Sarah McDonough

Manage multiple client accounts and concurrent projects, coordinating timelines, samples, forecasting, inventory, invoicing, shipping logistics, and delivery from initiation through completion. Coordinate product samples, customer requests, and internal teams to keep projects, orders, and deliverables moving on schedule. Develop client-facing presentations, catalogs, newsletters, product launches, and digital campaigns while managing social media and influencer initiatives.

Sales and Marketing Assistant - Pearhead - New York, NY

(2024-11)

• Manage multiple client accounts and concurrent projects, coordinating timelines, samples, forecasting, inventory, invoicing, shipping logistics, and delivery from initiation through completion.
• Coordinate product samples, customer requests, and internal teams to keep projects, orders, and deliverables moving on schedule.
• Develop client-facing presentations, catalogs, newsletters, product launches, and digital campaigns while managing social media and influencer initiatives.

Contract Media Researcher / Story Development Associate - Widow's Peak - New York, NY

(2024-01 - 2024-10)

• Collaborated on scripted and unscripted projects with journalist, producer, and director David Gauvey Herbert.
• Researched and sourced original stories, subjects, and creative opportunities for documentary, scripted film, and editorial projects.
• Identified, contacted, and fostered relationships with potential subjects and interviewees, coordinating outreach and follow-up throughout the development process.
• Developed story ideas and pitch materials, collaborating with producers and directors to refine projects and prepare them for market.
• Supported investigative research for long-form articles published by The New York Times, Bloomberg, and New York Magazine.

Production Coordinator / Documentary Researcher - Vespucci - Brooklyn, NY

(2023-02 - 2024-01)

• Coordinated multiple documentary productions from pre-production through filming, managing schedules, travel, locations, permits, release forms, vendors, production documentation, and day-to-day logistics.
• Worked cross-functionally with producers, directors, researchers, and external partners to keep projects on schedule and solve logistical challenges.
• Sourced and coordinated production resources, locations, interview subjects, and travel while supporting creative development across two simultaneous productions.
• Credited as Vespucci Coordinator and Researcher on SHOWTIME's The Honey Trap (2025) and Amazon Canada's The Sexiest Man in Winnipeg (2025).

Executive Assistant - Vespucci - Brooklyn, NY

(2022-05 - 2024-01)

• Coordinated schedules, travel, and cross-functional communications for leadership and creative teams across multiple time zones, keeping priorities, timelines, and day-to-day operations organized.
• Served as a primary point of contact for journalists, talent representatives, and creative partners, managing outreach, scheduling, follow-ups, and ongoing relationships.
• Maintained CRM and project tracking systems, monitoring submissions and projects through each stage and ensuring information remained accurate, organized, and up to date.

Assistant Producer - HOBO Audio - New York, NY

(2021-07 - 2022-05)

• Coordinated project schedules, client communications, budgets, billing, and recording logistics for multiple simultaneous productions.
• Served as a liaison between clients, engineers, and production teams while organizing calendars and managing project timelines.
• Coordinated voice-over casting for individual projects, sourcing and booking talent.

BA - Global Studies Major, Spanish Minor - University of Vermont (2020-05)