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Burbank, Ca, Us

Burbank, California, United States

- Oversee the entire dubbing process from initiation to closure for branded content for Disney+, MGM and Amazon studios.- Managed 10-20+ titles in production concurrently, maintaining spec. and client standards for eachproject.- Determine and communicate project scope & intent clearly to internal and external teams,including non-native English speakers.- Utilize various systems and trackers to effectively multitask and govern asset management ofdubbing audio mixes, dub cards, metadata, and precise budgeting details.- Manage cross-functional teams to ensure project success, collaborating with strategic partners,clients, territories, and dubbing studios.- Supervise a team of direct reports, ensuring adherence to team & industry protocols.- Establish and maintain rapport with various dubbing studios.- Conduct research to assess project needs, including child actor involvement, scheduling, legalrequirements for recording minors, and AI impacts on roles, ensuring compliance and efficientproduction.- High-touch client, senior leadership, and stakeholder communication and escalation handling.- Coordinate and devise global workflow practices with internal & external stakeholders to ensurecreative consistency across all products; ensure creative strategy is maintained.- Create and maintain department wide documentation for SLAs & SOPs, increasing project efficiencyby 25%.- Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Airtable, Smartsheet, Slack, Teams, Excel, Watchdox, Word, Box, PIX,PowerPoint, lucid chart, Aspera, subtitle templates, dubbing scripts, KNPs, adapted scripts, audio files.

Universal City, Los Angeles

- Sole manager for Academy Award screeners, including those for Universal, Focus, and BAFTA;ensured compliance with TPN standards and logo production spec.- TechOps Global title management for new release, television broadcast, and catalog home videotitles, managing various formats such as Standard Definition, Blu-ray, 4K, UHD, and 3D- Created production schedules and oversaw asset tracking and delivery of audio/video content,menus, and final image authoring and transmission to replicators for NBCUniversal titles.- Budgeted Home Video titles and configured worldwide disc images, balancing video/audio qualitywith an eye toward cost efficiencies.- Formulated and refined greenlight budget proposals for project approval.- Collaborated with internal and third party stakeholders to identify and resolve issues impacting keydates.- Assisted NBCU Airline Servicing Team with required assets. - Communicated with mastering, marketing, audio facility, authoring house, menu house, and supply chain to troubleshoot and resolve issues in production.- Allocated bitspace of Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K to assist disc configuration and ensure quality product.- Resolved QC issues for video masters, emulations, and check discs.- Tools: XyTech, SmartSheet, UGO, Aspera, JIRA, MediaPulse, Airtable.

Burbank

- Managed project testing from initiation to closure.- Ensured compliance of assets including GFX, Menu text, subtitles, video, and audio.- Ensured all testing was accurately completed within deadlines.- Trained global QC staff; created and edited departmental documents, resulting in 35% increase inefficiency.- Conducted candidate interviews and trained new employees.