Sales Development

Lloyd Lee Byars

**** ********** **. ******, ** 30080

Phone: 310-***-****

**********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

. To attain a position in the field of media, entertainment, publishing,

research, new media and/or sales.

QUALIFICATIONS:

. Strong producer skills, budget preparation, casting, experience from

pre-production to post-production

. Business development, script development, production, and post-

production experience

. Superb sales experience

. Excellent communication and writing skills

. New Media experience

. Experienced with both MS Office/Mac/Web research

. Significant contacts throughout the entertainment industry in Los

Angeles, Atlanta and New York City

EDUCATION:

. 2001 Oxford University, Jesus Christ College

. 2004 Georgia State University, BA English ( 3.0 GPA)

EMPLOYMENT:

Labor Arbitration Researcher, Atlanta, GA Labor Researcher 2010-ongoing

. Attending Labor Arbitrations

. Writing/summarizing Arbitration cases for USPS, etc

Big Time Productions, Los Angeles, CA Head of Business Development 2009-

2010

. Generating commercial and film business

. Established state film tax credit

. Attending to Big Time's new media needs

McGraw-Hill, Burr Ridge, IL Freelance- on going

. Edited a text book for college management courses nationwide

LAB 601, Atlanta, GA, Head of Business Development July 2008-2009

. Approaching film studios and producers to use LAB 601's facilities and

editors

. Developing film and commercial projects for the post-production

facility

. Shepherding projects from beginning of post-production to completion

. Aided in LAB 601's new media foundation

Music Industry Educators, Miami, FL, Founder/Advisor April 2007-July 2008

. Founding an online education company specializing in music industry

education

. Partnering with universities, military educational facilities, and

continuing education programs to offer their students the opportunity

to matriculate with Music Industry Educators

. Advising students regarding matriculating at an online university

. Developing music industry curriculum with our professors

. Aiding our partnering consulting groups in presenting our programs to

potential university partners

Single Cell Pictures, Creative Executive/Associate Producer, January 2006-

April 2007

. Provided script coverage and development notes

. Pursued scripts through talent agencies

. Developed relationships with agents, managers, writers, directors, and

actors

. Prepared film budgets

. Pursued financing for films and other projects

. Assisted with casting Single Cell's films

John Goldwyn Productions (Paramount), Development Executive, 2004-2006

. Provided script coverage for submitted scripts through the various

talent agencies

. Detailed specific development notes (improvements) for screenplays the

company produced

. Conducted writer meetings to implement the company's development notes

into our projects

. Pursued scripts through the various talent agencies

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