work experience

Innovative Artists Talent & Literary Agency - Dec. 2019 - Present

Assistant

  • Performed assistant duties: rolling calls, scheduling, casting and client liaison

  • Organized client meetings between clients, agents and executives

  • Maintained multiple project schedules for agent, tracking dates and projects

  • Provided script coverage of incoming submissions and kept client material up to date

  • Daily use of InEntertainment, BreakdownExpress, and ActivePitch

Illumination Entertainment - Aug. 2018 - Jan. 2019

Development Intern 

  • Daily duties included script coverage, research for fresh talent and features in development 

  • Weekly competitive development analysis

  • Covered executive assistant desks, phones and calendars

  • Assisted with general assistant duties, including expenses and setting meetings. 

Red Wagon Entertainment - Aug. 2017 - Dec. 2017

Development Intern

  • Learned about creative development at the award winning producers Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher's production company.

  • Responsible for script coverage and research for potential projects, which were presented at weekly check-ins

  • Coverage of two high volume producer's desks 

Reckognition Productions - Mar. 2017 - Jun. 2017

Production Assistant 

  • Production company in the realm of non-scripted and reality television. 

  • Development of potential projects, and design of promotional and pitch material 

  • Research for investment in current slate, use of crowd-sourcing and fundraising 

Office for Health Promotion Strategy - Jan. 2016 - May 2019

Graphic Designer, Office Assistant

  • Created brand identity for the Office, design of promotional material including posters, pamphlets and postcards

  • Controlled the social media for the Office, created media strategy to support students

  • Social media work for NASPA, a national  organization for professionals in Student Affairs in higher education.

Education

University of Southern California

Writing for Screen & Television, BFA, with a minor in International Relations

  • Graduated magna cum laude

  • Renaissance Scholar Award

  • Studied abroad at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and received Honors in History and Pacific Studies

Professional Skills

  • Knowledge of film software (Final Draft, Avid)

  • Critical Analysis, Research and Fiction papers

  • Strong storytelling and crafting of narratives

  • Bilingual in French and English, with some knowledge of Spanish

  • Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)

  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)

  • Mac OS X Operating System

  • Google Suite