VENUS GOICOECHEA
Phone 305-***-**** abg43g@r.postjobfree.com
Univision Network: Segment Producer
July 2010 April 2011
Joined the team of Despierta America before the new changes and new look of the show. Took part in the new
production and new concepts being developed for the 3 hour daily morning show. I was in
charge of producing, writing, editing, coordinating and directing the segments that were
assigned. Produced between 10 15 segments weekly.
Underground Film Productions: Production Assistant
March 2010
Assisted the production in the development of a new show with Sexologist, Alessandra Rampolla. Organized
and acquired all the elements needed for the production.
Telemundo Network Miami: Production Assistant
Dec. ’09 & Feb.’10
Facilitated the producers in charge of casting and producing the segment introduction for the Upfront
presentations as well as assisted in the census campaign.
Univision Network Miami: Production Assistant
October 2009
Assist the Programming Department with the development of the company Christmas and New Year
campaign. As well as helped the Promotions Department with the launch of the new
Univision Mastercard promotion.
ProChild Elder Entertainment: Supervising Producer
August 2009
ProChild Elder is an up and coming production house providing new and exciting content. I produced a
dynamic trailer to represent the vision and direction for a documentary based on the life
and career of the world famous boxing trainer Angelo Dundee.
Mediterranean Experience: Director of Operations
April June 2009
Mediterranean Experience is a Food and Wine trade show that allows companies from the Mediterranean
and Latin America to network with companies here in the US. Managing exhibitors
requests for custom booths/pavilion design, furniture, etc. Negotiating pricing with rental
vendors. Served as liaison between pavilion client and show contractor. Established
registration system and coordinate team for show dates. Manage all show related signage
in show site. Provided weekly and bi weekly status reports.
Univision Network Miami: Production Assistant
January 2009
Assisted the Programming Department with the joint production of a commercial for a joint
public service announcement with Comcast announcing DTV. I facilitated with the
Production and the preparation as well as the Post Production.
Univision Network Miami: Producer
Aug.2008 Nov.2008
Collaborated on the network’s Hispanic Heritage month public service campaign.
Researched and found candidates that fell under the criteria we were searching for.
Coordinated and interviewed honorees along with producing the vignettes with the
Programming department team as well as providing information to the rest of the network
for promotion purposes.
Plural Entertainment: Producer
July 2007 July2008
Plural is the U.S. branch of Prisa International in Spain. Hired as one of the producers of a
missing persons program titled “Desaparecidos”, airing on LAT TV (Houston) and on
GenTV (Miami). I was involved with all the preproduction, including the gathering of all
elements needed including family information, elements from the police departments for
detailed accounts, pictures of the missing person, and finding experts and guests
specializing in each case. After the production wrapped up I took the role as post producer
and co edited 29 episodes. At the end of post production I researched the cases for the
second season as well as assisting the Director of Strategic Content Development with the
creation of a multi media presentation for the company.
Freelance Projects in Production
:
Jan. 2007 July 2007
Clearimage Creative Group., Telemundo “Billboard Reventon”
PGA Sports., “World Golf Tournament Live 18”
Next pert News. Kathlean Demonchy Live Segment used for news segment
Si TV., “Latin Urban Mix”, “Calle 8”
Patazola Entertainment., “Nokia Reality”
Spanish Broadcasting Sys., Mega TV
: Production Coordinator & Producer
Aug. 2005 Jan. 2007
“Desvelados” (late night entertainment show).
As producer, I assisted in the creation of a daily live late night entertainment show where I
produced daily packages as well as coordinate special guests on the show.
“Love & Sex” (talk show)
Having set the infrastructure for preproduction for lamusica.com I was reassigned to help
launch the first ever “Love & Sex” show on a Hispanic station. I created and developed
packages based on weekly themes as well as the coordination of segment shot on location.
“Lamusica.com” (musical show)
Created and produced segments for a two hour live show as well as interviewed artists and
produced their packages to air on the same day. As the coordinator I also booked artists for
all the shows and served as a liaison between the label, manager and artists to produce a
live performance.
“22 Minutes” (magazine style show)
Develop ideas along with a team for a magazine style show as well as coordinated all the
locations and book guests for a 40 episode season.
Perfect Image Productions: Associate Producer
June 2004 Aug.2005
Assisted the producer in all aspects of the preproduction of a two hour live show titled “The
Roof”, airing on Mun2. I was able to create and develop a variety of weekly/daily segments.
I produced packages with reporters ranging from special events to artist concerts. Within
the preproduction of the show I wrote scripts for the informational “411” segments in
English and Spanish. Served as the liaison between the labels, managers and the artists to
produce a high quality live performance. During the live show I maintained control over the
video operations as well as floor production to put out a quality program.
Aug.1998 March 2005 Telemundo 51 WSCV: Associate Producer
While in high school I interned in Telemundo channel 51, where I first learned how the
television industry works. I started as a promotions intern and upon my graduation, I was
hired as the remote producer and went on locations to produce commercial segments sold
by the sales department. Later, I was promoted to associate producer for the newscast
where I was responsible for producing the graphics and elements that reporters needed for
their pieces. I handled the news briefs before and after each newscast. And maintained a
communication with the assignment editors as well as assisting them. During my time at
Telemundo 51 I was able to take part in various productions like “Miss Carnaval” and “Liga
Contra el Cancer” marathon for 3 years in a row as well as the production for “Calle 8”.
Education
Florida International University
June 1998 – May 2005
Bachelor of Science in Communication, Television Management with a certificate in Film Studies.
Member of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority, Alpha Gamma Chapter in FIU.
Walt Disney World College Program
Jan. 2001 May 2001
Participated in the College Program learning the behind the scenes of the parade and took part in the
Epcot Millennium Parade as one of the characters during parade route.