Experience

CG CREATIVE STUDIOS

• Marketing Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Creative Producer

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  CG Creative, a creative communications agency, helps brands connect and communicate across all manner of physical & digital experiences and mediums. We specialize in high-impact corporate events & experiences, engagement strategy & planning, design & development, video & animation, and executive presentations. The goal: ignite the brand experience and engage your audience.

• Creative Operations Director

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2017

  • Collaborate with creative, technical and production teams to ensure the success of every project.• Communicate with clients to outline, improve and manage production processes and timelines.• Create budgets, schedules and creative briefs for clients, creative and management teams.• Manage, schedule, and assign workflow from initial concept through final delivery.• Oversee complex day-to-day creative operations on multiple projects simultaneously.• Handle data I/O, compression and QA of final deliverables for print, video and live event assets.• Schedule, lead and participate in creative and conceptual brainstorming sessions and RFPs.• Collaborate with Art Directors, Writers, Animators, 2D/3D animators, Scenic Design and technical teams to ensure excellent creative is consistently achieved and delivered, on-budget and on-time.• Create processes to improve productivity, communications and production workflow.• Manage resource allocation and source new creative talent, both staff and freelance.• Communicate with all stakeholders to ensure both long and short term goals are set and met.• Clients include: Rubrik, HPE, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Isagenix, Moneris, ACI, Salk Institute, Pymnts.com, AppDynamics. Show less



PIA Agency

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Producer

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2014

  • Collaborated with PIA staff, production crew and multiple vendors to produce 12, faced-paced digital / video projects for Hewlett-Packard. • Sourced and managed vendors, 2D/3D artists and live action directors and crews; negotiated contracts for live action, animation and post-production across multiple projects. • Created and managed 12+ constantly changing schedules and budgets; diplomatically managed client and stakeholder expectations; oversaw all production, change orders and final delivery, consistently delivering projects on-schedule and on-budget. Show less



BUCK

• United States
• Design
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Freelance Senior Producer

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2013

  • Produced multiple fast-paced design and animation projects. • Clients included Google, British Gas and JCPenney. • Created bids, schedules, managed creative teams, vendors, overages and licensing agreements. • Responsible for all quality assurance and branding consistency across multiple deliverables. • Produced multiple fast-paced design and animation projects. • Clients included Google, British Gas and JCPenney. • Created bids, schedules, managed creative teams, vendors, overages and licensing agreements. • Responsible for all quality assurance and branding consistency across multiple deliverables.



Shilo

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Production

  • Jun 2011 - Apr 2013

  • Managed west coast office of award winning commercial creative production studio. • Collaborated with Executive Creative Director and creative team to create award-winning media.• Supervised crew including 25+ artists, producers and support staff. • Ensured the absolute highest quality live action production, design, VFX, music, sound and finishing. • Consistently increased profit margins by diplomatically managing internal and client expectations.• Negotiated and created contracts, bid estimates, schedules and detailed process documents. • Clients included Ford/Team Detroit, Smart Car/BBDO Berlin, Lifetime, Syfy/NBC Universal, DC Shoes/Red Bull, Sony Playstation, TBWA\​Chiat\​Day, eBay, Sears/Y&R Chicago, Qualcomm and Anheuser-Busch/DDB Chicago, US Census, among others. Show less

• Senior Producer

  • May 2007 - May 2011

  • Collaborated with clients and creative teams to develop and produce high-end media projects. • Managed the production of design, print, 2D & 3D animation, casting, audio and VFX for advertising and TV clients. • Interpreted storyboards and client requests to consistently complete projects on time and on or under budget. • Consistently increased profit margins by clarifying and managing expectations both internally and externally. • Sourced photos, wrote copy and created project proposals in InDesign. • Handled data I/O, compression and QA of final deliverables. Show less



BUCK

• United States
• Design
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Staff Producer

  • Feb 2006 - Apr 2007



Blind

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Producer

  • Sep 2005 - Feb 2006



Digital Kitchen

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Producer

  • 2004 - 2005



Form

• Venice, CA

• Co-Creator/Software Designer

  • 2000 - 2005

  • Conceived and co-created Form, a design and nature-based educational software program designed to encourage creative play with fundamental geometric shapes. • Loosely based on Frederich Froebel's educational theories, gifts and occupations, the open-ended program serves as a creative tool to help children 3 - 12+ form a deep and lasting understanding of the beauty, elegance and underlying unity of math, science, design and nature. • Conceived and co-created Form, a design and nature-based educational software program designed to encourage creative play with fundamental geometric shapes. • Loosely based on Frederich Froebel's educational theories, gifts and occupations, the open-ended program serves as a creative tool to help children 3 - 12+ form a deep and lasting understanding of the beauty, elegance and underlying unity of math, science, design and nature.



Radium

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Producer

  • 2002 - 2004



Rhythm & Hues

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Producer

  • 1999 - 2001



The Finish Line

• Santa Monica, CA

• Post Production Supervisor / Operations Manager

  • 1996 - 1998



Bill Viola

• Signal Hill, CA

• Producer

  • 1994 - 1998

  I had the honor of working with internationally acclaimed video art pioneer, Bill Viola to produce "Buried Secrets", five video and sound installations for the Venice Biennale. I had the honor of working with internationally acclaimed video art pioneer, Bill Viola to produce "Buried Secrets", five video and sound installations for the Venice Biennale.



Pacific Ocean Post

• Santa Monica, CA

• Graphics Coordinator

  • 1995 - 1996