Freelance Production Assistant

New York, NY—October 2018-Present

 

•TELEVISION•

— The Politician (Season 2, Netflix), Current*: Additional First Team PA
— Dickinson (Season 2, Apple TV+), Current*: Additional First Team PA
— Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 6, HBO), Apr., Jun., Aug., Sept., Nov. 2019: Additional Set PA/ First Team PA
—God Friended Me (Season 2, CBS Television Studios), Sept. 2019: Additional Set PA
—Evil (Season 1, CBS Studios), Sept. 2019: Additional Set PA
—The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 3, Amazon Studios), Mar.-Sept. 2019: Additional PA
—Impractical Jokers (Season 9, TruTV), May 2019: Art PA
—Succession (Season 2, HBO), Apr. 2019: Additional Set PA
—Lincoln (Pilot, NBC), Mar. 2019: Additional First Team Helper
—Emergence (Pilot, ABC), Mar. 2019: Additional First Team Helper
—The Detour (Season 4, TBS), Mar. 2019: Walkie PA
—So You Think You Can Dance (Season 16, Fox), Feb. 2019: Additional Set PA
—Living With Yourself (Season 1, Netflix), Nov.2018 –Jan. 2019: Additional Set PA
—The Voice (Season 17, NBC), Jan. 2019: Additional Set PA
—Chip & Dean (Pilot, Frankenmel Films), Dec. 2018: Set PA
—American Idol (Season 2, ABC), Oct. 2018: Additional Set PA
—Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Season 5, HBO), Oct. 2018: Art PA

•FILM•

—Clifford The Big Red Dog (Feature, Paramount Pictures), Aug. 2019: Additional PA
—In This, Our Time (Short Film, Lexicon), June 2019: Walkie PA
—The Many Saints of Newark (Feature, Rose City Pictures), May 2019: Additional PA
—The Half of It (Feature, Netflix), May 2019: Additional PA
—Human Capital (Feature Reshoots, Maven Pictures), Apr.2019: Walkie PA

•COMMERCIAL•

—Baseball For All (PSA, Vox), Sept. 2019: Art PA
—Outback Steakhouse (Ad, Taste In Motion), Aug. 2019: Set PA
—Emergen-C (Ad, Taste In Motion), Jul. 2019: Set PA

 

Set Production Assistant (Walkie PA), The Iliza Schlesinger Sketch Show (Netflix, Season 1)

New York,  NY—October-November 2019

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• Managed distribution, documentation, and maintainance of all walkie talkies, surveillances, and internet devices for a 70+ person crew.

• Catered to the needs of first team, directors, and ADs while on set.

• Stood in for first team PA and acted as the main line of communication between first team, HMU and the ADs on set to ensure the production remained on schedule.

• Assist with the completion of vouchers and paperwork for the background actor

 

Sony Entertainment, Temporary Assistant to the President of Columbia Live Stages

New York, NY — March 2019

• Covered the desk of Lia Vollack, President of Columbia Live Stages.

• Screened and rolled phone calls, managed email correspondence, coordinated travel and handled her calendar.

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Auction Acquisitions Associate, Wisconsin Public Television 

Madison, WI - Mar. 2018-June 2018

• Worked with local businesses across Wisconsin and beyond to procure thousands of items from current, lapsed, and new donors for WPT’s annual televised and online fundraiser.

•  Wrote scripts and copy featured on the broadcast.

•  Utilized excellent communication skills via phone, email, and in person working with donors and volunteers.

 

Production Staff, Wisconsin Public Television

Madison, WI — Oct. 2014-Dec. 2017

• Responsible for behind-the-scenes operations for WPT’s live and pre-recorded broadcasts.

• Using industry standard equipment, positions included assistant director, studio floor manager, camera operator, teleprompter operator, grip, transcriber, design assistant and director of the televised and online series The University Place.

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Media Assistant, University of Wisconsin Madison Communication Arts Department

Madison, WI — Aug. 2017-Dec.2017

• Managed circulation of production equipment and editing facilities. 

• Help students with technical questions regarding equipment and editing software.

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Motion Picture  Production & Development Intern, Lionsgate

Santa Monica, CA — Summer 2017

• Read movie scripts, books, and pilots and wrote extensive coverage for potential projects in consideration for production.

• Operated phones of various department assistants to direct, screen, and roll calls on behalf of department executives including covering the desk of the Co-president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, Erik Feig, as well as Co-president and co-chief operating officer, Steve Beeks.

•  Contacted high profile agents to formulate actor/director/writer availability lists for upcoming projects.

•  Researched periodicals, ran errands and completed additional office duties.

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Development Intern, Epicenter LLC

Remote from Los Angeles, CA— Jan. 2017- Mar. 2017

• Provided thorough coverage, plot summary, and critique on scripts sent to the production and literary management company to aid managers and producers in their project and client selection process.

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Production Intern, NBCUniversal –Sprout

New York, NY — Sept. 2016-Dec. 2016

• Production Intern and Studio Associate Producer for the live morning children’s program, Sunny Side Up.

• Complied and organized real-time viewer submissions and created original content aired on the daily broadcast.

• Other responsibilities included prop management and PA work on off-site location shoots, running errands, aiding in line up preparations, and editing footage from various Sprout properties for spots to be used within the show.

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