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Andrew Smith

Professional Summary

Innovative, hard-working candidate equipped with an entrepreneurial mindset, and experience building as the Associate Producer for Us Weekly Magazine. Strong knowledge of business operations and production. Freelance social media manager and blogger transforming the way brands interact through content creation. A team player recognized for hands-on and passionate approach through organization and goal driven mentality. 

Employment history

Social Media Manager, Kertzmann, Wisoky and Hudson. Port Clint, Delaware
Dec. 2018 – Present
  • (Highlighting successes within the @beautyexpertgina brand on Instagram and Facebook)
  • Planned and instituted social media marketing plans for BeautyExpertGina. 
  • Ensured successful outcomes of web development strategy by aligning consistent brand messaging and visual designs across all digital outlets.
  • Set clearly defined goals to drive major business initiatives, including increased customer retention, sales, online presence, brand awareness, and platform traffic.
  • Spearheaded strategic advertising campaign initiatives, promoting her ByGina hairtool line.

Associate Producer, Fahey, Runolfsdottir and Beer. North Mervinview, Tennessee
Nov. 2018 – Present
  • Maintained project costs through careful budgeting and monitoring of expenditures.
  • Completed deep research of key topics and filtered according to story development plans.
  • Pitched new ideas to the CCO and brought to life new tactics to the social media and video approach.
  • Gathered information on talent and created interview questions and games to enact in video.
  • Monitored top story analytics.
  • Working collaboratively with camera crew shooting in locations, optimizing story visualization for diverse viewers.
  • -Researched, pitched, and developed stories that reflected the unique sensibilities of Us Weekly’s network.

On-Air Correspondent, Gibson and Sons. West Roderickside, Rhode Island
Oct. 2019 – Present
  • Paved the way as the first on-air host position for Life & Style Video.
  • Developed on-air skills through daily use of working with a Teleprompter and other segments on camera.
  • Heightened storytelling skills through a variety of scripts and other daily video outputs from the ground up.
  • Known for a reputation of  impeccable ethics.
  • Record of commended performance on-air within a deadline-intensive, newsroom environment.
  • Transformed the narrative for the Life & Style brand as a new voice.

Education

South Wisconsin College, Williamville, Missouri
Bachelor of Arts, Telecommunication and Film, Sep. 2018

Personal info


Phone:

(000) 000-0000

Email:

[email protected]

Address:

287 Custer Street, Hopewell, PA 00000

Skills

Online Marketing








Premiere Pro








Adobe Photoshop








Deadline-Driven








Social Media Management








Excel & Microsoft Applications








Self-Motivation








Organization and Precision








Leadership








associate producer

  • Produced and mounted reality-based shows, cooking show, drama shows, press conference and red carpet premieres
  • Supervised taping for drama and reality shows
  • Monitored expeditures of different departments
  • Worked closely with the creative team for concept execution
  • Supervised set-up of stages in studios
  • Provided admin support thru memo creation and routing of documents
  • Managed post production team

associate producer

  • Maintained project costs through careful budgeting and monitoring of expenditures.
  • Completed deep research of key topics and filtered according to story development plans.
  • Pitched new ideas to the CCO and brought to life new tactics to the social media and video approach.
  • Gathered information on talent and created interview questions and games to enact in video.
  • Monitored top story analytics.
  • Working collaboratively with camera crew shooting in locations, optimizing story visualization for diverse viewers.
  • -Researched, pitched, and developed stories that reflected the unique sensibilities of Us Weekly’s network.

associate producer

  • Boston Remote Producer for the start-up show Around The Horn in charge of all aspects of production done at The Boston Globe studio. 
  • Handled all the lighting, set design and camera positioning that goes into designing a set for a start up, combining ideas with remotes in 5 other cities (Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles and Washington, DC). 
  • Once the show was on air, produced a daily 30 minute magazine format show for ESPN Original Entertainment
  • Anchoring of special shows and news bulletins. 

associate producer

  • Plan and produce contents of website.
  • Design and instruct event site page.
  • Website management.
  • Plan and produce contents of customer’s project.

associate producer

  • Promoted from Production Assistant to Associate Producer in 18 months and filled in for producers regularly. 
  • Assisted in the production of at least six shows per week. 
  • Collected and edited visuals and raw footage for our news shows. 
  • Coordinated guest appearances and managed the logistics of their participation.
  • Instructed and informed the show host on recent developments during the live show. 
  • Pitched topics for the shows and wrote headlines for the screen. 
  • Prepared the set up in the studio and assisted the director in the control room. 

associate producer

  • Pitch creative, thoughtful, and evergreen pieces for CNN’s Great Big.
  • Produce, shoot, and edit 3-4 original stories a month. 
  • Work as an integral part of the editorial team, by producing sponsored editorial series, branded content and editorial series with celebrity guest editors. 
  • Prioritize tasks, set deadlines, and track deliverables to ensure project goals are met on time.

associate producer

  •  Collaborate with the live operations team and other departments across the studio to carry out content releases on time.
  •  Assist with the development of both daily and long-term scheduling and ensure that schedules are maintained and adjusted accordingly for all binary and content releases.
  • Help make informed decisions in conjunction with team leads on work methods, development pipeline, and available resources.
  • Schedule and attend meetings; take concise and comprehensive notes and distribute them to appropriate personnel.
  • Contribute to a positive work environment and make sure team health is in a good state.
  • Track and communicate project status, issues, risks and decisions to the product owner and senior management.
  • Set project quality and performance standards and achieve defined quality and performance standards.

associate producer

  • Responsile for all creative work in production departmennt.
  • Coordination with all departments, people in field and clients.
  • Notify the designer and craft people of changes made in the rehearsal
  • Create the Prompt Book for technicals rehearsals 

associate producer / stage manager

  • Work in close association with the Producer to developdifferentideasand concepts 
  • Responsable for the arrangement andorganizationwith thecrewmembersand supervision of the production personnel 
  • Participate in the creative work by getting involved in the development of stories and suggesting improvements if needed
  • Coordinating the work of the stage crew
  • Scheduling and running rehearsals 
  • Mark out the dimension of the set on the floor of the rehearsall room 
  • Make sure rehearsal props and furnishing are available for the actors 

associate producer

  • Worked with The New Yorker’s award-winning journalists to develop magazine pieces into dynamic, deeply reported audio stories. 
  • Pitched, conceived, and produced interviews, prepping David Remnick, the show’s host and editor of the magazine, with focused research and carefully structured interview questions.
  • Coached writers on reporting trips, conducting complementary interviews and reporting to ensure the strongest resulting radio piece. 
  • Monitor post-production processes to ensure accurate completion of details.

associate producer

  • Producing a host of FOX Sports Asia’s flagship shows – including, The Daily Sports Digest – FOX Sports Central, FOX Sports News and the various FOX Sports Live Shows (F1, Football, Tennis & Golf).
  • Planning rundowns and leading a team of 5 to 8 people, delegating tasks and conceptualizing broadcast ideas. 
  • Some challenges which have proved to shape my experiences have been – coping with tight deadlines, thriving in high pressured environments, adapting to varying working styles when leading a team to drive the group of individuals towards a common goal. 
  • Duties include providing editorial content – from conceptualization to final product.
  • Range of skills include scripting, video editing and narrating for voiceovers.