WORK EXPERIENCE:
2010 VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES (ROGERS BROADCASTING)
NEWS ROOM RESEARCH COORDINATOR AND FEILD PRODUCER
VANCOUVER, CANADA - AUGUST 2006- AUGUST 2010
The official broadcast network for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
News network offering culturally diverse news programming in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Punjabi languages.
- Field Producer; 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
- Field Producer; 2006 Canadian Federal Election.
- Lead a news team of 24 reporters, camera operators, writers and stringers.
- Delivered seamless, high quality live and pre-packaged telecasts.
- Liaison between the OBS, news desk, field reporters, camera operators and production.
- Coordinated assignments, schedules, scripts, shoot locations, story lines and provided updates to camera operators and reporters in the field.
- Lead daily production meetings, shared leads, pitched stories, shared research, and provided updates on issues and on- going stories.
- Kept team members on schedule and focused on our common goal and objective.
- Updated ENPS with stories and new information.
- Created daily news rundown, naming conventions, schedules, televised teasers and promotions.
- Used news judgment to prioritize shoots and schedules.
- Secured and scheduled interviews for reporters and camera operators.
- Coordinated multiple projects under strict deadlines in a high-pressure environment.
- Streamlined production schedule to create efficiency within the newsroom.
- On-air breaking news reporter, community segment host.
NERD CORPS ENTERTAINMENT (DHX)
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
VANCOUVER, CANADA - AUGUST 2010 - AUGUST 2013
An animation studio specializing in CGI animation, flash and computer animation.
Properties included Monster High, Blaze and Slugterra.
- Managed and monitored production work schedules.
- Held meetings/check-in with artists to ensure assets were being completed and daily objectives/ deadlines were being met.
- Liaison between artists, departments, production studio and clients.
- Updated SPARX/ Shotlist tracking system with assets and timelines.
- Communicated with the production manager/producer regarding progress reports, escalated issues and developed solutions.
- Coordinated client and asset deliveries within specific deadline.
- Documented and filed all notes during internal and client meetings. Ensured all notes were passed along to artists for revisions.
- Tracked all changes, deadlines and delivery dates.
- Completed script breakdowns, developed a schedule based on client deliveries, communicated with producers and project managers regarding timeline.
- Ensured that all directors received copies of updated story boards.
DELTA TV & EASTLINK TELEVISION
REPORTING PRODUCER
CANADA (NATIONAL) - AUGUST 2013- AUGUST 2019
A national television network that provides community programming. Specializing in lifestyles, travel, community and culture.
- Lead daily production meetings with technical broadcast staff and show hosts.
- Lead weekly Junior B hockey broadcast production meetings, compiled show scripts and sponsor advertisements.
- Coached on-air hosts and students who joined the television volunteer program.
- Produced sports segments for intermissions and commercial promotions.
- Conducted meetings with community leaders, stake holders and public.
- Experience in build, set-up and management of broadcast production mobile truck.
- Pitched and researched story ideas, booked interviews, created rundown for the weekly show, conducted interviews, wrote copy and edited the final package.
- Liaison between studio, reporters, producers, internal and external departments.
THE WALT DISNEY ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE COORDINATOR
VANCOUVER, CANADA – AUGUST 13 2020- JANUARY 3 2023
Responsibilities include arranging return to work health and safety testing for 1500 cast, crew members and outside vendors. Productions include: Big Sky Season 1 and 2, SHOGUN FX, Under the Bridge, Kung Fu.
- Booking, scheduling and confirming all Pre-Flight, Pre-Employment tests for cast and crew travelling to Canada from Japan, New Zealand, Britain, Italy and the USA.
- Communicated with production, cast and crew about travel testing processes, procedures and documents in accordance with company protocols, Canadian and American Immigrations laws and regulations.
- Sourced, maintained relationship with medical vendors locally and internationally.
- Maintained invoicing and budgets.
- Arranged legal documentation for flag poling for all non- Canadian cast and crew members.
- Daily correspondence with the transportation department, production department and laboratory to book concierge tests.
- Maintained cast and crew database that I developed for the Walt Disney Entertainment Company.
- Efficiently communicated issues to producers and stakeholders, offered solutions.
