Monica Mccarthy Email & Phone Number

Galway, County Galway, Ireland

Teaching Fiction Film Practice at ATU Galway, with an emphasis on the various elements required to make a narrative film from pre-production through post-production and pitching.

London, England, United Kingdom

Greater New York City Area

Facilitating Learning & Development programming for companies across the US and Mexico, with an emphasis on teaching twenty-six modules of emotional intelligence to business leadership and HR teams.

Greater New York City Area

Credits include Broadway, television, film, and national commercial campaigns. Graduated magna cum laude from Pepperdine University, and awarded the Mary Pickford Scholarship For Theater Excellence. Studied theatre abroad in London, at the acclaimed Larry Moss Studio in Los Angeles, and at the Barrow Group in NYC.Stand-in and photo-double for Kate Winslet, Amy Adams, Tea Leoni, Naomi Watts, and dozens of others.Member of AEA, SAG, AFTRA unions

London, England, United Kingdom

Greater New York City Area

Cheshire Parlour facilitates the discussion of philosophy and culture to help people live well-examined and fully expressed lives. From carefully curated salons to Learning & Development workshops to creating company manifestos to fostering branded content and/or events organizations interested in fostering a culture rich trust, meaning, and purpose, Cheshire Parlour brings humanity back to the workplace. I am responsible for research, coordination with the company's L& D leads, creating the… Show more Cheshire Parlour facilitates the discussion of philosophy and culture to help people live well-examined and fully expressed lives. From carefully curated salons to Learning & Development workshops to creating company manifestos to fostering branded content and/or events organizations interested in fostering a culture rich trust, meaning, and purpose, Cheshire Parlour brings humanity back to the workplace. I am responsible for research, coordination with the company's L& D leads, creating the content material, and facilitation. Show less

Nyc

The Happier Hour is a monthly live event and podcast that bridges that gap between academic philosophy and modern-day self-help. The Happier Hour was selected by the NYTimes as a critic's pick of the week. As the creator and host I was responsible for production, research, guest speaker coordination, video and presentation materials, promotion, and overseeing the audio edit.

Greater New York City Area

Escape the City is a career change accelerator program aimed at helping professionals pivot into an entrepreneurial path. The program was highly successful in London and I was initially brought on to create and produce events that would serve as lead magnet to the program, and was quickly also brought on to facilitate their signature three-month training program.

Greater New York City Area

Boutique video production and consulting company dedicated to transforming ideas into cinematic stories. Videos include: Commercial spots, launch videos, crowd-sourced campaigns, making-of videos, book trailers, event sizzle reels, and interviews.*Producing: Hiring crew and developing budget. Coordinating and overseeing all areas of production*Strategizing: Creating video concepts that are on-brand, within budget, and engage and expand the audience*Writing: Developing scripts… Show more Boutique video production and consulting company dedicated to transforming ideas into cinematic stories. Videos include: Commercial spots, launch videos, crowd-sourced campaigns, making-of videos, book trailers, event sizzle reels, and interviews.*Producing: Hiring crew and developing budget. Coordinating and overseeing all areas of production*Strategizing: Creating video concepts that are on-brand, within budget, and engage and expand the audience*Writing: Developing scripts from scratch as well as edit scripts already in place *Directing: Leading the crew and talent towards a unified vision *Social Media: Branding and communicating via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest*Communications: Creating content for Weekly newsletter (Mailchimp)*Spokesperson: Speaking about video for conferences and leading workshops across the country, including Blogworld, TBEX, Artful Business Conference*Development: Researching, developing, and marketing online courses and products Show less

Tribeca, Nyc

Impact Hub NYC, a certified B Corporation, is a co-working & events space for a community of entrepreneurs, activists, creatives, and professionals taking action to drive positive social and environmental change. I was responsible for developing and producing original programming that reflects and represents the Impact Hub community. Responsibilities included research, reach-out to guests, writing and overseeing all marketing materials, and managing event staff.

Brooklyn

Transforming the Holstee lifestyle into events and curriculum:Developing & Curating Campfire Chat:A monthly guest speaker series Ideveloped for for the Holstee community to ask their burning questions of people they admire most in an intimate setting. The audience was selected by application and every chat was filled to capacity. In addition to organizing and coordinating the chats, I was the researcher, host, and moderator.Content Creation for the Teaching Holstee… Show more Transforming the Holstee lifestyle into events and curriculum:Developing & Curating Campfire Chat:A monthly guest speaker series Ideveloped for for the Holstee community to ask their burning questions of people they admire most in an intimate setting. The audience was selected by application and every chat was filled to capacity. In addition to organizing and coordinating the chats, I was the researcher, host, and moderator.Content Creation for the Teaching Holstee CurriculumWith leading guest expert teachers, as well as developed and personally taught classes specifically designed for the Holstee community to help people live the Holstee Lifestyle. 90% of all our classes sold out!Speaking at conferences around the country about Manifestos & purpose-driven communitiesProducing all events, parties, and expert panelsProject Manager for collaboration between Holstee & 1 Hotels“Just want to say thanks for hosting the campfire chat on Friday—I had a great time, and it was so fun to get to meet Wait But Why readers in person. And Monica, killer job organizing and moderating, and great questions. ”— Tim Urban, writer and co-creator of Wait But Why“What an awesome night. You are a wonderful and thoughtful and caring interviewer. And you put on a fantastic event. Thanks for letting me be a part of it! ”— AJ Jacobs, bestselling author, editor at large at Esquire“We have always believed in the value of community at Holstee. But we never knew how to activate it and engage it. Until we got to work with Monica. She created an amazing set of engagement tools, from workshops to a Holstee curriculum to a series of thought leader events, that have taken the Holstee community and its brand to the next level. She introduced us to so many inspiring people and executed effortlessly on so many projects. She brought in new ideas and yet stayed focused on getting things done. We can’t recommend her enough.”— Fabian Pfortmueller, Co-Founder of Holstee Show less

Nyc

Dos Equis launched a campaign called the The Most Interesting Academy" that included interviews with "the most interesting men in the world" and I was assigned the interviews that were part of the Adventure and Culture categories. My responsibilities included: pitching and researching articles, conducting interviews with experts and incorporate the interviews into articles, and sharing content across the Dos Equis social media platforms.

Global

Go Galavanting was a popular women's travel website. I was responsible for contributing articles, managing content for weekly newsletter, and sharing content across social media platforms.

Global

Join The Reboot is a healthy lifestyle brand that originated from the documentary, "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead." I was responsible for pitching and researching articles that aligned with the brand, promoting of the debut and distribution of the documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead," organizing and overseeing the content calendar, creating bi-weekly articles, and sharing content across the Join The Reboot social media platforms.

Greater New York City Area

"In & Where NY" is a widely distributed travel magazine with accompanying web-series. I was the host and conducted on-camera interviews.

Education record

Master'S Degree, Creative Writing And Literature

B.A., Acting, Telecommunications, Philosophy, Religion

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude, Delta Gamma, Study Abroad programs (Heidelberg, London, Scotland), Student Government.