print and online advertisements.• Promoted products and services in television commercials.• Created and maintained a portfolio and resume of accumulated work on various websites and casting resources.• Studied scripts and memorized lines. Understood the difference between auditions and shoots.• Maintained relations with talent agents, managers, casting directors, directors, and other talent.• Filmed and edited audition tapes and videos for remote castings.• Curated wardrobe and looks according to shoot description, role, brand, and creative direction for auditions and shoots.For resumes and portfolio, please visit:www.ellenho.netwww.imdb.com/name/nm3102674/

Studio City, Ca

• Notable bookings include: Converse, Sprint, Target.• Traveled to meet and interview with potential clients. Attended commercial, print and theatrical auditions and callbacks.• Worked closely with photographers, hair and clothing stylists, makeup artists, and clients to produce the desired look.• Worked with marketing professionals and all types of clients to ensure campaign success.• Displayed brands and merchandise in print and online advertisements.• Promoted products and services in television commercials.• Created and maintained a portfolio and resume of accumulated work on various websites and casting resources.• Studied scripts and memorized lines. Understood the difference between auditions and shoots.• Maintained relations with talent agents, managers, casting directors, directors, and other talent.• Filmed and edited audition tapes and videos for remote castings.• Curated wardrobe and looks according to shoot description, role, brand, and creative direction for auditions and shoots.For resumes and portfolio, please visit:www.ellenho.netwww.imdb.com/name/nm3102674/

Beverly Hills, Ca

• Assisted producers in script coverage, conducted research, input ideas for projects in development. Many were potential joint ventures between China and the U.S.• Associate produced smaller side projects with the production company.• Maintained office operations by preparing talent contracts, filing appropriate paperwork with the union, scheduling meetings, answering phone calls, receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, running payroll every two weeks, picking up and delivering items, organizing important documents, and assisting producers with any needs.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Assisted talent agents in day to day operations.• Helped schedule talent for in-house voiceover castings most notably for commercials and cartoons.• Helped put together celebrity talent packages for casting directors, studios and producers for specific breakdowns.• Maintained office operations by preparing talent contracts, scheduling meetings, answering phone calls, receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, running payroll every two weeks, picking up and delivering items, organizing important documents, and assisting talent agents with any other needs.• Script coverage and analysis on highly confidential studio projects.

Beverly Hills, Ca

• Helped put together celebrity talent packages for casting directors, studios and producers for specific breakdowns. The agency represented the industry's hottest young up and coming stars at the time so there was a lot of movement and growth.• Script coverage and analysis on highly confidential studio projects.• Assisted talent agents in day to day operations.• Maintained office operations by preparing talent contracts, scheduling meetings, answering phone calls, receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, running payroll every two weeks, picking up and delivering items, organizing important documents, and assisting talent agents with any needs.

Los Angeles, Ca

• Organized screenings of award-winning films, fundraisers, networking gatherings, and special events.• Assisted the non-profit on many levels in its efforts to provide services to independent filmmakers furthering the Asian Pacific American cause, to preserve Asian-American visual archives, and to put on the largest Asian-American film festival in America.• Designed brochures and program pamphlets for the organization's events.• Maintained office operations by preparing talent contracts, scheduling meetings, receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, running payroll every two weeks, picking up and delivering items, and organizing important documents.

Century City, Ca

• Assisted Toni Howard, John Burnham, Carter Cohn, Scott Schachter and Chris Hart in the Motion Pictures Department.• Completed personal and professional errands for Toni Howard, one of the most powerful female agents in Hollywood history who represents Jamie Foxx, Halle Berry, Gong Li, and Samuel L. Jackson to name a few.• Helped put together celebrity talent packages for casting directors, studios and producers for specific breakdowns.• Script coverage and analysis on highly confidential studio projects such as the Twilight Series.• Maintained office operations by preparing talent contracts, scheduling meetings, answering phone calls, receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, picking up and delivering items, organizing important documents, and assisting talent agents with any other needs.

San Francisco, Ca

• Assisted prosecuting attorneys in organizing and preparing case files for trials, hearings, and closings for the Department of Misdemeanors.• Managed subpoenas and records surrounding both pre-trial hearings and jury trials.• Conducted legal research, gathered relevant information and analyzed information on a variety of cases.• Drafted correspondence and pleadings, such as complaints, subpoenas, interrogatories, deposition notices, pre-trial orders and legal briefs with various parties.• Located and contacted witnesses before preparing memos that summarize case testimonies for attorneys.• Maintained office operations by handling administrative tasks such as receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, picking up and delivering items, organizing important documents, and maintaining the attorneys' schedules.

