Dara Eliacin Barber

Vice President, Operations at Impact
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Los Angeles, California, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Marketing Services
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Vice President, Operations
      • Jan 2021 - Present

      + Led strategy for marketing Impact's launch as a start-up and facilitated the creation and growth of our Product Team+ Acts as Product team SME collaborating with the Head of Product on the roadmap and quarterly planning for our platform The Impact Network+ Senior manager in charge of Impact's Customer Experience team executing the beta product launch of The Impact Network in key markets in the US and Canada+ Oversee multi-million dollar budgets and deals for content accelerator programs on three continents Show less

    • Director, Creative and Operations
      • Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

      + Participated in planning and execution of Impact's Series A financing+ Ran business development and execution for Impact’s business opportunities in adjacent verticals including virtual, international, and for-hire development and staffing programs with Netflix, Skydance, Imagine, and the Australian Film Agencies+ Continued hands-on work with the accelerator, overseeing script and pitch development of ~10 projects per session by joining story meetings, attending practice pitches, liaising with mentors, and providing notes+ Additionally developed and sold Impact’s first ever “Virtual” (internally developed) feature film project with a writer from Malaysia Show less

    • Manager, Creative
      • Jun 2018 - Dec 2019

      + Launched the Imagine Impact content accelerator program under Imagine’s Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Tyler Mitchell – the first ever of its format+ Oversaw the day-to-day operations of the entire Impact ecosystem, including application review, writer selection, mentor onboarding, program logistics, events, rep engagement, sales, and mobile app development+ In charge of planning and facilitating Impact’s business opportunities in adjacent verticals including virtual, international, and for-hire programs+ Oversaw script and pitch development of ~10 projects per session: joining story meetings, attending practice pitches, liaising with mentors, and providing notes+ Developed and sold Impact’s first ever “Virtual” (internally developed) feature film project with a writer from Malaysia Show less

    • United States
    • Movies, Videos, and Sound
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Production & Acquisitions Assistant
      • Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

      Assistant to Aaron Ryder (Co-President, Production/Acquisitions) & Ashley Fox (VP, Development) | Assistant to Karen Lunder (EVP of Production) + Carried out assistant duties including but not limited to answering phones, scheduling meetings, coordinating travel, sending and logging submissions, and occasional personal duties for two busy executives + Co-led FilmNation’s Diversity Committee, volunteered on FilmNation’s HR Committee, co-facilitated FilmNation’s weekly company-wide Weekend Read, and co-supervised FilmNation's year-round internship program + Acted as the departmental development coordinator, reading all incoming material, giving notes on new internal drafts, helping craft writer/director/cast lists for internal projects + Sought out up-and-coming talent and spec scripts to bring to the attention of executives for potential acquisition or partnership with filmmakers. Included meeting with junior agents and coordinators across the business to field talent and reading and writing coverage on material Show less

    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Executive Assistant
      • Jul 2015 - Oct 2016

      Assistant to Theresa Kang-Lowe, Partner, TV Scripted | Assistant to Anna DeRoy, Books-to-Film + Carried out assistant duties on a high-volume partner desk, including but not limited to answering phones, scheduling meetings, reading and watching all client pilots and scripts, and helping draft staffing lists, submissions lists and memos + Scheduled all client meetings and pitches, tracked the submission of client material, the status of book and article adaptation rights, deal negotiations, option renewals, and fulfillment of deal terms including timely payments. + Pitched writer and director clients for packaging and staffing at the weekly TV Lit Assistant Packaging Meeting and pitched newly published client books and other selected properties at Assistant Weekend Read Show less

    • United States
    • Internet
    • Reunion Head Clerk
      • Mar 2014 - Jun 2015

      Aided AYA staff in soliciting, processing, and managing registrations for the Yale College Class of 1974's 30th reunion; acted as a customer service liaison for alumni prior to and during reunion weekend; trained and led a team of students who organized and staffed reunion headquarters during reunion weekend; excelled in this position and was therefore chosen to lead Yale ‘90’s 25th reunion – the biggest reunion of the year

    • On-site Events Assistant
      • Sep 2012 - May 2014

      Assist a team of event planners in the facilitation of the galas, dinners, and other social events funded by the Yale Office of Development. Duties include checking in guests, anticipating and preventing mishaps, and event set-up and cleanup

    • Assistant Videographer
      • Feb 2013 - Apr 2014

      Assist the Videographer in the planning and filming of events sponsored by the Yale Office of Undergraduate Admissions for the creation of university promotional videos

    • Administrative Office Assistant
      • Oct 2012 - Apr 2014

      Assist the Operations Manager in fulfilling the day-to-day needs of the department’s faculty and research staff. Duties included but not limited to filing reports, sorting mail, answering phones, scheduling meetings, and running errands

    • Production Assistant
      • 2011 - Feb 2013

      Concerts include:Sing Out, Raise Hope Benefit ft. Darren Criss & Allison Williams (New York, NY)P.S. Arts Benefit ft. Zooey Deschanel & Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Los Angeles, CA)Christine Ebersole in Concert (New York, NY)Cynthia Nixon in Concert (New Haven, CT)

Education

  • Yale University
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
  • Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
    Summer Workshop Seminar

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