RESUME

Professional Experience:

KIDZBOP.com - May '08 - Present
Producer

• Head programmer of the KIDZ BOP Comcast VOD channel
• Fully manage and recruit celebrities to participate in the "KIDZ BOP Star Social Engagement Program"
• Successfully implemented and launched Artists 2 Know, a section introducing users to up-and-coming musicians
• Consistently brainstorm and research innovative trends in digital media and the childrens/tween market to increase user activity
• Oversee all of KIDZ BOP social media platforms on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook
• Administrate a team of remote moderators who pre-screen and review all user-generated content before publishing to the site
  
• Served as consultant for an upcoming three-part book series; reviewed all manuscripts from publishers
• Wrote and produced original programming for KIDZ BOP TV, which lives on the site and airs on Comcast

Brooklyn Broad Productions - October '07 - Present
Owner/Executive Producer

• Currently co-directing a feature-length documentary entitled FANUMENTARY: A Look Inside The World Of Pop-Idol Fangirls
• Conceptualized and produced an independant music video (titled The Backpack Song) for popular local children's band, Bari Koral Family Band
• Filmed behind-the-scenes and performance footage for tinyOGRE recording artist, Ian Axel

TelevisionWithoutPity.com (NBC Universal and Bravo) - Spring '08
Freelance Editor/Consultant

• Helped with the re-design of TelevisionWithoutPity.com and the launch of MoviesWithoutPity.com by writing, publishing and transferring content
• Contributed to the Telefile and Moviefile blogs, as well as reviewed several movies for DVDs Unwrapped
• Constructed and captioned photo galleries based on timely topics in entertainment

AOL for Kids - May '07 - February '08
Entertainment Editor

• Efficiently curated the music section (and on occassion movies and TV) with the latest news, artists, songs, videos, and photos
• Interviewed talent (both in-person and over the phone), covered concerts, and reviewed movies and television shows for the intended audience
  
• Co-produced an exclusive Naked Brothers Band press conference with Nickelodeon and Sony BMG

Flip.com (CondeNast Publication) - December 2006 - May '07
Head Community Coordinator

• Moderated on-site traffic and content, as well as interacted and assisted users with questions and feedback
  
• Served as a liaison between the editors and programmers by providing them with informative insight intended to enhance the websites' overall look and functionality

Comedy Central's The Colbert Report - Spring '06
General Production Intern

• Multiple duties including props research, organization of supplies, manning phone calls, and supervising and distributing of scripts, headsets and other on-set necessities

Plum Pictures - August '05 - January '06
Pre-Production and Script Coverage Assistant

• Read incoming movie scripts (solicited and unsolicited) and prepared full evaluations to pitch to the producers
• Assisted with the pre-production process for feature-length films, Dedication and Watching the Detectives

Education:

• CUNY - Brooklyn College - '02 - '06
  B.A. Degree in Film Studies with a dual-minor in English and Television/Radio Production
• Gotham Writers Workshop - New York, NY - Summer 2001
  5-week intensive writing program covering poetry, script, non-fiction, fiction and essay writing

Special Mentions:

• Quoted on the front cover of the DVD release of the 2007 movie remake of Nancy Drew in both the U.S. and Japan
  
• Quote from the Nancy Drew review circulated in major newspaper outlets such as the NY Daily News on opening weekend
  
• Self-portrait featured on Blue Bubblegum flavored Jones Soda Co. bottles in 2006-2007
  

Skills:

• SEO, HTML, XHTML, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Associated Press and Chicago Manual Style writing, Microsoft Office suite, logging footage, script writing and coverage, Final Draft, 8mm & 16mm film, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Dreamweaver, Windows-based computers, Microsoft-based computers, fluent in Russian