ICF Next Agency (contract) Sr. Producer, Reston, VA 20221 - Present

  • Lead agency development of sourcing, hiring, and development of internal production team members

  • Institute business affairs, talent managment, standardize payments to AICP guidelines, create forecasting/benchmarking of budgets

  • Guide strategy, content, budgets and milestones for pre-production, production and post-production

  • Identify and introduce new director, photographer, editorial and finishing production partners

GUT Agency (contract) Sr. Producer, Miami, FL 20221 - 2021

  • Lead agency producer team for Popeyes national QSR account across TVC, social, radio and OOH

  • Conduct director searches. Build estimates. Present production plans to client teams.

  • Guide strategy, content, budgets and milestones for pre-production, production and post-production

  • Identify and vet post production partners for TVC, social activations and experiential events

T-mobile Studio (contract) Producer, Overland Park, KS 2021 - 2021

  • Partner with internal verticles to pitch, strategize, and produce channel content for internal brand studio

  • Direct VO sessions, lead freelance video & photo crews, manage castings

  • Guide strategy, content, budgets and milestones for pre-production, production and post-production

  • Create and manage AICP/AICE budgets for assigned projects

MRB Films  Executive Producer, Baltimore, MD 2016 - 2021

  • Estimate AICP/AICE bidding of creative boards/scripts and capturing all assets through post production and finishing

  • Manage all aspects of production and talent, including SAG/AFTRA, non-union, music and licensing rights

  • Lead projects from creative brief, pre/production, finish and delivering to network or platform specs

  • Source ‘best in class’ creative and production sources, establish deliverables and key milestones to deliver video/still/broadcast projects

  • Raise creative standards and production values for brands across all digital, still and broadcast projects

Sears Holdings  Director of Production | Sr. Executive Producer, Hoffman Estates, IL, 2014 - 2015

  • Drove initiative to develop internal production capabilities for Kmart digital and broadcast advertising

  • Ensured content campaigns were delivered to scope, on time, on budget and to best in class standards

  • Collaborated with internal stakeholders to define creative, brand and production strategy

  • Supervised relationship between cost control consultants and agency for integrated advertising production

  • Owned production budget while driving efficiencies in production savings of 20% for annual $12m budget

Disney Park, Products & Experiences | Yellow Shoes Creative Sr. Producer (contract projects), Burbank, CA, 2011 - 2013

  • Sr. production lead for in-house agency for Disney Parks and Resorts

  • Day-to-day steward of work on each assigned from production through post

  • Identified, scoped, bid and engaged appropriate partners/vendors for TV, digital, social and OOH campaigns

  • Primary contact with ‘Best in Class’ vendors for integrated advertising campaigns

  • Lead the team by clearly communicating the project vision on projects with budgets to $2 million

Werk Brothers Media,  Executive Producer, Los Angeles, CA 2008-2011

  • Principal in small boutique shop creating entertainment and brand marketing TVCs, on/off air promos, and radio spots

  • Creatively produced and directed integrated campaigns for clients as described below

Kandoofilms, Inc., Supervising Producer, Sherman Oaks, CA, 2006 – 2008

  • Provided creative direction to internal teams and external agencies partners for brand campaigns

  • Recruited and supervised staff of six editors/colorists in post, audio, and color grading

  • Cast, negotiated rates, booked and supervised V.O. sessions and radio commercials

  • Negotiated all rights, fees and clearances for music and performer services

  • Created estimates and approved production budgets for live action, studio and location shoots

Education: Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH B.A. English - Creative Writing

Technical Proficiencies on Platforms:

  • Communications: MS Office Suite - Outlook, Word, Power Point, Webex, MS Teams, Zoom

  • Management Platforms: Open Project, Slack, Workfront

  • Non-linear editing: FCP, Avid Media Composer, Adobe CS

  • Budget Programs: AICP/AICE TrueBudget, Point Zero