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WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, Operations Manager7/05 – PresentOperations Manager for WGBH’s Production Group, Studio and EFP, local and national productions. Manage internal and external clients’ schedules, equipment rentals, staff and freelance labor. Educational Productions Department, Production Coordinator/Web Editor from 3/01 to 9/04. Responsibilities included booking all location crews, assisting in all aspects of post-production and managing on location as needed. Also worked… Show more WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, Operations Manager7/05 – PresentOperations Manager for WGBH’s Production Group, Studio and EFP, local and national productions. Manage internal and external clients’ schedules, equipment rentals, staff and freelance labor. Educational Productions Department, Production Coordinator/Web Editor from 3/01 to 9/04. Responsibilities included booking all location crews, assisting in all aspects of post-production and managing on location as needed. Also worked on the department’s websites as the Online Video Segment Editor (Avid) and final script reviewer. Show less

Freelancer Producer, Production Manager, Writer and EditorTelevision, Video and the Web Clients:Pellet Media, Reading, MABob Vila's Home Again, Cambridge, MAwww.bobvila.comBoomer Media Properties, Boston, MABoston University, Boston, MAFirst Congregational Church of Natick, MALandmark Realty, Boston, MANick Kaufman Productions, Newton, MAPreston Productions, Marlborough, MAReverse Angle Productions, NY, NY WETC-TV, Weymouth, MA

Cued up music and commercial spots and operated board. Performed live spots and breaks with DJ. Assisted with live, in-studio performances. Researched show topics using Internet and periodicals. Traveled to southern England to cover the Glastonbury Music Festival, June, 1999.

Responsible for scheduling all in-house production. Booked and pre-produced all studio and location shoots, including the hiring of freelance crews and talent. Highlights include: coordinating bumper segment for MTV shot in Multivision’s studio, interviewing Alan Dershowitz for Inside Edition piece, production credit on PBS’ Frontline 1998 season premiere, The Farmer’s Wife.

Wrote ad copy for weekly program Real Estate Review airing on WCVB-TV, channel 5, Boston. Field produced and edited segments. Produced and edited weekly station promos.

Production Assistant for weekly magazine program, Coming Together.