Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Other important professional and ethic activities
Timeline
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Ana Laura Pereira Blanco

Communications specialist-producer-advocate-organizer
Capitol Heights,MD
Ana Laura Pereira Blanco

Summary

Dedicated communications specialist, filmmaker and social activist with 20 years of experience covering external and internal communications, making movies, news, reports, organizing events, campaigns, etc. Known for exceptional organization and prioritization skills to manage multiple, concurrent projects. Eloquent writer with track record of creating consistently engaging content. Empathy, honesty and effort are fundamental values in my life.

Overview

20
years of professional experience

Work History

Rebel Media Productions
Washington DC, DC

TV Producer
05.2018 - 11.2023

Job overview

  • Booking guest for the news
  • Complete production in: documentaries, reports, special shows, packages, lives
  • field production
  • oversee the whole production process
  • Manage agenda and relations of VIP contacts, social movements, special guests
  • Created project budgets and managed production costs.
  • Kept productions in compliance with network and legal requirements.
  • Partnered with legal team to manage contracts with freelancers
  • Sourced and analyzed research and collected information resources to support accurate and realistic productions.
  • Generated original ideas and further developed ideas through research.
  • Created and maintained production schedules and adjusted as needed to stay on track for target completion.
  • Recruited and managed event and location crews.

RT America
Washington, DC

Producer
09.2018 - 03.2022

Job overview

  • Created and maintained production schedules and adjusted as needed to stay on track for target completion.
  • Generated original ideas and further developed ideas through research.
  • Recruited and managed event and location crews.
  • Created project budgets and managed production costs.
  • Booking guest for the news
  • Complete production in: documentaries, reports, special shows, packages, lives field production
    oversee the whole production process
  • Manage agenda and relations of VIP contacts, social movements, special guests
  • Created project budgets and managed production costs.
  • Kept productions in compliance with network and legal requirements.
  • Partnered with legal team to manage contracts with freelancers
  • Sourced and analyzed research and collected information resources to support accurate and realistic productions.

The Literacy Project
Washington DC, DC

Content Creator and Community Manager
03.2017 - 09.2018

Job overview

Support to the director Catherine Murphy with several documentary projects in:

  • script and edition
  • character selection
  • footage organization
  • transcripts and subtitles
  • Social networks
  • technical support
  • Utilized editing and photography tools to enhance storytelling.
  • Posted useful, creative and timely content on social media, blog and website.
  • Planned, produced and edited video projects to maximize engagement.
  • Proposed creative ideas to engage followers with different content types and formats.
  • Maintained knowledge of digital technology and social media trends, media requirements, and best practices.
  • Gathered information from staff to produce relevant content based on current activities and organization updates.
  • Collaborated with creative team and director to align editing approach with artistic vision.
  • Uploaded final cuts to content management systems and client platforms.

Reencanto Productions/ Altermedia
, Venezuela, Spain, USA

Production and Direction TV Documentaries
08.2014 - 03.2017

Job overview

  • Screenwriter, second camera, director and producer for international documentaries.
  • executive production and distribution

Secretary of Culture
Caracas, Venezuela

Director of International Affairs
10.2014 - 10.2015

Job overview

  • Organization of the "X International Meeting of intellectuals, artists and social movements in defense of Humanity".
  • Head of a team of 20 people in a big event production
  • International solidarity campaigns.
  • Coordination of a platform with 15 audiovisual production companies
  • Relationship with international organizations for cultural collaborations

Reencanto Productions
Vigo, Spain

Director-Film Festival Primavera Do Cine
09.2011 - 09.2014

Job overview

  • Oversee all the coordinations of the festival.
  • Head of the communications department in the festival: press releases, advertisements, oversee the design and edition of printed materials.
  • Head of a 15 people team
  • Sponsors negotiations
  • Manage general budget
  • Organize galas and events
  • Public relations and public representation of the Festival

Venezolana de TV/ Tves
Caracas, Venezuela

Head of Investigative Unit
06.2008 - 09.2011

Job overview

  • Responsible for the research and creative team
  • Creation of ideas, writing of scripts, director, editor, supervision of postproduction in reports, documentaries and TV shows