Sacramento, Ca

• Traveled to meet and interview with potential clients. Attended commercial, print and theatrical auditions and callbacks.• Worked closely with photographers, hair and clothing stylists, makeup artists, and clients to produce the desired look.• Worked with marketing professionals and all types of clients to ensure campaign success.• Displayed brands and merchandise in print and online advertisements.• Promoted products and services in television commercials.• Created and maintained a portfolio and resume of accumulated work on various websites and casting resources.• Studied scripts and memorized lines. Understood the difference between auditions and shoots.• Maintained relations with talent agents, managers, casting directors, directors, and other talent.• Filmed and edited audition tapes and videos for remote castings.• Curated wardrobe and looks according to shoot description, role, brand, and creative direction for auditions and shoots.For resumes and portfolio, please visit:www.ellenho.netwww.imdb.com/name/nm3102674/

San Francisco, Ca

• Screened and scouted prospective talent according to specific casting needs for highly confidential time-sensitive projects ranging from multi-million dollar studio films such as Milk, Four Christmases, Star Trek, and Pursuit of Happyness to television shows on the History Channel.• Assisted commercial castings for the following brands: Dockers, Quaker Simple Harvest, Pepsi, Polycom, Cadence, Cablevision, Playstation 3, Ninendo Wii, Toyota Corolla, SF Giants, Ultrasmart, Zions Bank, Select Health, Suntory, Gatorade, Duracell.• Assisted industrial castings for the following brands: Cisco, Volkswagon, Intel, Freescale, Adobe, KGO, Apple, Microsoft, PG&E, the San Francisco Fire Department.• Assisted print castings for the following brands: Volvo, Chevron, Charles Schwab, Wellpoint, Blue Cross, Pristiq, Zyprexa, Walmart, Letairis, Intercontinental Hotels, BMW, Stride Rite Shoes.• Maintained office operations for the premiere casting agency in Northern California.• Researched, and creatively and resourcefully cast for minority and specialty roles.• Assisted the head Casting Director with talent and clients throughout the casting and audition process.• Checked the availabilities of hundreds to thousands of talent in order to fill the specific needs of different castings and projects.

San Francisco, Ca

• Screened new talent submissions and scouted prospective talent for specific categories.• Assisted talent agents in booking talent for numerous print and commercial campaigns for brands such as AT&T, Mervyn's, Macy's, Pottery Barn, Jeep, and Safeway just to name a few.• Maintained office operations by preparing talent contracts, scheduling meetings, answering phone calls, receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, running payroll every two weeks, picking up and delivering items, organizing important documents, and assisting talent agents with any other needs.

San Francisco, Ca

• Maintained office operations for Carlo Cannell’s San Francisco-based long/short market neutral equity hedge fund investment firm that had close to $900 million in assets under management.• Played a crucial role in the organization of important documents and papers.• Created lesson plans and taught the company Vice President Chinese before international business trips.• Restocked supplies and equipment, received and distributed communications, served clients according to their needs, answered the phone, completed highly confidential errands in the Financial District to other corporations such as Goldman Sachs.

San Francisco, Ca

• Answered and forwarded all incoming calls from the City of San Francisco to respective offices and departments.• Maintained office operations by receiving and distributing communications accordingly, restocking supplies and equipment as needed, collecting and mailing correspondence, copying information, picking up and delivering items, organizing important documents, scheduling meetings for several different departments, and serving customers according to their needs.

San Francisco, Ca

• Served as a nurse intern and healthcare assistant in the cardio wing through a paid government-sponsored internship.• Assisted medical and nursing staff with various duties classified as routine tasks involving no risk to the patient.• Helped care for patients under the supervision of nurses, medical assistants and doctors. Was involved in patients' day-to-day activities, such as eating, monitoring levels, keeping patient rooms tidy, etc.• Administrative duties such as record-keeping, filing papers, answering phone calls.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Activities and Societies: Stock Trading Society, Film & Photography Society, Asia Pacific Arts, Sports and Entertainment Business Network.

General College Education

General College Education

General Education

Activities and Societies: Gymnastics, Step Team, YearbookAdvanced Placement, Honors