Work Experience

Yahoo - Video Producer/Writer and Social Media Manager: ​September 2017 to Present, Yahoo Entertainment, Playa Vista, CA

• Write, produce, and edit Yahoo Entertainment and Yahoo Lifestyle news stories (videos and articles) as they break (multiple a day)

• Pitch, develop, and produce new series for Yahoo Lifestyle - created a series called “Sweet Spot” with multiple episodes breaking 1 million views • Cover red carpets for Yahoo Entertainment’s social handles - conduct celebrity interviews, brainstorm questions, shoot, and edit on the fly

• Social media community management and posting for Yahoo’s Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (5+ million followers)

• Social management and content creation for launch of Yahoo Play app - campaign planning, running analytics, and social management

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NBC Entertainment Digital – Digital Production Coordinator: March 2016 to Present

NBC Universal, Los Angeles, CA

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• Support with full scope of production including research, booking vendors/talent, pre-interviewing and talent wrangling

• ​Coordinate crew/production personnel, shoot schedules, air travel, rental cars, hotel accommodations and distribute production call sheets/memos

• ​Create/maintain monthly, quarterly and yearly budget reports, as well as fielding vendor questions and issues around the vendor set up and invoicing process

• Trial and Error PSA Shoot – Associate Producer

• Create GIFs and short form video content from NBC shows using Photoshop/Premiere for NBC’s social handles

• Support NBC Digital Department: handling busy desks, scheduling/administrative work for one SVP and three VPs

 

SiriusXM Radio - On-Air Host (co-host) : September 2017 to Present

• Co-host Maria Menounos’s SiriusXM radio show “Conversations with Maria Menounos” and talk all things entertainment, health, news, and more

• Prepare segment ideas, research news stories, and interview guests

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AfterBuzz TV – On Air Host: January 2016 to Present

AfterBuzz Media Group, Los Angeles, CA

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• Anchor live AfterShows and host red carpets on E!’s Maria Menounos YouTube Channel with 23+ million weekly downloads

• Work with publicists to book celebrity guests for on air interviews including The Voice and AGT Performers 

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E! Entertainment – Production Assistant: August 2015 to March 2016

E! Entertainment International, Bravo, Oxygen and Esquire, Los Angeles, CA

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• Create short form video content for NBC Universal’s digital subscription reality TV streaming service (Hayu)

• Write creative headlines, descriptions and tags for video snippets for worldwide user viewing/sharing

• Write VO script content for the E! Live From the Red Carpet global broadcast campaign

• Metadata management and entry for over 4,000 clips

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National Geographic/Westward Productions – Production Assistant: May 2015 to August 2015

Westward Productions (Beau Willimon’s House of Cards Production Company), Malibu, CA

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•  Edit and log footage for Beau Willimon’s National Geographic TV documentary

• Cover and analyze scripts for potential new movies/TV shows

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CNN Digital – Production Assistant: Summer 2014

CNN (Turner Broadcasting) - Roy Choi’s Street Food, Los Angeles, CA

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• Assist production crew with writing, research, interviews and filming of eight new show episodes

• Prepare, edit and transcribe preliminary broadcast news stories for worldwide end-users

• Collaborate with celebrity publicists to produce news information

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Aug 2011 to May 2015 (Bachelor of Arts Degree).

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• Grade point average: 3.78 - magna cum laude - Dean’s List, National Honor Society

• Major: Journalism and Mass Communication; Minors: Digital Studies; Theater & Dramatic Arts

• Chi Omega Fraternity - Executive Board Member: Aug 2011 to May 2015.

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University of Westminster: London, England – January 2014 to June 2014 (Study Abroad)

Contact Me

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Tel: 818-429-1637