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Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Working closely with the Hulu GM I define and track strategic priorities and the consolidated narrative of progress against them, function as the Hulu liaison between content teams and shared service organizations, especially in regards to larger strategic programs, and own overarching process development and optimization, including workplace experience

Burbank, Ca, Us

Global Strategy & Business Operations leader within the Disney Streaming DTC vertical including Corporate goal setting and business planning, pricing and packaging, evaluation and prioritization of growth opportunities as well as knowledge base development

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

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Berlin, Berlin, De

• Co-founded machina eX in 2010 as an R&D project with state funding building innovative hybrid performance projects at the intersection of new technologies, theater and media arts. www.machinaex.de • Hired and oversaw cross-disciplinary teams of actors, technicians and set designers • Controlled the company's P&L, wrote budget plans and funding applications • Produced and/or directed full-length theatrical plays, negotiated and managed national and international performance tours and programmed and staffed repertoire performances• Designed, organized and executed over 10 game design and theater workshops e.g. at the Georgetown University in D.C. and the Mannheim School of Business at the University in Mannheim

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As a teaching fellow for both web based serial narratives and film editing I lectured and taught independently in the course of a seminar and two tutorials. Over the course of three semesters I held regular theory classes and autonomously consulted and supervised video projects.

Hamburg, Hamburg, De

GEE is a computer game magazine dedicated to the introduction of product innovations and the cultural reflection of the gaming scene and lifestyle.I drafted outlines and reports for the launch of the big magazine redesign, conducted interviews, researched and authored articles and press reviews.

The WMG Film GmbH is a German film production company, specializing in development, production and financing as well as consulting for investors of international feature films. As a production intern I monitored the project cost development, assisted with creative decisions such as casting and assessed and translated Hollywood screenplays for international producers. I continued evaluating screenplays for the WMG Film GmbH as a freelancer until 2010.

The FBW is the German Film Quality Assessment Board, Germany's oldest institution for public film sponsorship. It is commissioned to support qualitative film productions through the awarding of ratings. As an intern I organized the monthly film evaluation jury meetings of 6 national specialists, compiled and summarized information material, recorded the meetings and actively participated in the discussions of the jury whether or not to award the nominated films.

Berlin-Charlottenburg , Berlin, De

As part of the PR team I scheduled the annual press conference and planned and performed interviews, wrote press releases and edited the annual review. As part of the Marketing department I also monitored and evaluated the ticket sales and visitor statistics and controlled and expanded the sales concept for merchandising items.

AVA Digital is a Spanish film and TV production company focused on the realization of documentaries.I edited a short film and a documentary with Final Cut HD and Pro-Tools, including composition and color correction, synchronization and sound mix and modeled 3D images with Cinema 4D and Shake.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Summer Program, Microeconomics

Diplom, Szenische Künste / Cultural Studies And Media Production

Modern Dance Major