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Television Professional
    Producer / Segment Producer / Coordinating Producer / Writer

Excellent at planning and leading teams to meet production deadlines and exceed expectations.

· Pre-Production	· Coordination
· Field Producing	· Editing & Technical Skills
· Script Writing	· Organizational Systems
· Special Projects	· Budget Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Freelance Clients, Travel Gear - Travel Channel - 2004

Producer, International Production - TechTV - 2003-2004
Managed and scheduled all promotional and interstitial content for TechTV’s 24-hour international cable and satellite channel. Produced promos, weekly topical spots and continuously updated clients with new graphics and promotional elements. Trained in channel programming.

Initiated and developed a new traffic schedule for promotion that improved the quality of the channel, drove longer viewing time, and helped result in more channel launches internationally.
Contributed to 80% increase in program sales by producing marketing videos for the international sales team. Recognized as consistently providing the 'perfect message' needed to sell TechTV content to clients.
Created system to track and schedule 400+ unique media elements.

Producer - JVS ‘Strictly Business’ 12th Annual Luncheon Video - 2004
A non-profit organization dedicated to finding Bay Area residents employment.

Volunteered to produce employee award videos for JVS’ annual fundraiser. Directed the field shoots and interviews. Supervised graphics and post-production.
Partnered with the marketing team to ensure a consistent message throughout the production.

Coordinating / Line Producer - Fresh Gear - TechTV - 2001-2003
Managed the daily and ongoing production schedule of a weekly half-hour magazine series about consumer electronics. Successfully coordinated the entire show team: segment producers, talent, field crews, post-production, product analysts, and the product acquisition department.

Line produced over 150 episodes while meeting tight deadlines, budgets, and ensuring editorial integrity.
Wrote and produced field segments and directed the show’s weekly assembly in post.
Improved relationship with the products acquisition department by creating a networked database to track product requests.
Implemented systems to track music reporting, archive segment information, tape logs, edit reels, and scripts.

Coordinating / Line Producer - TechTV’s Top 20 Gifts special – 2002
Worked closely with product analysts, graphics department and freelance segment producers to coordinate the production schedule of this network half hour special showcasing the best holiday gift ideas.

Coordinating / Line Producer - TechTV’s Best of CES Awards special - 2001 & 2002
Coordinated production team two years in a row to produce this network half hour awards show. This special event coverage required months of pre-production in order to air the program the same day as the event.

Producer - Fresh Gear – ZDTV / TechTV - 2000-2001
Supervised and coordinated the production of weekly half-hour magazine show about consumer electronics.

Wrote and direct show field wraps, approved scripts and segments, hired and supervised freelance segment producers.
Produced and organized coverage of several special events each year requiring quick turn-around for air: COMDEX from Las Vegas, MacWorld in New York, and CEBIT in Germany.
Honored by the Computer Press Association in 2000 as a finalist for producing the Best Overall Video Show.

Associate / Segment Producer - Fresh Gear - ZDTV - 1998-2000
Collaborated with technical analysts to produce product segments weekly both in the field and for the studio.

Assisted series producer and talent by preparing scripts and products for studio taping.
Directed field crews and Avid and Accom Affinity non-linear editing sessions.
Contributed articles to ZDTV.com’s web content.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

· Excel & Word	· Executive Producer WinTEP
· Photoshop CS	· Accom Affinity Dimension 8
· Dreamweaver MX	· Lotus Notes & Notes Databases
· iNews	· FileMaker Pro
· VCI StarsII+ traffic software	· Most Consumer Electronics
· Non-Linear Editing software	· Both Mac & PC literate

EDUCATION:

Bachelors Degree: Information and Communication Studies - Media Arts
California State University, Chico
Magna cum Laude