ALEXANDER KAISER
Chandler,Arizona
Summary
Dynamic Production Supervisor at Paramount Animation with expertise in project management and team leadership. Successfully streamlined workflows across departments, enhancing digital asset delivery and collaboration. Proven ability to manage diverse teams and optimize production schedules, ensuring timely project milestones and fostering effective communication among stakeholders.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Supervisor Visual Development
Paramount Animation
04.2024 - 01.2026
- Served as primary digital assets liaison for third-party vendors across Consumer Products, Print Publishing, and Marketing.
- Collaborated with Production Designer and Art Director to assign tasks based on individual artist skillsets.
- Oversaw team of Production Coordinators and Assistants to ensure efficient operations.
- Scheduled deadlines and managed workflow for visual development across multiple departments.
- Administered duties for dozens of rostered artists spanning various continents and time zones.
Production Coordinator - Story/Editorial Dept.
Paramount Animation
04.2019 - 04.2024
- Managed Editorial schedules and Story Artist roster assignments to ensure alignment across teams.
- Facilitated daily meetings among Story, Art, Layout, Editorial departments, Directors, and Producers.
- Developed and maintained milestone tracking documents for all physical production stages.
- Typed scripts for distribution to high-level studio executives in compliance with standards.
- Crafted character breakdowns and synopses for talent representatives, contributing to successful casting outcomes.
- Assisted Technical Directors in developing and implementing proprietary vendor delivery software.
- Provided administrative support by documenting meeting notes and tracking action items across departments.
- Coordinated project deliverables for storyboard panels and editorial cuts using various software tools.
Writer’s Room Assistant
Weinstein Company
Burbank
04.2017 - 09.2017
- Optimized operational efficiency by ordering and installing major office equipment.
- Maintained cost-effectiveness through balanced weekly supply budget management.
- Facilitated studio office communications as liaison for building management.
- Prepared and bound scripts for timely editing and delivery.
Screening Room Manager / Event Coordinator
William Morris Endeavor
09.2011 - 10.2016
- On-site manager for all screenings and events held in the WME Screening Room.
- Directed repairs, maintenance, and general upkeep of the entire screening facility.
- Regularly Hosted clients, their friends, and colleagues for sales screenings, press screenings, dailies viewings and pitch screenings.
- Operated projector & sound system for all daytime screenings.
- Oversaw and advised on the installation of over one hundred thousand dollars in audio/video upgrades.
- Managed, trained, and supervised several part-time screening room attendants for night and evening shifts.
Production Assistant
Telepictures
Los Angeles, California
09.2010 - 09.2011
- Coordinated set-up for field shoots and remote locations across greater Los Angeles area.
- Recruited to assist key below-the-line crew members on various external projects.
- Managed pick-ups and drop-offs with rental houses, costume shops, studios, and production offices.
Skills
- Project management
- Digital asset management
- Cross-department communication
- Scheduling
- Public speaking
- Software testing
- Team leadership
- Presentations
- Creative writing
- Microsoft Office
- Google Docs
- Linux & Mac OS
- MS operating systems
- CG feature animation pipeline
- Employee leadership
- Priority management
- Scheduling coordination
- Live television workflow
- Post-production television workflow
- Dolby Digital Cinema Systems
- Milestone tracking
Freelance Work
- THE THOUSAND YEAR LEGACY, Lantica Pictures, Sole writer for original, work-for-hire feature film screenplay (Action/Adventure)., Fall 2016
- THE HIDDEN, Turenorth, Rewrite and polish for Icelandic Feature Film (Horror)., Summer 2017
- RENT CONTROL, Lincoln Studios, Writing partner and I completed original, work-for-hire feature film screenplay (Rated-R Comedy)., Spring 2019
Timeline
Production Supervisor Visual Development
Paramount Animation
04.2024 - 01.2026
Production Coordinator - Story/Editorial Dept.
Paramount Animation
04.2019 - 04.2024
Writer’s Room Assistant
Weinstein Company
04.2017 - 09.2017
Screening Room Manager / Event Coordinator
William Morris Endeavor
09.2011 - 10.2016
Production Assistant
Telepictures
09.2010 - 09.2011