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Experience

Recent Agencies: Amazon/Ring, RPA, Designory, The Garage Team Mazda, TBWA\Chiat\Day, YouTube, eg+ worldwide

Freelance Senior Content Producer, 2017 - current

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Clients: Amazon/Ring, Honda, Subaru, HP, Intel, YouTube, Pocky, Mazda, Infiniti/US + Global, Nissan Global, Apts.com, LGBT Center, Teva

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• Produce live-action, still, CGI and animation content for broadcast, digital, print, and paid media assets

• Manage campaign budgets, reconcile, and track spending to ensure margins are being met

• Provide strategic and creative solutions for client needs

• Manage and oversee multiple projects simultaneously, working directly with account, client, and creative teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget

• Manage the creative process from ideation to delivery of assets

• Explore and recommend new technologies for client projects

• Introduce and implement new processes to streamline and improve workflow and project management

• Collaborate with internal global teams to ensure localization needs are met

• Collaborate with marketing partners to ensure requirements and project deliverables and dates are clearly communicated, understood, and executed upon.

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with vendors (artist agencies, production companies, talent agencies, etc.)

• Build strong working relationships with internal and client team members, establishing a role as a trusted resource and advisor

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KOMYOON

Artist Ambassador, 2019 - current

 

• Design, manage, and create content for member email newsletters and campaigns

• Design content framework, manage design, and create content for KO-OP blog

• Interview and write articles about industry influencers for KO-OP blog

• Manage artist onboarding, memberships, and curations for members

• Introduce and implement new procedures for instituting a shared content planner

• Evaluate existing content strategies and identify areas for improvement

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Deutsch LA

Senior Art Producer, 2009—2017

Clients: Volkswagen, Taco Bell, Dr Pepper, Pizza Hut, Uber, Anthem, Diamond of CA, PlayStation, Fresh & Easy, Angel Soft, California Milk Advisory Board, DIRECTV, HTC

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• Produced and managed multiple, simultaneous still, motion, CGI and animation content for national print/OOH, collateral, digital and social media projects

• Managed post-production process with external vendors

• Managed and owned production calendar and kept open communication with internal teams to ensure projects were completed within committed deadlines

• Negotiated bids/usage with cost consultants

• Provided proactive recommendations to ensure projects were delivered on time, within scope and within budget; ensured agreed next steps were understood and completed

• Sourced relevant artists and discovered new talent for projects and for office gallery

• Trained and supervised art production team

• Re-licensed images, help maintain usage on image portal and researched stock photography

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Designory

Art Producer, 2007—2009

Clients: Infiniti/Nissan, Bosch, Fatburger

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• Produced still, CGI, and animation content for print, collateral, digital, and social media projects

• Spearheaded development of internal and client-facing CGI processes and workflow

• Produced motion assets for digital teams including product 360s/technology videos

• Managed retouching process for global and digital clients

• Identified cost-saving opportunities to combine shoots with marketing partners

• Shot digital images for reference purposes

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Essence Magazine
Contributing Assistant Photo Editor, 2004-2007

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• Produced photo shoots for various sections of the magazine and booked photographers, crew, stylists, location scouts, and talent

• Sourced shoot locations; secured contracts, street permits, and certificates of insurance

• Negotiated fees for studios, locations, photographers, and stylists

• Contacted subjects to schedule photo shoots and discussed shoot guidelines

• Edited incoming film for art directors

• Researched and licensed stock photography for all sections of the magazine

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Fitzgerald Communications

Senior Account Executive, 2002-2003

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Weber Shandwick Worldwide
Senior Account Executive, 1998-2002

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Education

Fashion Institute of Technology

Associate's Degree - Photography, Summa Cum Laude
2003—2005

Boston University, School of Communications (COM)
Bachelor's Degree - Advertising + Marketing Communications, Dean's List
1993—1997

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Exhibitions + Curations

• All is One, Solo Show, RPA, Santa Monica, CA, October 2019 - January 2020

• Evolutionary DNA, Group Show, The Solship, Los Angeles, February 2019

• Art of Freelance, Group Show, November 2018 - 2020

• Curator – for photographer Monica Orozco, MOPLA (Month Of Photography LA), "Doyennes of Photography in LA", Castelli Art  Space, Los Angeles, April 2018

• Curator – Deutsch LA gallery space, 2012-2017

• Fashion Institute of Technology Graduation Showcase, 2005

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Skills + Accolades

• Juror, Le Book Connections Los Angeles - Spring 2023

• Advisory Board Member, Glendale Community College, Photography Department - 2022

• Palm Springs Photo Festival faculty reviewer – 2023, 2022, 2018

• Art of Freelance Cohort Group Leader/Mentor – Spring/Fall 2018 – Spring/Fall 2021

• Judge for American Photographic Arts (APA) Photo Competition - 2015

• Reviewer portfolio review events including the NY Film Academy, APA, Art Center College of Design, ASMP, At-Edge, Lucie Foundation, and LA Fotoworks

• Speaker at various APA and ASMP LA panel discussions and seminars

• Proficient in Adobe InDesign, PhotoShop, Canva, Microsoft Office, Asana, ProofHQ, Smartsheet, Google Workspace, Zoom, Chime, Slack, OneDrive, Airtable, Wix, Confluence, Figma