Stephen Lorusso Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Produce and edit launch spots & trailers, on-air promos, marketing stunts, sizzle reels, social media content, and other assets across multiple platforms, as part of campaigns for scripted series, docu-series, and.
• Create and animate motion graphics for linear and digital campaigns, and provide creative direction for motion graphics professionals across a variety of platforms and placements.
• Work closely with creative directors, project managers, graphic designers, the finishing team, audio mixers, and other departments inside and outside the company to shepherd projects through the entire production.
• Collaborate with in-house and external editors/agencies on campaign development/execution by providing guidance and feedback to meet creative goals ensure creative consistency across campaigns.
• Provide creative direction to internal and external art departments, editors, sound departments, etc.
• Create and maintain project management systems across creative teams (art, video, product) to ensure a streamlined, transparent, and holistic workflow across departments.

Greater New York City Area

• Subscriber acquisition strategy for both services; implement and optimize all media campaigns across both services.
• Lead strategy and briefing for with multiple media agencies to develop and implement paid digital media campaigns across multiple platforms.
• Manage and coordinate all production related activities with internal media team and external partners – AMC, IFC, The Horror Channel, Sundance TV, etc.
• Project Manager / Scrum Master – production, acquisition, retention, PR.

Greater New York City Area

- Crew for various feature films & commercial projects (Esurance, Chrystler, Music Videos, etc.).- Freelance post-production (Adobe Premiere, Final Cut 7/X)- Project management and coordination (Agile Project Management, scheduling, planning, organization, etc.), creative (copywriting, pitching, scripting, art design, video editing, etc.), & web design.

45 West 25th Street, NY

• Managed Digital Branding Team, with four full-time direct reports.
• Ideate, execute, and report on monthly, seasonal, and annual campaigns across multiple digital platforms with a focus on web traffic and acquisition.
• Sourced and executed major marketing partnerships with: NASCAR, Mike Rowe, the NHL, and the NBA.
• Strategy and placement of all digital media; $1M a quarter across seven brands.
• Generated and maintained reporting of all paid media and campaign reports/presentations that were circulated to senior leadership and investors.

11 Penn Plaza, NY

• Drafted and published original editorial content (articles, pitches, scripts, press kits, promotional materials) across all of AMC’s digital channels.
• Produced and managed web, digital video, and social media content and reporting to supplement AMC originals – The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Comic Book Men, and others.

Sag Harbor, NY-Brooklyn NY

Project management and coordination (scheduling, planning, organization, etc.), grip and lighting management, transport, and set-up.

Brooklyn, NY

Project management and coordination (scheduling, planning, organization, etc.), grip and lighting management, transport, and set-up.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa) Candidate, Radio, Television, And Digital Communication, 3.83

Activities and Societies: BAFTA New York Scholarship Recipient, Sponsorship through Dreamworks Animation.- Writer/Director/Producer - “A.

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy/History, 3.48

Activities and Societies: Dean's list (2009-2010), Stage Manager at the Binghamton Theater Department, 2010-2011