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A Little About Me

Personally, I'd describe myself as a wife, mom, and animal lover. Professionally, I have years of director-level leadership experience, and I’m coming to you familiar with bridging the gaps between ownership, the larger team, and clients. I love mentoring future leaders and bringing out their strengths. For the first half of my career, I held senior producer roles and spent that time shooting all over the world for large and small campaigns alike. My experience creating well-rounded/cohesive brand campaigns has only fueled my passion for writing, producing, and telling stories from all perspectives.

Career Summary

INTEGRATOR + PRODUCTION MANAGER

LocalEyes Video Production | JAN 2023 - PRESENT

  • Act as the main strategic partner with ownership to pinpoint systemic root problems, formulate effective solutions, and drive change management implementation.

  • Lead a roster of over 300 contractors, as well as a lean internal team, providing direction, support, and feedback to ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality work.

  • Monitor and optimized key performance indicators such as employee utilization, profit margin, and project delivery speed to drive data-informed decision-making and enhance organizational performance.

  • Identified and eliminated key project chokepoints, reducing production time from an average of 12 weeks to 10 weeks over the course of one quarter.

  • Consistently provide critical support to 10 producers managing a combined workload of 75+ active projects at a time while also serving as a crucial escalation point for client inquiries and concerns.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Between Pixels | JUN 2020 - JAN 2023

  • Enabled communication, collaboration, and strategy execution across the company through implementation of standardized team protocols

  • Identified bottlenecks in our change management process and continue to roll out new expectations that clarify and simplify our company messaging to the larger team

  • Served company leadership as a critical thought partner to ensure we all stay true to the company vision and mission

  • Monitored project KPIs and track patterns to better inform changes within our pricing structure, team makeup, and overall hiring needs

  • Recruited new roles across the company

  • Responsible for crafting job listings, new hire interviews, and a positive onboarding experience

  • Successfully hired seven new team members over the last year and a half with zero turn over

  • Nurtured the client experience from proposal to a lasting relationship

  • Onboarded new clients, scope work and propose new projects

  • Managed teams and develop future company leaders through training events, one-on-ones, producer shadowing, and company retreats

  • Developed internship program to cultivate new production talent and build out our recruitment and contract rosters

PRODUCER

Between Pixels | NOV 2016 - JAN 2023

  • Top revenue generating producer in 2021 while also leading operations as a player/coach

  • Cultivated client relationships and successfully tell their story through the power of video

  • Handled all aspects of video production including: pitch, write, cast, wardrobe, set design, set manage, and direct

  • Crafted video content seamlessly across a wide breadth of industries including: non-profit, corporate, industrial, live event, technology, health and wellness, education, co-op utilities, retail, faith based organizations and many more

  • Managed our very active project schedule; making sure the right people are in the right place at the right time

  • Drafted project proposals for leadership approval and pitch to clients

PRODUCER

Smith Donovan Marketing | JUN 2011 - AUG 2015

  • Developed the Three Dune Challenge; which is known for being the most successful campaign (in terms of interactions, foot traffic and community engagement) for Indiana Dunes Tourism in 2014 and still runs today

  • Produced, shot, and edited high-impact videos and campaigns across tourism, corporate, industrial, and entertainment industries

  • Developed lasting positive relationships with clients to take one-time projects to years long contracts

  • Managed and maintained company production and edit schedules

REPORTER

Lakeshore Public Radio | JUN 2009 - JUN 2010

  • Reported live-for-radio broadcasts solo on Sundays

  • Composed quality and timely stories under strict deadlines

  • Controlled audio board and edited news clips on the fly

  • Produced weekly morning show as needed

  • Trouble shot problems in a live environment to ensure broadcast ran smoothly each Sunday

Core Competencies 

  • ASANA, Monday.com, and other PM softwares

  • Bill.com 

  • Adobe suite

  • Celtx, Studio Binder, and other production softwares

  • Toggl

  • Frame.io

  • SCRUM / AGILE Certified

  • Google Suite

  • Proposal and scope creation

  • Strong writer who excels in vision scripting, brand campaigns, academic content, and non-profit fundraising

  • Analytical, decisive, and experienced measuring key performance indicators

  • Valued team player who can see the big picture and advocate for both the team and clients

  • High capacity project manager

Education

VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts in TV/Radio

  • Lilly Scholar

  • Lambda Pi Eta

  • Communications Club Founder

  • Alpha Lambda Delta

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