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Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Founded in 2014, Two Gays and a Straight productions is a multi-media production company.

Greater New York City Area

A multimedia production company seeking new projects for television, film, and/or new media.Experience with producing web based content as well as off Broadway production, responsibilities included but not limited to: • Conduct meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained.• Determine production size, content, and budget, establishing details such as production schedules and management policies.• Perform management activities such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.• Coordinate with writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process.• Monitor post-production processes in order to ensure accurate completion of all details.• Compose and edit scripts, or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.• Branding ability with capability to move from creative side to analytical side of marketing; can demonstrate why ideas are analytically sound.• Experience sourcing and managing content development and publishing.• Possesses functional knowledge with HTML/CSS and search engine optimization

New York, Ny

Lead Casting Director for television, film, independent photo-shoots, commercials, and television segments, such as:• Shades of Blue (NBC)• Difficult People​ (Hulu) • Eye Candy​ (Mtv)• Girls​ (HBO)• Younger​ (TvLand) • Power​ (Starz)• Urge (WeatherVane Productions) Responsibilities included but not limited to:• Maintain communication and assist production team with all aspects related to the project, including actor relations, wardrobe/props, budgetary concerns, and any other issues in order to maintain excellent customer service.• Select suitable performers for roles to fulfill project orders and distribute completion summaries daily.• Scouting and procuring ideal talent by utilizing database, agencies, and networking; gathering information such as photos, resumes, voice tapes, videos, and union membership in order to decide whom to audition/select for roles.• Manage and train a casting assistant for each production assigned to in order to achieve project goals.• Read scripts and confer with production team during meetings to determine types and numbers of performers required for a given scene.• Promoted from Casting Assistant to Casting Director within three months of initial hire.

Greater New York City Area

• Liaison between Production Company and archives for documentary currently in production; research historical data, films, and videos to determine what can be utilized. • Attend Production Meetings and collaborate with team to ensure seamless results.• Assists Producer(s) and Director with all needs while on set and other aspects.• Ensure paperwork, logs, and schedules are completed and disseminated in a timely manner.• Assist production office, film set, and other departments with specific requests during creative process.• Conducted archival film, photo, network news, maps, newspaper headlines, and articles research for feature length documentary.• Assisted production team with equipment set up and in all other aspects.

Greater New York City Area

Researcher for BAM150; a documentary about The Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of the 2011/2012 season, interviews with artists, and history of Brooklyn and BAM. Research activities included: • Identify relevant data, contributors, locations of archive material, collate and assess information from various sources, and ensure that legal, compliance and copyright requirements are met for media, photos, news, and all other archival research items.• Selected suitable sources for archive footage, still pictures or audio materials, within time and cost limits and prepared presentation of all findings to the director for review/discussion.• Prepared production materials for external use, including fact sheets and pamphlets, to accompany productions, and publicity material such as production billings, press releases, and related websites.

Greater Chicago Area

• Oversaw eight branch locations with $1 billion on deposit, ensuring uniform marketing strategies were followed.• Developed sales and marketing plans to drive growth in the market, increasing assets over $100 million between 2009 and 2010.• Conceived, executed, and evaluated sales and customer service programs ensuring that 40 plus retail staff employees adhered to branding through training and development. • Participated in partner meetings which included new product development, marketing and business plans, and defining objectives and goals for retail deposit growth, fee income, and profitability schedules. • Generated and analyzed sales and profitability reports, using SQL, to manage individual and store performance based upon defined goals and objectives annually.• Staffed a new office with attention to image and branding; played a hands-on role in visual marketing and layout.

Chicago, Il

• Facilitated the conversion of work processes and related technology; ensured the system was implemented at all branch locations.• Trained managers and staff on all levels in new software applications, including Banker, Teller, Card Management, and Online Account Creation.• Led a project to build an online banking operation as well as continued management of the Online Account Team.• Built a cold storage database to cut paper use; trained staff in its operation.

Recruited by Executive Management to oversee all aspects of Retail Operations and Sales for a new branch which exceeded $110 Million in deposits within the first six months of opening the office. • Responsible for twenty plus employees including managing, hiring, training and development, reviews, scheduling, etc. Mentored thirteen staff members who took on higher roles withing the organization• Prepare financial statements for the branch.• Manage employees and lead day-to-day responsibilities.• Recruit and interview new employees.• Assist with customer service to ensure overall customer satisfaction.• Oversee reports for budgets and financial reports.• Create plans and forecasts that are built to fit future needs.• Work to grow business and customer acquisition.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Monitoring sales and identifying any losses or stock wastage• Collaborate with executives, marketers and salespeople to set prices that are good for the market and profit• Getting to know the customer base and understanding their motivation and sales drivers• Reviewing customer feedback to predict sales trends and seasonal stock demand• Briefing staff on stock display and rotation to ensure every space is optimized• Researching and monitoring industry trends and consumer behavior to anticipate demand and changes in buying patterns• Making predictions based on sales data, customer feedback and market trends• Assessing the effectiveness of different product displays and store layouts on sales figures• Reviewing competitors, including pricing, profit, marketing and other progress

Business Of Entertainment, Media & Technology, Producing · Dramatic Writing

Studied The Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology at Tisch School of the Arts.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services