Corey Freeman
Inglewood,CA
Summary
Results-driven production operations leader with 8+ years of experience overseeing live-action, studio, and field production from planning to delivery. Expertise includes crew and vendor management, budgeting, scheduling, and production logistics in high-volume content environments. Translates creative objectives into actionable production plans while ensuring quality, timelines, and budgets are met.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Studio Operations Manager
TMZ
Los Angeles, CA
2022.06 - 2026.09
- Lead end-to-end production planning and execution across seven active stages, supporting up to five simultaneous productions while balancing schedules, crews, equipment, budgets, and changing creative priorities
- Serve as a production lead across Production, Social, Engineering, IT, Facilities, Post, vendors, and outside crews, translating creative goals into clear operational plans and deliverables
- Managed shoot logistics from pre-production to execution, coordinating staffing, equipment, studio scheduling, vendor relations, technical requirements, and day-of adjustments to ensure seamless production
- Led studio builds, renovations, and content-production projects from concept to launch, creating timelines, resource plans, budgets, and repeatable workflows to streamline operations
- Manage external vendors and production partners for equipment, installations, repairs, and special projects, defining scope, coordinating schedules, and maintaining quality and budget expectations
- Develop and implement scalable production workflows, including a wireless camera system that reduced setup time, lowered manpower needs, and increased flexibility across multiple productions
- Oversaw production spending, managing weekly operational budgets and larger equipment/project quotes up to $75,000 to optimize resource allocation and maintain budgetary compliance
- Act as an escalation point for production issues, troubleshooting equipment, facility, scheduling, and workflow problems in real time to protect deadlines, creative quality, and production continuity
LiveU Operator
The Peoples Court
Los Angeles, CA
2019.06 - 2024.06
- Coordinated remote and field productions from setup to wrap, managing cameras, lighting, backdrops, and equipment to meet on-location production needs
- Operated and monitored LiveU 600 systems for field shoots, maintaining reliable connectivity between remote crews and studio production teams
- Troubleshot video, audio, connectivity, power, and production issues in real time, collaborating closely with producers and field crews to ensure seamless operations
- Oversaw media handoff through Aspera, facilitating efficient transfer of recorded content from field production to post-production workflows
Education
Bachelor of Science - Communication, Business Administration
Ohio University
Athens, OHSkills
- Production Workflow
- Shoot Logistics
- Production Scheduling
- Crew Coordination
- Vendor Management
- Budget Tracking
- Post-Production Coordination
- Equipment Planning
- Studio Operations
- Aspera/ Frameio/ DaletPlus
- Google Sheets / Excel / Slack
Timeline
Studio Operations Manager
TMZ
2022.06 - 2026.09
LiveU Operator
The Peoples Court
2019.06 - 2024.06
Bachelor of Science - Communication, Business Administration
Ohio University