Oversaw studio and client relationships for award winning, national advertising photographer including pitches, budgets, and coordination and logistics for photo shoots.

* Assisted on strategic communications accounts for clients Jodie Foster, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Matthew McConaughey, Charlize Theron, and Matt Damon. This work also included the Academy Award campaign planning for Good Will Hunting. * Management of press junkets, client research, story pitches, media outreach and campaigns on behalf of client films and projects. * Wrote and edited press releases and organized interviews and photo shoots.

* Producing partner to actress Charlize Theron. * Oversaw film production company. Focus was on the development of strategic creative and business relationships and the analysis and development of screenplays and literary submissions. * Liaised and negotiated creative deals with studio executives, agents, writers, and new talent. * Established a slate of 25 projects and packaged them with talent * Executive Producer of Academy Award-winning film, Monster. Responsibilities in all aspects of production: hiring key crew, negotiating contracts, day-to-day operations of production through release and publicity, including the award campaign. * Produced documentary East of Havana (Official selection for Los Angeles, SXSW and Edinburgh film festivals.) Responsible for story development with key creatives through production and editing, hiring crew, overseeing day-to-day operations and logistics shooting on location in Cuba. Show less

* Responsible for finding projects and evaluating submissions for development for film director Luis Mandoki. * Oversaw project progress with a first look deal at 20th Century Fox. Developed film projects including I Dreamed of Africa, Double Jeopardy, I Am Sam, and Good Will Hunting. * Worked with writers providing story notes on pitches, story development, and script revisions. * Found new talent and solicited story material from agents and producers. * Read and analyzed screenplays. Created talent database. * Assistant to the director on Warner Bros. Message in a Bottle. Duties included scheduling, script revisions, maintaining critical logs, notes, communications, and acting as liaison with, cast, crew and studio. Show less

* Create brand messaging for tech, social media, and advertising clients * Strategize media opportunities for clients including speaking engagements and awards * Consult with clients on messaging * Pitch stories, people and write abstracts for major social media and tech conferences such as SXSW, TEDx, TechCrunch Disrupt, and Business Insider * Provide media training and strategic direction for speaking events * Manage communications and detailed databases including press coverage, contacts, media reports, editorial calendars, press releases, media outlets, conferences and events

* Manage creative teams and projects from ideation through delivery across a wide range of communications: digital design (website/apps), content creation (copywriting, photo/film shoots), messaging, and/or full branding/identity. * Oversee day-to-day account activity which includes drafting a wide range of written material, providing direction, updates, and support to creative teams, coordinating events, maintaining client, freelance, partner and vendor contacts. * Communicate and maintain creative vision on projects. * Develop timelines and budgets and assure adherence to both through project completion. * Assess efficiency standards and workflows of teams and projects. * Build and maintain relationships with a diverse range of clients and vendors.