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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

North Hollywood, California

Oversee broadcast traffic and plan development and procedures, Supervising, training and developing skills of Associates and Supervisors by managing workload, delegating responsibilities and checking work for accuracy, Maintaining strong relationships with key clients, Resource for others in resolution of complex problems/issue & presenting recommendations to account service and clients, Complete knowledge of Network, Cable, Syndication and local spot requirements, Order and ship commercial materials to broadcasters, Coordinating network clearance submissions on concepts, rough cuts, and final commercials, Creating and maintaining a movie specific traffic calendar for the client highlighting original programming.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Dissemination of commercial materials and scheduling traffic instructions to broadcasters, including broadcast networks, cable networks, syndicators and local radio & TV stations on the Lionsgate account. Responsible for handling commercial clearance with all broadcasters and communicate to the client any edits required to the commercial to meet the broadcast standards of networks that have not approved the commercial. Order and ship commercial materials to broadcasters. Complete knowledge of Network, Cable, Syndication and local spot requirements.

Huntington Beach, Ca

Manage broadcast traffic function on broadcast projects. Managing scripts (compilation, routing, distribution, revisions). Tracking job progress, monitoring ISCI/Ad-ID codes. Coordinating network clearance submissions on concepts, rough cuts, and final commercials. Providing broadcast deliverables documents to Producers. Securing broadcast rotations for media buys. Communicating master delivery status and rotations to third-party traffic partners. Expediting commercial distribution with vendor, expedite closed-captioning. Retrieve masters and productions elements from storage facility. Provide information/assets for historical projects and special requests.

Long Beach, Ca

Taught the following courses: Writing Across the Media; Introduction to Broadcast Writing; Introduction to Online Media; Global News Media; Senior Seminar. Established course objectives and effectively communicated through use of lectures, discussion, multimedia presentations, and in-class activities. Served as Faculty Advisor for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Arranged, organized and presented departmental events with leading local journalists.

La Verne, Ca

Taught the Introduction to Mass Media course. Prepared cirricula and lectured on the principals of mass media and media literacy. Taught the Designing the Media Message course. Discussed the fundamentals of researching and designing the informational programming, emphasizing message content, audience needs, research and program structure for documentaries and educational and motivational programs. Taught Radio Station newswriting course. Discussed the principles of gathering, writing and editing news in forms required by radio.

Huntington Beach, Ca

Manage broadcast traffic function on broadcast projects. Managing scripts (compilation, routing, distribution, revisions). Tracking job progress, monitoring ISCI/Ad-ID codes. Coordinating network clearance submissions on concepts, rough cuts, and final commercials. Providing broadcast deliverables documents to Producers. Securing broadcast rotations for media buys. Communicating master delivery status and rotations to third-party traffic partners. Expediting commercial distribution with vendor, expedite closed-captioning. Retrieve masters and productions elements from storage facility. Provide information/assets for historical projects and special requests.

Santa Ana, Ca

Ensure timely workflow and communicate project status to all agency personnel including Creative, Account Management, Production and Operations. Opening jobs in EMS, scheduling projects, and creating job folders. Producing and maintaining an accurate status report of all active jobs. Scheduling and conducting weekly status meetings. Routing projects & ensuring that signoffs are obtained at each stage of creative development. Anticipating bottlenecks in creative development, production, and related approvals and communicating them to appropriate staff. Prioritizing projects on behalf of Creative, Proofreading and Studio staff based on Account Services and Production input. Collecting internal agency hours (Art, Copywriting, Proofreading, Studio and Traffic) for estimating and ensuring estimates are completed in a timely manner.

Universal City, Ca

Gather Blu-ray assets/creative for campaigns, contact the vendors/designers and partners and gather information in a timely manner. Serve as the central point of contact for third party ad server to work out all Blu-ray scheduling, rotation and technical issues. Develop and organize traffic procedures and coordinate department workflow. Analyze campaign performance and provide reporting. Deliver Blu-ray creative materials for client approval and media insertions/usage. Maintain a comprehensive, organized and up-to-date master job file (both current and historical) for reconciliation and billing purposes. Monitor delivery schedules and receive updates on internal approval schedules/timelines. Built and maintained relationships with key third party partners including Amazon.com, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Deluxe Digital Studios and Toshiba.

Orange County, California Area

Met all programming deadlines by developing, implementing and monitoring monthly production schedules and timelines. Served as liaison between media and technical departments, magazine publishers, talent and airline clients, effectively coordinating promotions and insuring timelines were met. Account Manager for US Airways, America West and Northwest Airlines. Worked with clients and vendors to make sure that all materials (images, sound bites, interview transcriptions and CD’s) were received for monthly magazine. Client interaction with international accounts and vendors to facilitate translations and client relations. Logged and tracked all materials sent to clients, programmers and freelancers.Worked on 9 to 12 airline accounts and magazine publishers on a monthly basis. Generated monthly billings in accordance with customer contracts. Collaborated with sales and researched potential new clients to help secure new business.

Burbank, Ca

Greater Los Angeles Area

Promoted newspaper via seminars, satellite media tours and trade shows. Managed delivery distributors and maintained communication channels with field supervisors.Worked with art department and production staff on the production of direct mail inserts. Facilitated with airlines and hotels to have newspaper inventory on hand. Processed weekly payroll for carriers and independent contractors. Assisted customers with subscription inquiries and compiled monthly complaint reports. Created promotions and discussed with clients, via e-mail, the advantages of the features of the newspaper. Maintained contact with field supervisors regarding customer and vendor complaints.

Ma, Communications - Tv/Film

Ba, Broadcasting

Activities and Societies: Sports Director, KULV 550AM (1993-1994)Finalist, Sports Play-by-Play. National Association of College.

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