Telesur Tv
Caracas, Venezuela

Training and Education Coordinator
01.2007 - 06.2007

Job overview

  • Organization and production of technical courses for channel workers
  • Responsible of content learning for journalists
  • support in the recruiter process in Human Resources

European Union solidarity programs
Caracas, Venezuela

Social Worker and Social Educator
10.2003 - 10.2004

Job overview

  • Professional relocation for teens
  • Anti-drug and anti-violence awareness work
  • Sexual orientation for young girls from the poor neighborhoods

Education

University of Santiago De Compostela
Spain

Bachelor of Arts from History / Latin America and contemporary specialty
09.2003

University Overview

  • ERASMUS in Portugal: Studies Abroad on Gender and Social Exclusion

FORGA
Spain

Professional Education from Specialist in Audiovisual Media
11.2005

Diferent Schools
Argentina/Mexico/Spain/Venezuela

Multiple Courses from Technical skills, Semiotic, journalism

Skills

  • script/creation of content structure
  • camera, sound and edition (Adobe Premiere and Final Cut)
  • Strong Creative Vision
  • Project Management
  • Communication
  • Problem-solving
  • Time management
  • Decision-making
  • Networking
  • Attention to detail
  • Self-motivation
  • Ease in interpersonal relationships
  • Team Leadership
  • Effective Interviewer
  • Critical Thinking

LANGUAGES:

Spanish (native)

English (fluent)

Portuguese (fluent)

Accomplishments

-NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARD To the Investigative Unit, for different research reports about the real estate scam, in Venezolana de TV. 2011

-MAIN PRIZE “COMMUNICATION FOR PEACE “ for the documentary “JALLALLA”, Venezuela, 2011

-MAIN PRIZE SANTIAGO ALVAREZ INMEMORIAM to the documentary "WE ARE INVISIBLE" In International Film Festival Santiago Alvarez In memoriam, Cuba, 2010.

-“BEST DIRECTOR” AWARD to Ana Laura Pereira for the documentary "WE ARE INVISIBLE" In International Film Festival Santiago Alvarez In memoriam, Cuba, 2010.

-RECOGNITION TO THE BEST WORK OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC JOURNALISM to the documentary “No justice, no peace. Baltimore 2015”, in International Film Festival Santiago Alvarez In memoriam, Cuba, 2017.

-BEST SHORT FILM for “Silvio Rodríguez: mi primera tarea” directed by Catherine Murphy . Original idea and one of the producers. International film festival Primavera do cine. Spain, 2021.

Other important professional and ethic activities

  • 1998-2002 Advocate at Solidarity with Latin America COSAL-GALIZA. Solidarity activities and social work. (We got European funds to build dozens of houses in El Salvador post Hurricane Micth)
  • 2005-2014 Advocate and organizer at the Association of Solidarity with Common Prisoners Concepción Arenal. Spain.
  • 2008-2014 President of the National Association of Solidarity with Palestine: AL Nakba ( we got funds for an ambulance for Gaza, organize events, campaigns...)
  • 2012- 2023 Founder, member and vicepresident of the Cultural Association Reencanto Productions in Galicia, Spain.
  • 2014-2017 Founder, member and part of the executive direction of the Venezuelan national documentary association.

Timeline

Producer

RT America
09.2018 - 03.2022

TV Producer

Rebel Media Productions
05.2018 - 11.2023

Content Creator and Community Manager

The Literacy Project
03.2017 - 09.2018

Director of International Affairs

Secretary of Culture
10.2014 - 10.2015

Production and Direction TV Documentaries

Reencanto Productions/ Altermedia
08.2014 - 03.2017

Director-Film Festival Primavera Do Cine

Reencanto Productions
09.2011 - 09.2014

Head of Investigative Unit

Venezolana de TV/ Tves
06.2008 - 09.2011

Training and Education Coordinator

Telesur Tv
01.2007 - 06.2007

Social Worker and Social Educator

European Union solidarity programs
10.2003 - 10.2004

University of Santiago De Compostela

Bachelor of Arts from History / Latin America and contemporary specialty

FORGA

Professional Education from Specialist in Audiovisual Media

Diferent Schools

Multiple Courses from Technical skills, Semiotic, journalism
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