ABOUT ME: Award-winning content producer with experience creating film, video, photography, events, stunts, and activations, to be used for multi-platform advertising campaigns across Broadcast, Digital, Social, Industrial, New Media and emerging technologies. I am a passionate collaborator, who drives the creative vision towards executional goals with an open mind and great composure under pressure. I have developed and supervised production budgets up to 5.5M and possess the ability to weigh risk, create efficiencies, and stretch production dollars, to optimize the creative execution.
SKILLS:
•Proactive Project Leader / Supervisor for Content Creation Pre-Production, Production (Shoot), Post Production, & Delivery
•Research and hire best-in-class directors, editors, musicians, sound designers, mixers, color artists, animators and designers to execute bar-raising creative content.
•Budgeting & Negotiation of Bids / Contracts / Licensing with Production Companies, Edit Houses, Music Vendors
•Supervises, Monitors & Optimizes Production Schedules for efficient workflow
•Inclusive Productions & Casting, DEI Workshops and tools, including including Double the Line and Free The Bid
•Management of Union & Non Union Shoots with SAG AFTRA / DGA / IATSE
•Curates and maintains ongoing relationships with Production Companies, Editorial Houses, VFX Houses, Music Companies, Sound Designers and Mixers.
•Comprehensive working knowledge of Advertising Business Affairs and Legal.
•Oversees communication with prominent internal and external stakeholders regarding key production process, milestones and costs.
•Engenders trust, while operating with great discretion. Works with confidential and sensitive information.
•Adapts to and is proactive in implementing logistical responses to evolving changes within the industry including: Covid Protocol, Remote Work, Delivery Specifications, Union Guidelines, and Media.
TOOLS: Source Creative, Evercast, FrameIO, Cinesynch, Asana, Salesforce, Slack, Keynote, AICP Formats, Dropbox, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Outlook, Chime, GoogleMeet, Zoom
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Amazon October 2017-Present
•Executive Producer Custom Content Creation+ / Management of Production Department Process & Scale
•3 Years Senior Producer Custom Content Amazon Advertising / Digital Content / Broadcast TV / Events / Stunts / Photography
TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles January 2000-October 2017
•7 Years Senior Producer Managing Producers / Supervising Projects / TV / Radio / Content / VR / Print
•7 Years Producer Project Supervision / TV / Radio / Content
•4 Years Assistant Producer Assist Producer's & EP's in TV & Radio Production
DDB Needham Los Angeles September 1996-December 1999
•1 Year Producer Project Management TV / Radio / Videos
•2 Years Assistant Producer Assisted Head of Production on TV / Radio / Videos
•1 Year Broadcast Coordinator Assisted Department Heads in Production / Traffic / BA
TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles January 1996-August 1996
•1/2 Year Broadcast Department Intern to Temp Broadcast Assistant
Ackerman Benson Productions Summers 1992-1996
•Freelance Production Assistant Office & Set
CLIENTS:
Universal Pictures / Lucas Films / Nissan North America / Gatorade / FritoLay / Hyundai / MillerLite / Infiniti / Pedigree / LA Times / Wells Fargo / Apple / Ad Council / Washington Mutual / EPSON / Mitsubishi / Pepsi / Lexus / Genesis
WHO I'VE WORKED WITH:
Smuggler / Radical Media / Imperial Woodpecker / MJZ / Park Pictures / The Corner Shop / Lucas Film / WorkPost / Cut+Run / Exile / RockPaperScissors / MackenzieCutler / The Mill / Framestore / ILM / SkySound / Formosa Studios / Margarita Mix / Lime Studios / Stimmung / Human / Elias Arts / Black Iris / CO3 / MPC / Westside Group / General Editorial / BrewsterParsons / A52 / Electric Theater Collective / 1st Ave. Machine / Will Vinton Studios / Laika / Dante Ariola / Carl E. Rinsch / Sebastian Strasser / Stylewar / Robert Logevall / Mark Molloy / Famous Group / Peter Thwaites / Donald Taylor / Simon McQuoid / Mark Zibert / 14th St. Music / Robert Downey Jr. / Donald Sutherland / Jungle Studios / David Darby / Antoine Bardou Jaquet, and many other amazing creators.
EDUCATION:
BFA in Film & Television Production from Chapman University, Orange CA.
CONTACT INFORMATION: carrieschaer28@gmail.com / 310.384.1269 mobile