Nicholas G. Balogh Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Lead global production finance, operations, and strategy for live events, broadcast, original content, & IT for North America, Europe, and APAC.• Managing $50M P&L & drove overall operating cost reduction by 30%.• Developing evolutionary strategies to transform operational efficiency through global resourcing and vendor management.• Led business-wide transition to cloud SaaS broadcast model from terrestrial broadcast platforms through robust AWS integration. Change led to a 78% reduction in year-over-year broadcast expenditure.• Oversee global live event IT operations & strategy.• Led business-wide resizing & restructuring plan & implementation.• Lead approximately 60 people through 8 direct reports across production finance, production management, logistics & event IT teams.

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Head of production management and production finance teams for both the Call Of Duty League & The Overwatch League.• Managing $35M P&L within two entities at Activision Blizzard. • Regularly guide all stakeholders including Sr. VP Head of Leagues, GM of Call Of Duty, Head Of Finance, VP of Events, VP of Marketing, Sr. Director of Broadcast, and Sr. Director of Partnerships in the areas of broadcast design, event production, and schedule structure for Overwatch League and The Call of Duty League. To improve logistical and financial performance while continuing to maximizing product quality.• Negotiate and supervise multi-million dollar contracts with vendors in North America, Europe, S. Korea, and China through leveraging my global network of relationships.• Redesigned organizational chart for production finance and management to utilize efficiencies between Overwatch League and Call Of Duty League, resulting in a 25% reduction in operational spending across both leagues

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Head of logistics and budget management for the global launch of the inaugural season of Call Of Duty League broadcast and live events departments.• Managed a $35M P&L• Created methodology of a live event touring model for a 26 arena event season as a shared cost responsibility between 12 city-based franchised Esport organizations across four countries resulting in overall savings of $15M.• Managed transition of the business from the live event tour model to an online-only broadcast event model in under three weeks due to COVID-19 pandemic through the implementation of experimental cloud-based technologies, staff training, broadcast from home equipment logistics for both staff and talent, and unique show scheduling methodology to retain viewership. • Drove reduction of broadcast, live event, and post-production operating expenses by 30% in the first year.

My passion for storytelling has built a small freelance based crewing company from a business working out of a my home to a thriving production company creating creative content for the largest companies in the world. I often tell people it beats working for a living.AWARD WINNING CLIENTS:ESPNBoschGolf ChannelEARedBullCom2uS / Summoners War World ChampionshipsMERCERINTELMTVCBSWalt Disney CompanyNFL NetworkPGA NetworkSONY PlaystationESportsRAZER• Executed a wide range of productions staffed up to 500+ creative team members with production budgets of up to $75 million.• Hired and managed up to 500 both union [DGA, AFTRA, NABET, IASTE, SAG] and non-union employees worldwide.• Provided ongoing leadership and supervision to the creative team while implementing timelines for digital campaigns.• Created budget system and new practices for cost-benefit analysis of each production.• Continually increased profit margins from 0-15% to 35-50% per production through staff headcount efficiencies, implementation of new technologies, and streamlined vendor sourcing methodology.• Ensure on-time delivery of all content deliverables within budgets even when facing the dreaded “ scope creep.”• Managed and implement digital campaigns for multiple networks, game developers, and fortune 500 companies. • Your best friend when your production goes off the rails.

I have an expansive set of production skills that benefit my ability to manage productions and regulate the costs of delivering the expected project on time and one budget.Recent clients that have taken advantage of my experience.ESPNABCBoschRedBull MediaCallawayGolf ChannelCBS SportsABCWalt Disney CompanyMarriotINTEL • Executed a wide range of productions staffed up to 500+ crew members with production budgets up to $10 million. • Hired and managed both union and non union crew. • Coordinated as many as 20 productions at one time across the world. • Created budget system and new practices for cost benefit analysis of each production. • Increased profit margins from 5-15% to 35-50% per production. • Oversaw the implementation and production design of $400k+ yearly budget for QSi NextGen EMR software training series. • SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY: Movie Magic Budgeting, Google Doc expert, Microsoft Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Project Management Base Camp, Asana

Irvine, Ca, Us

Burbank, Ca, Us

Joined the Disney family summer of 1998 through the Disney College Program. My first summer in the park was with outdoor vending while taking management courses offered through the program, cross training in several departments. Soon I transitioned to Guest Services and worked as a VIP Tour Guide offering first class treatment to many Disney special VIP guests, celebrities and top executives from around the world.

Burbank, Ca, Us

During the creation and expansion of Disney California Adventures I spent 8 months in Casting & Recruitment doubling the cast size to support the needs of the new park, hotel and Downtown Disney district.

Anaheim, Us

Joined the Disney family summer of 1998 through the Disney College Program. My first summer in the park was with outdoor vending while taking management courses offered through the program, cross training in several departments. Soon I transitioned to Guest Services and worked as a Tour Guide offering first class treatment to many Disney special VIP guests. During the creation and expansion of Disney California Adventures I spent 8 months in Casting and Recruitment doubling the cast size to support the needs of the new park, hotel and Downtown Disney district.

Executive Mba

Advanced Editing Techniques

Bachelor’S Degree, Radio, Tv And Film

Broadcast Communications, Communications