I have over 25 years of experience and knowledge in pre-production, production and post-production as well as a Bachelor of Science in Communication. Broadcast TV is my area of expertise, and I have knowledge of every role, capability, process, and procedure.
Time management is my strong suit, as well as interpersonal communication and building and maintaining client relationships.
In every project that I work on, I am proactive, planning ahead.
The integrity and loyalty I possess are unquestionable.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
Work History
Freelance Producer
Belay Solutions
01.2022 - Current
Salesumentary
Matthew McConaughey - Greenlights - online Masterclass
Hollywood Grade Documentary storytelling videos into high converting sales focused movies to increase sales and authority positioning
Built film crew staff - with equipment & gear: cameras, lens, tripods, gimbals, jibs, audio, lighting, matt boxes, filters.
Pre-pro: created storyboards, style guides, look books, advertising decks for creative teams/editors/clients/booking studio time for film shoots/on site locations coordination/travel arrangements for talent/crew/client, managed file format deployment - for all platforms
Post: asset management of stock footage/images, music library, stock licensing/coordinated sales funnel
Post Production Producing/Management for two children's animation tv series:
SMASH! airing on HBO Max
Supernatural Academy airing on Peacock.
Series scheduling - production timeline - deadlines on audio
Quality control reporting: frame by frame analysis of meta data - identify impairments, artifacts, deemed unacceptable to pass or reject for deployment.
Audio/Video to create of fix imperfections/continuity from one set to the next
PSE Test fails -are guidelines to pass QC what are potentially harmful flashes for epilepsy
Manage animation notes for edit changes/corrections
Provide timecode fixes for video/audio.
Reviewed all episode files from TK1,TK2,TK3,TK4 to final approval to ship.
Created audio library for animated characters - SFX
Creative decisions on music placement and back ground music/SFX
Asset/File format knowledge and coordination of ProRes Conform, ProRes 422 HQ
Managed creative teams: Animators, Editorial teams, Production Teams: pass or fail impairments to call creative intent with failed metadata infractions.
Created and Maintained Pre-Production, Production and Post Production schedules.
From Layout/Animation, Lighting Comp, Storyboard Animatics, TK1, Final Rough Animation approvals,Rough Audio Pass, TK2 and TK3 files until passed, final QC of Audio and Video for either Creative Acceptance and final delivery.
Production Manager
The Sussman Agency & Oracle Post Productions
01.2013 - 01.2020
Produced 2000 Broadcast TV and 500 radio spots annually.
Produced VO sessions, VO talent auditions, presented to Creative Teams, Clients.
Negotiated and booked talent rates and contracts.
Prepared & Presented Original music scores to Creative Teams/Agency/Clients
Prepared & Presented Stock music tracks to Creative Teams/Agency/Clients
Managed music licensing with Sony Records, Warner Brothers
Asset Management - created libraries for stock footage, stock images, stock music, hard drives with original shot footage & B-roll, Style Guides and guidelines.
Booked and Managed Editorial team of seven freelance editors and three audio engineers.
Managed Editorial staff invoicing.
Provide high resolution assets: footage, images to Editors via internal Networks (SAN)
Script Process - approval process between creative writers, creative department heads, to client approval, tracking and managing changes - to delegate final approved scripts to editors to voiceover talent/audio engineers/audio recording houses.
Trafficking - after tracking files from client approval - managed preparation of spots for deployments to stations.
Managing several different file formats, for all platforms - social media platforms, digital walls, broadcast tv - going to five different markets: Chicago, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin.
Translation Spots: Spanish Versions of all spots - produced all translated voice overs, scripts and onscreen video's to align with translations.
Billing - internal bookkeeping for Post Production House - Oracle
Included client invoicing, payables, receivables, purchase of library music, stock footage, stock images.
Invoices for Voice Over talent, talent contracts, Editorial Staff payroll invoicing.
Post Production Manager
Doner Advertising
01.2012 - 01.2013
Coordinated with construction trades/engineers to create four empty rooms into a full running edit house
With four edit suites, full audio engineered room, whisper room for vo's, computer network, full functioning working office for staff, client review room.
Built asset library of stock music, stock images, footage/built graphics library to cut costs.
Billing and scheduling crews time and edit rooms through Farmers Wife.
Worked directly with the Traffic department to ensure deployment of spots to stations.
Prepared a full move of the Art Van Furniture client going to The Sussman Agency.
Per clients request - I stayed on account and moved clients 3 times: Digital Image Studios, to Doner, to Sussman.
Co-Produced Tier 1 Brand for Broadcast TV.
Post Production Producer
Digital Image Studios
01.2011 - 01.2012
Facility Producer - booked and managed editors, materials for edits, network, proprietary website called "The Review Lounge" - assisting in coding for this website to recall all "red sofa".
Asset Management of over 100,000 still images.
Co-Produced Tier 1 Brand for Broadcast TV
Production Coordinator/Assistant & Craft Services
Freelance
01.1991 - 01.2011
Began as a freelance Production Assistant in 1991 for General Motors on the National Broadcast TV campaign.
Made a positive impression on Clients, Crew, Production Houses that I stayed busy for the next 21 years on various projects from Feature Films directed by Danny Devito and Jack Nicholas
Reebok TV commercial with Isaiah Thomas.
International Projects for GM and The Department of Energy
Nike commercial with Michael Jordan, Music video with Aretha Franklin and Michael McDonald
And hundreds of local television commercials and industrial videos.
Interactive Post Production Producer
DCI Marketing
01.2000 - 01.2003
Produced content - video, voice over, CGI, 3D and motion graphics for interactive Kiosks for General Motors
Kiosks were deployed to GM Dealerships Nationally.