Rachel Milton Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

London, England, Gb

Currently executing a global content studio to strategize content development as well as shoot and produce it for separate brands of The Coca-Cola Company and Nestlé. Have produced nearly 3000 assets of varying lengths and formats in 2024 alone.Previously served simultaneously in client-facing Account, Project Management and Integrated Content Producer roles, leading a cross-functional team across sister agencies and executing creative pitches/decks, content development, copywriting, pre-production, production and post-production supervision, influencer management, budget & resourcing oversight, revenue forecasting & recognition and scope authorship.o Produced campaigns of engaging social content that have, largely, exceeded benchmark metrics YoY for Abbott Labs, a Fortune 500 health tech client.o Incrementally increased anticipated revenue YoY by always serving clients’ best interest.o Defined/realized strategic insights and A/B testing; plugging into platform trends; motivated by innovative tech & inspired experiments.o Oversaw Abbott’s Influencer Strategy and Management at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, achieving highest ER and CTR to-date.o Harnessing latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools to provide Nestlé with bespoke post-production solutions for breakthrough, primary organic content.

Lead Producer, Director, Writer, Unit Production Manager, Line- & Post-Producer – (Sub-contracted by a political strategy firm, 06/18-10/18; 2/20-11/20)o Produced >400 political campaign spots for South Carolina Senate candidate Jaime Harrison – including TV, radio, digital + OOH spots, and executing 14 COVID-19-safe production shoots with up to 80 crew and participants—vaulting client into his status as the “most competitive” and “highest fundraising” challenger to entrenched opponent, Senator Lindsey Graham.o Produced >100 political campaign ads for television and digital use on behalf of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as for Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections.o Worked seamlessly with account executive and agency partners and engaged in comprehensive research, accessing polling data, mainstream media and primary sources to ensure client expectations were satisfied, if not always surpassed.Integrated Producer & Consulting Multimedia Director – (Sub-contracted by a counterterrorism non-profit, 09/13–Present) o Built a multimedia production unit focused on producing quickly digestible media and social content on a regular basis, while working on exclusive, longer-range documentary projects.o Crafts video and print stories and responses – in various voices/tones – to reporter questions from media, including The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as op-eds, ad campaigns, media proposals and budgets.o Oversees other editorial projects, including book publishing, website development & comprehensive branding strategy.o Experiential marketer who has personally generated >$1 million in donations from 2015-2020.Supervising Producer & Writer – (Sub-contracted by a conglomerate of non-profits nationwide, 04/15-12/15)o Directed all aspects of pre-production through post-production for assorted promotional and media videos on behalf of a host of culturally sensitive start-up organizations.

Key Accomplishments:o Produced and oversaw a feature film about the Muslim Brotherhood, “Jihad in America: The Grand Deception” o Deeply involved in crafting all print+digital promotional materials & executing large-scale event extensions, including electronic press kit production, pitch meetings, debates+panels

Key Accomplishments:o Generated and edited approximately 500 infographics and wrote/copy-edited the annual edition of an industry book on digital trends in newspaper, magazine, television/radio and mobile media formats. o Managed an international team of blog writers, as well as produced original content and oversaw social media for the publisher’s website.

Key Accomplishments:o Produced a CNBC “Titans” profile of Hugh Hefner (2010)o Obtained unique access to Mr. Hefner’s personal and professional activities at the Playboy Mansion

Northfield, Il, Us

Producer responsibilities: Conducting extensive content research, writing program outline and segments, selecting/interviewing subjects and field-producing shoots, supervising edit and budget, guiding/approving editorial direction, flow and accuracy, collaborating with graphics and post-production teams, musical composer and voice talent.• "Narco-State: The Poppy Jihad" -- Program on Afghanistan’s opium trade for CNN. Co-producer. 2007.• “Triple Cross: Bin Laden’s Spy in America” -- National Geographic Channel. Writer/Producer. 2006.• Independent film development with author/intellectual Christopher Hitchens. Writer/Producer. 2005.• “Inside 9/11” -- National Geographic Channel. Writer/Producer of Hour 1 of four-part series, about terror’s historical context leading up to September 11th. 2005. Also supervised/centralized series standards.-Nominee: Creative Arts Emmy award, 2005-2006. Subsequently a member of Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

-Researcher for two investigative documentaries in the “Democracy in America” election-year series: Simultaneously conducted archival research (video, photographs and documents) and comprehensive editorial/content research for hour-long profiles of George W. Bush and Al Gore; negotiated/oversaw licensing of materials for use in the programs. -Researcher for CNN’s Political Unit, working on election and re-count coverage: Collaborated on the publication of CNN’s Election 2000 resource guide; centralized/controlled all bureaus’ info on re-count events throughout country.

Researcher for the nightly, hour-long political talk show. Sought, researched and pre-interviewed show guests, fact-checked and created show graphics, produced segments and briefed host on segment topics.

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Associate Producer, promoted from Researcher. Helped produce three documentaries for A&E. Conducted international archival research (video, photographs and documents), organized production logistics (for shoots in Egypt, Israel and the United States), helped select experts for interview purposes, conducted phone interviews (Hebrew and English) and extensive story research.

Bsj/Msj, Journalism

Certificate In Arabic Language And Cultures, Arabic Language