RESUME

Professional Experience:

KIDZBOP.com - May 2008 - Present
Producer

  • Manage and oversee a team of remote moderators who screen incoming user-generated content
  • Help create, write and produce original web-series for Kidz Bop TV, such as Passing Notes, Rising Starz and VIPz
  • Handle all social media linked to KidzBop.com (Twitter, YouTube, etc.)
  • Successfully planned and implemented the launch of Artists 2 Know, a section that introduces users to up-and-coming musicians via personal Q&A, music videos and photos
  • Curate and program the Kidz Bop Comcast/Cox VOD channel with original and third-party material
  • Brainstorm and research innovative trends in pop-culture and digital media to increase user activity

TelevisionWithoutPity.com (NBC Universal and Bravo) - Spring 2008
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 blogs, as well as DVDs Unwrapped
  • Created and captioned photo galleries based on topics on the pop-culture spectrum that were intended to increase unique visitors and page views

KOL.com (AOL for Kids) - New York, NY - May 2007 - January 2008
Entertainment Editor

  • Efficiently programmed the music page with the hottest artists, songs, videos and photo galleries on a daily basis
  • Interviewed talent, covered concerts, and reviewed movies and television shows for several sections, including Be Entertained blog
  • Co-produced an exclusive Naked Brothers Band/KOL press conference with Nickelodeon and Sony BMG

Flip.com (CondeNast Publication) - New York, NY - December 2006 - May 2007
Head Community Coordinator

  • Moderated on-site traffic and content, as well as interacted and assisted users with questions and concerns
  • Worked closely with the editors and tech-team by providing them with information and insight intended to enhance the websites' overall look and functionality

Comedy Central's The Colbert Report - New York, NY - Spring 2006
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 - New York, NY - Fall & Winter 2005
Pre-Production and Script Coverage Assistant

  • Read incoming movie scripts and prepared synopsis and full evaluations for the producers
  • Helped with the pre-production process for films Dedication and Watching the Detectives

Education:

  • CUNY - Brooklyn College - 2002 - 2006
    B.A. Degree, Major in Film Studies; Minor in English and Television/Radio Production
  • Gotham Writers Workshop - New York, NY - Summer 2001
    5-week intensive course on poetry, script, non-fiction, fiction and essay writing

Press:

  • Quote on Nancy Drew featured on the front cover of the U.S. and Japanese DVD release of the movie
  • Self-portrait featured on Blue Bubblegum Jones Soda Co. bottles; September 2006

Skills:

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