Kristine Polinsky

Responsible for increasing efficiency across creative production network through effective management of staff resourcing for both high volume freelance and full-time roles.

• Work collaboratively with Hiring Managers, Group Leads, Finance, HR, and IT to drive resource and recruitment needs.
• Manage a robust volume of daily Creative Production producer and Business Affairs assignment requests through Adobe Workfront.
• Oversee cross-enterprise freelance resourcing and freelance/full-time recruitment
• Built and nurtured robust network of freelance contacts
• Monitor group bandwidth and maximize utilization across team resources – both under and over.
• Work closely with Hiring Managers and CFO to obtain finance approvals for open roles, as well as extensions and terminations.
• Partner with HR and Talent Acquisitio for hiring needs, recruiting strategies, onboarding, and employee satisfaction.
• Collaborated with Production Intelligence and Operations to streamlined project management processes to enhance team collaboration and efficiency.
• Train and mentor a team of Creative Production Coordinators.

Experienced producer and recruiter from concepting through delivery

• Skilled in detailed project bids | statement of work
• Ability to match team talents with specific creative project concept needs for execution
• Optimize resources between staff and freelance team members
• Alert to project risk due to change in scope to maintain profitability
• Grow + maintain talent database with an eye on new + emerging technologies
• Capacity to look at work from both a strategic and creative standpoint

Managed daily creative studio staffing, sessions + budget allocation for color, design, + VFX for series: Billions, Ray Donovan, Shameless, The Chi, L-Word + Documentaries

• Recruited niche artists for various series design and animation exploratory + execution
• Optimized efficiencies between staff + freelance resources
• Established workflow protocols to optimize communication between departments
• Implemented ASANA project management software
• Partner with HR + finance for talent on-boarding

The Underground VFX, Beast TV, Hero Post

Client Brands: Nestle, Refinery 29, Maybelline

• Point for all agency client creative feedback, approvals + negotiations
• Evaluated storyboards to create comprehensive client estimates + project schedules
• Building teams of editors, VFX artists, animators, audio engineers + colorists to align with project specs

• Successful recruiter + resource manager for 34-seat agency in-house production studio
• Coordinated resource allocation between NY + Chicago studios
• Sourced niche talent to align with creative concepts
• Managed freelance talent bookings for all projects
• Quarterly talent cost assessments + forecasting
• IT liaison to align with workstation upgrade schedules
• Point for all HR on-boarding
• Vendor invoice processing + billable time entries

Staff and freelance positions held with leading NYC boutiques: Cut and Run, Cutting Room, 89 Editorial + Atmosphere 13

Client Agencies: Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO, CPB, Wieden + Kennedy

Client Brands: Tide, Oral B, Verizon, Citibank, Nike, BMW, Mercedes, Target, Wendy's, Pizza Hut, General Mills, etc.

Nike Brand Jordan + ESPN

• Focus in supervising post-production for Nike Brand Jordan and ESPN accounts.
• Sourced emerging animation vendors for Nike quarterly product launch videos.