Dionne Hudson

Orlando, FL

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Executive Producer and Director:

• Created corporate messaging & branding campaigns for clients such as NASCAR, Ruth's Chris, numerous political figures, Disney's Hollywood Studios, and The World Trade Center in Singapore.

• Produced & directed over 150 live theatrical stage shows with an average cast/crew/support team of 225 people. Shows regularly employed special effects including pyro, liquid nitrogen, snow, etc. Lighting effects, projection and set design were also under my creative direction and financial oversight.

• Created concept messaging and produced/directed numerous TV spots & bio videos for high-profile political figures including governors, ambassadors, congressmen, & the House Majority Leader.

• Produced & directed multiple NASCAR TV spots for joint effort PSAs with the Dept. of Education.

• Created and launched unique immersive guest attraction concepts for amusement park industry, most notably "Sights & Sounds" for Disney's Hollywood Studios. (See Disney Honorary lmagineer)

• Created messaging for Disney's "Sights & Sounds" and appeared on domestic & international television and radio giving interviews to promote the company and the attraction.

• Excelled at orchestrating clear communication between creative, design, engineering teams, &3rd party vendors to ensure deadlines were met and meetings were highly productive. Familiar with Jira Core.

• Produced video productions & elaborate live events included not only creative issues, but also logistical issues such as staff performance & scheduling, overseeing box office sales, guest issues & money handling. Disney Honorary lmagineer / Participant Owner:

• Personally conceived an innovative guest experience concept for a totally computerized audio and video recording studio which included 2 special effect chroma key studios.

• Conducted a series of concept presentation meetings with Disney execs at Disney lmagineering in California. This included written & visual proposals in boardroom settings as well as constructing a physical studio prototype in California where execs could experience the concept first hand.

• Upon concept approval, asked by Disney to become an Honorary lmagineer, meeting with Disney execs in both California & Florida and overseeing the project timeline schedules and creative development of every aspect of the studio/guest experience --technical issues, exterior design, themed interiors, artwork, sign age, packaging, etc.

• After this multi year process, I was invited by Disney to permanently move (from VA) to Florida to own

& operate the resulting attraction as a "participant owner." This required not only continual creative development, but also overseeing all studio budgeting, cast scheduling, & reporting to WDW execs.

• Awarded the longest non-acting contract on Disney property. Writer:

• Exceptionally strong writing skills in all arenas - news, press releases, speeches, scripts for TV & stage, prospectuses, ad cam pa ig ns/sl og ans, etc.

• Campaign speech writer for numerous political leaders including U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, Africa

• Emergency statement writer for Virginia state congressman, Jay Katzen, responding the week of 9-11.

• Scriptwriter for The Family Foundation of Virginia

• Scriptwriter for The Dept. of Health and the Dept. of Education

• Scriptwriter for Ruth's Hospitality Group - parent company for Ruth's Chris Steakhouses

• Scriptwriter for both the opening video and the live stage production of the RNC Convention.

• Excels at messaging for clients in unforeseen circumstances or image crises

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