Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Quinntin Saint Laurent

Quinntin Saint Laurent

Atlanta,GA

Summary

Proactive and achievement-oriented director bringing 15 years of marketing and leadership experience with special emphasis helping entertainment clientele. Effectively increases social media reach and client digital profile to catapult company forward with sustained growth. Articulate communicator, natural leader and organized manager.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Human Resources Administrative Coordinator

Georgia State University
02.2023 - Current
  • Assisted management with special projects to complete all tasks by deadlines.
  • Managed and maintained electronic and paper-based filing systems to keep essential documents and information easily accessible and organized.
  • Prepared detailed documents and reports in adherence administrative processes.
  • Developed and implemented organizational systems to streamline daily operations.
  • Hired, managed, developed and trained staff, established and monitored goals, conducted performance reviews and administered salaries for staff.
  • Implemented project management techniques to overcome obstacles and increase team productivity.
  • Improved office operations by automating client correspondence, record tracking and data communications.
  • Developed internal requirements and standards to minimize regulatory risks and liability across programs.

Director, Strategic Partnerships

Solostar Entertainment Group
01.2005 - 01.2023
  • Worked closely with organizational leadership and board of directors to guide operational strategy.
  • Oversaw operations and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.
  • Manage multiple projects from concept through completion
  • Formed strategic partnerships and connected with potential clients to drive business development.
  • Supervised corporate interactive accounts that generated $250 million in 2020 (including Colgate Palmolive, Omnicom, Maritz and Sirius Satellite Radio)
  • Leveraged professional networks and industry knowledge to strengthen client relationships.
  • Led creative work on corporate re-branding projects including Polaroid
  • Worked with internal teams to generate ideas for pitching and proposals
  • Managed team members; providing quality control over concepts and projects.

Supervising Producer

OWN
01.2018 - 07.2019
  • Collaborated with the Executive Producer, Line Producer and Art Director to discuss creative ambitions and producibility for each episode
  • Used MovieMagic Scheduling and Budgeting to create timelines and estimates of production costs.
  • Liaised with directors and producers to book talent and arrange casting calls.
  • Collaborated with clients and creative teams to develop, plan and execute production projects.
  • During early production, worked with the Executive Producer and the studio leadership to develop the approach to directing the series
  • Oversaw revisions and provided notes on an ongoing basis to ensure the style and vision for the show was maintained
  • Participated in all storyboard handouts with the episodic directors by communicating storytelling direction, design requirements, and expected level of polish to the storyboard team while maintaining producibility
  • Participated in storyboard reviews and provide clear notes for revisions
  • Evaluated the continuity and quality of all storyboards
  • Provided status updates, troubleshooted, and reviewed potential changes on a regular basis with production staff
  • Participated in the talent acquisition process with the Line Producer to review portfolios and tests, interview candidates, and provide detailed feedback.

Production Coordinator

Irwin Entertainment
02.2018 - 06.2018
  • Provided administrative and personal support while scheduling meeting requests and keeping an updated calendar
  • Processed expense reports as well as payroll
  • Analyzed scripts and wrote notes and coverage
  • Created talent lists and availabilities, while arranging travel and all accommodations including comprehensive and detailed itineraries
  • Manage incoming material logs and some story department administration
  • Interacted and acted as liaison with production personnel and all internal and external offices of NBCUniversal.

Production Manager

VH-1
06.2017 - 01.2018
  • Organized all the needs of a production
  • Responsible for setting budgets for the needs of every film production aspects, which include paying all workers or staff of the production, incurring props, hiring catering services and other expenses used daily
  • Solved problems that may arise during filming, setting schedule of meetings and shooting, preparing and submitting all types of paperwork needed before deadline and making sure all equipment are set up properly and working well
  • Responsible for hiring workers, assign crew daily tasks, assisted in the set and administrative work, and oversee video editing.

Producer

American Film Institute
08.2014 - 08.2016
  • Initiated, coordinated, supervised and managed the creation and production of 23 short films from inception to completion, including coordination, supervision, and control of finances, talent, crafts
  • Hired and managed key team members, including writers, directors, managers, talent, heads of department, key crew, staff, and other personnel
  • Set a budget, and secured funds for the projects, often through investors, personal funds or a studio
  • Built a schedule using production management software to set the production schedule
  • Oversaw post-production from editing, through music composition and picture lock
  • Marketed the project and generated buzz for the project by working with a PR team.

Production Coordinator

Lionsgate
10.2009 - 10.2010
  • Booked studios, production equipment, performance and production staff
  • Liaised with other in-house teams, writers, A.Ds, producers, designers and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the production process
  • Prepared and distributed briefing notes and scripts
  • Oversaw cues, timings, and continuity during recording
  • Summarized written material
  • Oversaw budget
  • Cleared copyrights.

Editorial Production Assistant

Harper's Bazaar
01.2005 - 12.2007
  • Supported editorial staff in all activities leading to publication, including acting as a personal assistant to commissioning editors and overseeing tasks such as issuing contracts and dealing with royalties
  • Liaised with other in-house teams, writers, photographers, printers, designers and production staff to negotiate and monitor timescales for stages in the publishing process
  • Managed the administration of work commissioned to freelance writers, picture researchers, photographers, stylists and illustrators
  • Organizing and researched projects within tight deadlines, while summarizing written material, correcting manuscripts and obtaining rights to use materials from other publications.

A&R

Def Jam Recordings
01.2003 - 12.2007
  • Oversaw all A&R research and data mining for discovery of new artists, producer and songwriters, through websites and apps including Music Connect, Indify, Chartmetric, Mediabase
  • Researched artists and communicated unique qualitative and quantitative information
  • Monitored unsigned artists in the radio, streaming & sales spaces to communicate any relevant milestones to the A&R Department
  • Built predictive models & other analytical data tools to regularly evaluate unsigned & signed talent including earning potential.

Education

MBA - Entertainment, Media And Sports

Pepperdine Graziadio Business School, Malibu
05.2022

Master of Arts - Producing, Film

The American Film Institute, Los Angeles
01.2016

MBA - Media Management

Metropolitan College of New York, New York, NY
01.2012

Bachelor of Science - Politcal Science

Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY
01.2007

Skills

  • Social Media Marketing
  • Channel Development
  • Sales Training and Leadership
  • Vendor Management

Certification

  • Agile Project Management with Microsoft Project - 2023
  • Trello Essential Training - 2023
  • Sales, Customer Success - 2023

Timeline

Human Resources Administrative Coordinator - Georgia State University
02.2023 - Current
Production Coordinator - Irwin Entertainment
02.2018 - 06.2018
Supervising Producer - OWN
01.2018 - 07.2019
Production Manager - VH-1
06.2017 - 01.2018
Producer - American Film Institute
08.2014 - 08.2016
Production Coordinator - Lionsgate
10.2009 - 10.2010
Director, Strategic Partnerships - Solostar Entertainment Group
01.2005 - 01.2023
Editorial Production Assistant - Harper's Bazaar
01.2005 - 12.2007
A&R - Def Jam Recordings
01.2003 - 12.2007
Pepperdine Graziadio Business School - MBA, Entertainment, Media And Sports
The American Film Institute - Master of Arts, Producing, Film
Metropolitan College of New York - MBA, Media Management
Mercy College - Bachelor of Science, Politcal Science
Quinntin Saint Laurent