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Los Angeles, California, United States

• Direct report for all Mailroom Clerks. • Oversee all Mailroom Training through comprehensive hands-on sessions, preparing Mailroom Clerks to become proficient floaters and assistants. This includes conducting desk, phone, and scheduling drills, writing coverage, pitching material, effective interview skills, and more.• Provide on-going support and re-training for Assistants and floaters, as needed. • Act as the bridge between the Mailroom, HR, Operations, Accounting, and assistant desk opportunities. • Standardize and continuously improve Mailroom processes, seeking innovate ways to optimize efficiency and provide leadership opportunities to Clerks.• Work closely with HR Training, Operations, IT, Accounting, and the Partnership on miscellaneous long term projects. This includes compiling and managing policy guidelines for Verve's intranet site; training professional use of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Suite, inEntertainment, and AirTable; and a variety of new system/policy roll outs.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Design all decks and pitch packets in Adobe Photoshop, working directly with writers and creators to build compelling visual documents.• Work one-on-one with writers to develop series pitches, such as an unannounced project by Kevin Murphy based on a Margaret Atwood novel in development at CBC.• Act as liaison with guilds (Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of Canada).• Create development budgets and schedules for all projects; assemble applications and deliverables for funding from such organizations as Canada Media Fund and Telefilm.• Read and review all writer submissions, as well as track and discover new writing and directing talent.

• Executive Assistant to Noreen Halpern, CEO• Overhauled system and grids to track project status, submissions, and ongoing negotiations, with a focus on facilitating internal communication.• Managed office maintenance, supply orders, and executive travel for ongoing series, such as Another Life Season 2.• Researched, read, and pitched new intellectual property with an attention to current creative needs.• Coordinate and maintain relationships with rights holders to confirm status of available IP.

• Created and maintained organizational systems tracking the status of all television projects (such as Deadly Class for SyFy, upcoming Citadel project for Amazon), allowing the team to see a snapshot of upcoming milestones for ongoing projects at any given time.• Managed administrative duties including expense processing, notetaking, and scheduling.• Contributed to a task force that integrated a new database and communication system for the company.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Assisted two television covering agents as well as one of the Partners in the television department.• Created and led a new system to track all episodic director bookings, which directly led to over a hundred thousand dollars in recouped commission monies.• Conducted detailed research on open projects to strategize packaging potential with Verve clients and gave written creative notes on client projects and pitches. • Trained new employees on systems and procedures, such as company procedures and internal databases.• Provided script coverage and pitched projects directly to agents and leadership on a weekly basis.

Los Angeles

• Continuously update and maintain client list on IMDb Pro, Variety Insight, Studio System, and OASIS• Read and write coverage for client scripts and potential open director assignments• Cover the front desk and float on assistants' desks

Los Angeles

• Created company database to track competitive cable and network show development• Wrote coverage of pilots and novels in development, prep, and production• Viewed and analyzed international formats as potential American remakes

Los Angeles

• Efficiently wrote extensive coverage of screenplays and novels for development consideration• Created new coverage templates used company-wide to track submissions• Took charge in updating and collating office bible, including financiers, distributors, and foreign sales agents• Covered the front desk, rolled calls to various departments, and served as a temp assistant

Chicago, Il

• Assembled all deliverables for "The Believers" (2012) and liaised with Gravitas, distribution company, directly• Managed internal team to research film fundraising platforms, which led to a partnership with Indiegogo for the upcoming documentary "We Believe In Dinosaurs"

Evanston, Il

Head Computer Lab Monitor (Sep 2015 - June 2016)• Led staff meetings and managed work schedules for a staff of five employeesComputer Lab Monitor (Sep 2014 - Sep 2015)• Kept inventory and safeguarded over $75,000 worth of equipment• Troubleshot computer issues and trained students in film editing software (AVID, Premiere, ProTools, etc)

Evanston, Il

• Served as mentor and advisor for program’s 79 high school student participants• Constructed curriculum and taught two master classes: Editing Genre and AVID Editing Basics• Led group of 6 students in writing and producing a 3 episode web series in a Web Series Elective Course