Tatum Yancey

Runs the Illinois Film Office Workforce Development Program

- Determines program schedule

- Coordinates instructors and guest speakers

- Handles program finances and reports all details to the funder

- Interviews and selects 36 students annually from over 600 applications

- Mentors and tracks the success of workforce training alum

Organizes Educational Programming

- Manages the year-round class schedule

- Interviews and hires Chicago Filmmakers’ instructors and speakers

- Develops new Chicago Filmmakers educational programming and networking events

- Programs the festival schedule

- Interviews, hires, and books, the festival team, including interns and community partners

- Corresponds with filmmakers, producers, and distributors to meet film acquisition deadlines

- Coordinates housing accommodations for out-of-town film crew members

- Co-writes and edits all film blurbs for festival print and online media

- Acquired and managed the scheduling of all props

- Oversaw the budgeting of all props

- Hired prop crew members

- Collaborated with directors and producers on the design and look of props

- Developed and maintained relationships with vendors and suppliers

- Worked with production design teams to ensure timely and accurate dressing and design of sets

- Used creative problem-solving skills to build and install set pieces

- Oversaw video production teams, including crew, talent, and equipment

- Scheduled shoots, locations, and postproduction

- Created budgets and maintained control of production costs

- Edited video projects

- Worked bilingually in English and Spanish

- Wrote, directed, and produced videos for international markets, including social media promos, interviews, and short films

- Fundraised entire personal salary and some organizational costs for non-profit