career
PRODUCTION + CREATIVE + CULTURE
Creative Organization + Operations Consultant
2020 - Present
An operations, culture, curation, and impact consultancy with a call to support mission-driven creative organizations.
Executive Creative Director / Los Angeles Design Festival 2023 ‘Design for the People’
20k+ In-Person Attendees
243M total media impressions
22K Unique Website Visitors
12.6K Newsletter Subscribers
Director / PGA Create Scripted 2022 Fellowship PGA Create
Sponsor: Google
Client: Producers Guild of America
A micro-conference for emerging and mid-career creative producers from underrepresented backgrounds where Fellow’s hone project pitches, attend master classes and build their network of fellow producers.
Creative Producer
Creative Director [Branding]
Sponsor: Apple
Clients:
The Movement app holds stories of the American Civil Rights Movement via interviews between Foot Soldiers to Gen Z activists.
Managing Editor / The Great Discontent magazine [May 2022 / relaunch issue]
Including editorial curation and art direction.
Featured Creatives: Kamilah Rashied / Monica Ahanonu / PJ Vegas / Sofía Gallisá Muriente / Giorgia Lupi / Demar Matthews / Michael Two Bulls / Jordan Wong / Lucy McRae / Tony Whlgn® / Carly Ayres / Rick Garzon / Zykera Tucker / Meena Khalili and Sheharazad Fleming
Project Management, Copywriting, Creative Direction and Social Media Strategy
Client: Mayor’s Fund of Los Angeles, LA Original
Sponsor: Mastercard
2021 Christmas Campaign
Make LA Original reach increased by +591% when compared to previous quarter.
Make LA Original engagement increased by +986% when compared to previous quarter.
Chief of Operations And Creative [fractional] / we must be bold
We Must Be Bold is a statement of intent, a call to engage and a community design studio. We discover, design and launch communities for courageous people and the organizations they love.
Co-eventDesigner and creative Producer
/ SXSW 2021 Virtual Production
Client: We Must Be Bold
Primary Client: Wisconsin Cheese
Naming, Branding Research, Strategy, and Ideation
Client: Keith & Co.
Primary Client: US Bank Tower
Director of Production, North America [Managing Director / Chief of Staff]
/ COMPANY 3 / METHOD STUDIOS [ENCORE VFX]
2016-2020
Drove operations for $55M+ annual revenue and provided C-Suite level leadership of a creatively ambitious studio division across worldwide studio locations that included 300+ employees dispersed between Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, Atlanta with an additional 300-600 flex-artist in Pune, India.
Implemented operational strategies and creative workflows that enhanced production delivery, improved client management, and mitigated project risks.
Collaborated with internal and external partners to increase profitability by double digits in the first 18 months.
Partnered with executive stakeholders to support corporate and parent company initiatives by identifying and understanding objectives, issues, needs, key success factors and indicators.
Established a foothold in entertainment-friendly Atlanta market in advance of competition, winning key client accounts.
Directed, managed, and mentored a production staff, of 50+ people, for both large- and small-scale productions– on time and within budget.
Executive level client management throughout the production process, while guiding internal production process to deliver 18k+ shots per season.
Provided forecasting of annual CAPEX and OPEX budgets to support overall corporate annual revenue of $50M+, with a double digit increase in profitability within the first year.
Oversaw organization wide view of human resource engagement, recruitment, and staffing projections, and offer structures, as well as design the company-wide salary setting program.
Assessed organizational and individual staff development needs. Identified, communicated, and consulted with staff for training and career development opportunities. Lead and designed training program. Designed review and feedback procedures and program specific to the organization.
Visual Effects [VFX] Producer
/ FURIOUS FX
2006 - 2016
VFX Producer of 20+ films including Ghostbusters, Deadpool, Underworld: Awakening, Gangster Squad, Spy, Dumb and Dumber To, etc. [Link to IMDB]
Director of Operations
/ FURIOUS FX
2006 - 2016
Partnered with internal stakeholders, including business owners and colleagues across the fields of real estate, construction & design, workspace planning, employee technology, and security.
Managed annual CAPEX and OPEX budgets, including the provision of speculative forecasting.
Created a replicable operations framework and playbook that ensured the company would operate at the highest level of functionality possible.
Human Resources Manager [Western Region United States]
2002 - 2005
Led performance, corrective action, and integrity challenges in collaboration with legal and labor relations stakeholders.
Primary point of contact for 700+ employee inquiries regarding compensation, benefits, paid time off, continuing education, etc. in addition to being the companywide 401[k] plan administrator.
Coached staff at all levels by offering feedback and advice on HR related issues in a proactive and compassionate manner.
Supported and facilitated key HR initiatives including compensation, and performance feedback.
Human Resources Director
/ TOMARK SPORTS [BSN SPORTS]
1999 - 2002
Built and developed a performance management process in alignment with evolving business goals. Designed review and feedback procedures and program specific to the organization. Provided relevant coaching and guidance.
Lead and formed HR operations and administrative functions including talent acquisition, onboarding and off boarding, training, employee relations, and employment processing.
Ensured companywide compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and safety requirements.
Facilitated payroll processing in partnership with the finance department and third-party payroll vendors.