Simone Rainey Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Primary contact and coordinator on $1.5 million in National Health Institute-funded research studies from initiation to closure, as well as multiple medical industry-funded studies, for diagnoses ranging from.
• Screen and recruit potential subjects using detailed inclusion/exclusion criteria through Epic software and phone calls. Consent patients and healthy control subjects in-person in a hospital setting to ensure their.
• Designed spreadsheets and presentations in order to lead a monthly training of 80+ staff of Investigators and PhDs on study protocols to maintain department compliance.
• Liaise between grants management, Office of Science and Research, Clinical Research Support Unit, and the Institutional Review Board to design and conduct research projects for 14 Principal Investigators.

Greater New York City Area

• Programming and News Specialist: “Early Start with John Berman and Zoraida Sambolin” and “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien”
• Ran Twitter and Facebook business accounts in real time to keep CNN morning show viewers apprised of new information and blog entries, and to reiterate statements made by the morning show host that viewers might like.
• Responded to viewer emails on subjects that may have not been addressed to their liking on air or social media.
• Successfully built relationships with viewers via consistent email and social media interaction, to make them feel more engaged in the news cycle.

• Winter 2004: Public Relations administrative work with Soury Communications, who won the fight for the release from prison of the West Memphis 3 and Marty Tankleff.
• Summer 2011: Volunteer work at Manhattan and Brooklyn Planned Parenthood offices, speaking with patients regarding their treatment and distributing healthcare pamphlets to waiting subjects.
• 2009 - 2012: Transcribed hour-long DVDs, with timecodes, of full shows for Meetinghouse Productions.
• 2010 - 2011: Researched, acquired and licensed all archive video, stills, and music used in A&E's Biography episode on Michael Jackson.
• Spring 2013: Marketing and Member Acquisition specialist for Brabble, a social media startup company, interacting with brands to introduce them to our platform.

Greater New York City Area

• Researcher, Legal Department
• Employed LexisNexis and Better Business Bureau to identify red flags for companies pitched on the show, including bankruptcy filings and judgments.
• Fact-checked statements and claims made by guests in order to determine whether those would need to be removed prior to airtime.

I thoroughly transcribed many episodes of reality television shows, paying close attention to punctuation and exact transcription.

Assisted in production of A&E Biography: The Jackson 5Researched music licensing and label rightsTranscribed footage and still imagesCompiled and organized information pertinent to the show

Greater New York City Area

• Production Assistant (2005), promoted to Associate Producer (2006-2009)
• Coordinated and produced coverage of high-profile legal proceedings, including the 2006 Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Samuel Alito and John Roberts.
• Led the trial teams on coverage of the trials of OJ Simpson, John Mark Karr, John Couey, Dennis Rader (the BTK Killer), Michael Nifong’s disbarment, and the “Fake Rockefeller” case. Logged interviews and testimony in.
• Was in charge of 2-6 team members per trial and allocated tasks to effectively complete trial work.
• Collaborated with the graphics department and field production team to compile trial background video pieces that included relevant sound bites and video imagery for succinct case outlines.
• Senior member of trial team for the coverage of CO v Andrade, which was nominated for a 2010 GLAAD media award.