Spencer Griffin Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Executive producing all audiovisual, TV, live, festival, & development projects across scripted, unscripted, digital, stand-up, & comedy formats.
• Leading creative strategy for audio, digital, library, TV content, & live performances (festivals, touring, events).
• Overseeing creative for programming of all JFL projects, including Montreal, Sydney, Vancouver, and Toronto Festivals, JFL Originals, & JFL Touring events.
• Developing JFL filmed and live properties, including pitch materials, sizzles, presentations, & pilots.
• Liaising with networks, streamers, broadcasters, and partners on project development, fostering relationships with US, Canadian, & international partners.
• Manage audiovisual operations in collaboration with the production team (audio, digital, tv, streaming, etc.).

Los Angeles, California, United States

Deep Bench Productions is a comedic production and creative development company. Deep Bench Productions owner, Spencer Griffin, has produced series, pilots, specials, and development materials for Amazon, Bell, CBC, CW, E!, HBO, Hulu, Meta, NBC, Starz, and more, and live shows at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Moontower Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs.

Los Angeles

• Created and led a US-based TV division covering North America.
• Developed, pitched, and executed unscripted and scripted television and digital shows.
• Worked closely with JFL Festivals to develop live, touring, and digital properties.
• Built TV show unscripted formats based on company-owned IP.
• Created original TV show formats (scripted and unscripted).
• Packaged scripted and unscripted shows with high-level celebrity talent.

• Create and lead new “live-action” division inside traditional animation company.
• Develop, pitch, and execute live-action television and digital shows.
• Sold live-action scripted shows to HBO, Hulu, and Eko.
• Sold animated show to Snap, which later sold to SYFY.
• Sold unscripted game show to E!.
• Oversee development of live-action hybrid show for Starz and live-action sizzle for Sony.

Burbank, CA

• Executive Produce all tv and digital series (longform/midform/shortform), specials, pilots, and presentations.
• Oversee all creative development, curation, and pitching of development slate.
• Manage in-house development, production, and post production team.
• Manage show EPs, Line Producers, and third parties.
• Work across all teams (internal and otherwise) to ensure that content is produced, programmed, distributed, marketed and sold effectively.
• Recruit creative and production talent in LA to facilitate all in-house and third party production needs.

West Hollywood, CA

• Oversee all original content efforts for Electus, Electus Digital, CollegeHumor and the CH Media distribution network.
• Executive produce pilot presentations, pilots, specials and television series for Big Breakfast for networks such as Comedy Central, MTV, TruTV, and CBS.
• Manage in-house creatives, directors, producers, coordinators, accounting, post-production management, and production management team.
• Work across all teams to ensure that content is produced, programmed, distributed, marketed and sold effectively.
• Recruit creative and production talent in LA to facilitate all in-house and third party production needs.
• Recruit, negotiate deals, and manage relationships with A-list talent - including writers, actors, directors, and producers.

Los Angeles, CA

• Oversees all original video efforts for CollegeHumor and the CH Media distribution network.
• Manage in-house creatives, directors, producers, coordinators, accounting, post-production management, and production management team.
• Work across all teams to ensure that content is produced, programmed, distributed, marketed and sold effectively.
• Recruit creative and production talent in NY and LA to facilitate all in-house and third party production needs.
• Recruit, negotiate deals, and manage relationships with A-list talent - including writers, actors, directors, and producers.

• Oversee all original production efforts for CollegeHumor and the CH Media distribution network.
• Work across all teams to ensure that content is produced, programmed, distributed, marketed and sold effectively.
• Execute all production efforts for Jason Bateman and Will Arnett’s branded content company, DumbDumb.
• Recruit production talent in NY and LA to facilitate all in-house and third party production needs.
• Recruit, negotiate deals, and manage relationships with A-list talent.

• Work across all teams to ensure that content is produced, programmed, distributed, marketed and sold effectively.
• Execute all production efforts for Jason Bateman and Will Arnett’s branded content company, DumbDumb.
• Recruit production talent in NY and LA to facilitate all in-house and third party production needs.
• Recruit, negotiate deals, and manage relationships with A-list talent.

• Programmed all video content including shorts, animations, live shows, in-house videos, and ad sales projects.
• Oversaw content production for clients such as Microsoft, Pepsi, Nike, Axe, Comedy Central, Stride, Spike, Old Spice, Fox, CBS, Rockstar Games, Samsung, AT&T, G4, TBS, Cartoon Network, Fox Searchlight, Wrigley, etc.
• Onsite monthly views increased from 6 million to 20 million during my tenure (80 million across all platforms).
• Releases increased from approximately 4 videos/week to 10 videos/week during tenure.

• Streamlined postproduction, third party, notes, and ad sales process resulting in increased efficiency and videos.- Supervised the hiring and managing of third parties and post production freelancers, including.
• Managed postproduction schedule and budget for MTV’s The CollegeHumor Show.

• Catalpa, starring Michael Cassady.Solo performance play.Los Angeles and Edinburgh.
• Won 2005 LA Weekly Theatre Award for Best Performance
• Nominated for LA Weekly’s Best Production Design
• Backstage West’s 2005 Critic’s Pick, Los Angeles, CA
• Five-star rating, Three Weeks, Edinburgh, Scotland
• Executed venue relations and contract negotiations

B.A., Theatre Arts

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