Simone Smith Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Spearheads membership efforts by developing strategies for new member recruitment
• Gathers member feedback and implements improvements wherever needed
• Works in conjunction with marketing and social to strategize promotion of events and benefits
• Organizes networking and member engagement opportunities
• Negotiates member benefits, discounts, community partnerships and programs

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Marketing Agency and Software Startup
• Secures Television/Print/Digital/Podcast exposure for clients individual media needs to enhance brand credibility and awareness
• Oversees client social media account strategy, programming, and content production
• Builds relationships with producers and account executives across news and lifestyle programs
• Negotiates partnership and agency deals with ad sales executives

New York, United States

• Short-form Content Production | non-profit
• Responsible for writing/producing story driven digital content to help raise brand awareness and drive fundraising efforts for YouTube and social platforms
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to produce editorially sound, newsworthy packages
• Supervises all post production from hiring editors to approving final spots through delivery

• Kids’ Choice Awards 2023
• Leads post-production night of show for International master with rapid turnaround for air
• Supervises and approves multiple edits and all sound mixes prior to show delivery
• Attends rehearsals and lead up meetings with show production/all other lines of business to navigate compliance, logistical, clearance, creative, or any other issues in advance of edit
• Anticipates, gathers, and requests all assets needed for edit including line cuts, ISO cam selects, project files, music tracks, and graphic packages
• Directs announcer voiceover sessions and writes/compiles all VO requests from multiple markets for the creation of nominee packages, bumpers, and teases

New York, New York

• On-Air, Multiplatform + Brand Creative + Kids’ Choice Awards (staff)
• Built and led the creative/production team in multiple award-winning campaigns, and was the main point of contact for other lines of business and international colleagues
• Promoted consistently throughout 13 years of staff employment (Producer to Executive Producer)
• Responsible for the production, operation, and creative of short-form content supporting all lines of business to ensure Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. are viewed as one cohesive brand globally
• Managed vigorous production schedules and budgets while approving all creative assets from scripts through final cuts for use in over 50 global territories
• Conceived, developed and produced Emmy nominated “Nick News” content that built brand affinity while solidifying relationships with viewers across languages and cultures.

New York, NY

• Xtreme: On the Verge (long-form reality docu-series following Latin artists)
• Prepared all scripts for edit including pilot episode. Screened and logged all relevant footage and papercut each 30 minute episode within tight deadlines of three days or less

• Main person of contact for all post production on 20x30 minute episodes
• Wrote scripts, directed VO sessions, hired and supervised assistant editors, coordinated transcriptions and digitizing priorities

• Post Produced 6x30 minute episodes, supervised multiple edit sessions simultaneously, directed VO sessions with talent, wrote VO scripts, collaborated with production management regarding post production schedule.

• Emeril Green (long-form cooking series)
• Field produced “day in the life” profile packages on people selected to cook with Chef Emeril, directed scenes, pitched story ideas, developed treatments, hired crew, drafted call sheets and shoot schedules, maintained.

• Bridal Market Week + Wedding Style (short-form and long-form content for digital)
• Field produced bridal runway shows, interviewed designers/buyers, directed stand-ups
• Post produced magazine format segments, wrote scripts, supervised edit/VO sessions

• Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle Programming (multiple long-form and short-form projects | staff)
• Produced over 100 episodes spanning from Fashion Week coverage around the globe, docu-series spotlighting fashion/beauty moguls and luxury travel destinations, competition reality shows, man-on-street style spots, and.
• Pitched story ideas, wrote treatments and scripts, drafted rundowns and call sheets
• Field produced shoots internationally and domestically and was liaison for entire production crew
• Negotiated fees, trade outs, and product placement
• Booked talent and influencers as needed and assisted in casting when necessary

Old Westbury, New York, United States

• Responsible for reporting at electronic news gatherings, writing stories, editing packages, recording voiceovers, assisting News Director in control room