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Los Angeles, California, United States

Head of Data Management Office

New York, NY

• Launched Viacom’s Global Content Registry while building and developing an international staff of 12 and establishing the SOP for a brand new Global Data Governance department.
• Maintain a catalog of properties and govern associated high-level metadata.
• Built & trained staff, set up yearly goals for both staff and department as well as performed evaluations.
• Coached team through various scenarios involving career advancement, daily tasks, project work, conflict resolution, personal and team goals.
• Oversaw transition of work from a US based team to a new Warsaw, Poland based team.
• Reviewed resumes, interviewed candidates, constructed and trained brand new Warsaw based team.

Santa Monica, CA

• Supervised and developed a staff of 3 coordinators and librarians to successfully deliver broadcast material to the New York office for air while maintaining a functioning archive of footage as well as finished shows.
• Directed high profile digitization project, consisting of 3K assets being encoded at Iron Mountain.
• Encoded on air material and create MXF files for broadcast as well as archival purposes.
• Coordinated with various production groups such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike & VH1 to receive and upload multiple finished digital versions of assorted series episodes and specials as well as raw footage.
• Streamlined cataloguing procedures with vendors and Viacom’s digital asset management system.
• Oversaw large-scale purge project and degaussing of multiple items from our inventory.

New York, NY

• Coordinate with multiple groups to successfully deliver captioned material for broadcast to the Network Operations Center for various networks including MTV, MTV 2, MTV Tr3s, VH1, VH1 Classic, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr..
• Ingest, segment, and deliver digital files of episodes and movies for Broadcast as well as VOD/DTO/online partners such as iTunes, Hulu, and Netflix.
• Transcode closed caption files for air and archiving purposes
• Continuously execute on time deliveries of file requests to various productions as well as the International groups.

New York, NY

• Handled all raw stock distribution for all MTV Networks productions including television series such as The Daily Show, Unplugged, and Teen Mom, awards shows such as the MTV Video Music Awards, the MTV Movie Awards.
• Successfully managed to maintain inventory and sale of raw stock to all MTV Networks productions during the stock shortage due to the 2011 Japan earthquake.
• Reported numbers and analysis of sales to manager and vice president of department.
• Coordinated transfer of library tape orders between libraries and users as well as the NOC for airing tapes.
• Supervised librarians in daily operations with tape transfers and tape addlotting to our archive inventory.

New York, NY

• Worked closely with a small group to launch a MTV Vault website with partner AT&T that would allow users to answer trivia questions and unlock rare and new footage from MTV’s archive.
• Produced various videos for possible online webcasts showcasing never before seen footage.
• Screened footage and coordinated production of content for the “MTV Vault” project.
• Pitched ideas for online usage of 30 years worth of archived material.

New York, NY

• Effectively maintained an organized database of digital material for the library archive including various Nickelodeon series and MTV music videos.
• Verified and archived various forms of digital content for television and music video libraries.
• Corrected data and updated database for entire music video and long form television catalog.

West Hollywood, CA

• Rolled calls, maintained phone sheet, ordered supplies, managed calendars, distributed checks for clients.
• Scheduled 40+ clients’ appointments, managed headshots and reels, upheld relationships with clients & managers.
• Pitched clients to casting directors, scheduled auditions/meetings for clients, created demo reels, acted in team with agents and publicists in developing career plans.
• Researched trades, compiled a project tracking grid, kept an updated script log and library.
• Provided feedback on potential clients, gave notes on current and possible demo reels.
• Covered studios included Warner Brothers, NBC, Sony Pictures, MGM, plus many independent projects.

Burbank, CA

• Wrote extensive coverage on available scripts and writing samples as well as notes for development executives
• Assisted the Story Editor covering phones, copying scripts, handled general office duties as well as covered reception
• Participated in departmental staff weekend read meetings providing feedback for the development executives

Beverly Hills, CA

• Wrote extensive coverage on available scripts and writing samples as well as notes for development executives
• Assisted the Creative Exec and the Director of Development covering phones, copying scripts, handled general office duties as well as covered reception
• Participated in departmental staff weekend read meetings providing feedback for the development executives

Burbank, CA

• Wrote extensive coverage on available scripts and writing samples as well as notes for development executives

Ba, Drama

Activities and Societies: Varsity Men's Basketball Team, Lawn Selection Committee, Cavalier Sports MarketingHead Manager - Men's.

Mfa, Television Production

Activities and Societies: Men's Lacrosse Team• Directed 3 short films (1 on 35mm and 2 on DV) • Thesis selected for 5 film festivals with.

Certificate, Screenwriting

Diploma

Professional Coaching