SUMMARY

Development Creative Producer with expertise in visual, brand and product development.

EXPERIENCE

2/11- present    FREELANCER / MILO'S MOM
    
6/04 - 1/11  DEVELOPMENT CREATIVE PRODUCER  CURIOUS PICTURES    

Lead creative on executive team present for initial client meetings. Determine client creative goals. Select and lead team of artists to establish visual direction of tv/movie, game and commercial animation projects from exploratory phase of character and environment design to final design and color for presentation. Approval of contracts, budgets and schedules. Select visual development projects include:

  • Superwhy and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood : Out of the Blue television series for PBS

  • It’s Kind of a Funny Story : Focus Features film directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. 

  • Deepok Chopra’s Leela : THQ Game for the 360/Wii platforms. Creative input on game play. 

  • Jonathan Demme Feature Film Project in development 

  • Swarovski Film Development

  • Curious Pictures Development : Brainstorm and pitch tv series ideas. Take pitch meetings from outside creatives. Nurture internal creative pitches. Visual development. Design of all pitch materials.

8/00 – 4/04           PAINTER/GILDER    MIRIAM ELLNER STUDIO

Head painter and gilder at studio producing intricate gold work on glass for designers and architects including Juan Pablo Molyneaux, Michael Simon and David Anthony Easton. 

9/97 - 5/03          OWNER/ILLUSTRATOR   CARDS OF UNPARALLELED FABULOSITY

Illustrated and marketed line of greeting cards sold at retailers such as Urban Outfitters, Kate’s Paperie and Exit 9.

12/99 – 8/00        BACKGROUND SUPERVISOR     CURIOUS PICTURES     

Supervised design team responsible for background and prop design packs used on first season of Mo Willem's Cartoon Network animated series Sheep in the Big City.

2/96 – 7/97          DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE     MTV NETWORKS  

Initiated and directed new department responsible for all creative steps of product development for MTV's animated properties. Responsible for setting creative direction of licensed products and Style Guides for worldwide markets.

  • MTV Films: Artistic Liaison between MTV and Paramount Pictures on print, marketing and promotional materials.

  • MTV Books: Art Direction of character illustration and color for numerous books on The New York Times Best Seller list.

  • Viacom Retail Group: Conceptual development of all animated product lines.  Art direction from rough sketches to final product.

4/93 – 5/96         PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR     MTV ANIMATION  

Supervised creative and production staff of 70 for animation studio. Productions included Beavis and Butt-head, Daria, and The Head. Promoted from Production Manager. Art direction of all promotional, marketing and consumer product imagery for all MTV animated series. Main liaison with Korean studio. 

9/91 – 5/92           ART DIRECTOR     MTV DEVELOPMENT        

Designed, illustrated, and built props for TV show, You Wrote It, You Watch It.