Susan Adams

Alexandria, VA 323-***-****

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CREATIVE SERVICES PRODUCER

Award-winning senior creative producer with 15+ years of experience in the entertainment and gaming industries. Agile leader with a proven track record of success delivering innovative content on traditional and emerging platforms that leaves a lasting impression, elevates brands, and drives revenue growth. Superior written and verbal communicator known for inspiring clients, teams, and vendors to exceed expectations across multiple genres and media platforms. Adept project manager, highly organized but comfortable with ambiguity and change, able to prioritize and focus on the smallest detail while keeping deadlines, scope, budget and the big picture in sight.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Video and Film Production

Postproduction and Delivery

Team Leadership and Mentorship

Copywriting and Script Development

Talent Management and Negotiation

Narrative Storytelling

Pitch Development and Delivery

External Vendor Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Budget Development / Management

Strong Creative Vision

IP/Brand Maximization

Project Management

Intelligent Override

B2B / Client Relations

Technical Skills: Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects; Avid Pro Tools; Premiere, Maya, CG, Unreal Engine, Game Capture software, Mac iOS, Final Cut Pro; Microsoft Office Suite, Google Suite; Jira, Slack, Asana, and more.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Mocean Los Angeles, CA

Senior Producer

Ayzenberg – Los Angeles CA Contract

Blizzard Entertainment – Los Angeles, CA June 2014 –2021

Creative Producer

Lead creative direction, brand identity, and end-to-end production of digital projects for one of the industry’s biggest names in gaming and esports. Develop creative for retail initiatives on major titles and leagues including blockbuster franchises LEGO, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft, identifying and capitalizing on IP potential and emerging trends to drive revenue growth.

Develop a clear vision for each project; establish workflows and budgets and effectively collaborate with editors, artists, and producers through discovery and development, production, post, and delivery.

Create compelling briefs, storyboards, and narratives. Lead pitch meetings with confidence and clarity to create buy-in internally and externally for retail initiatives, events and creative projects in development.

Manage end-to-end production and mentor teams to deliver outstanding content in multiple long and short digital formats, including launch videos, commercials, player profiles, gameplay trailers, animations, instructional videos, promos, web series, documentaries, and live event content.

Liaise with cross-functional stakeholders to identify objectives or roadblocks; troubleshoot and generate strategic solutions to deliver projects on-time and on-budget while consistently exceeding goals.

Direct live-action shoots and gameplay capture. Collaborate with film, editorial, and game capture teams to deliver compelling content that leverages best practices and cutting-edge techniques unique to each discipline.

Supervise a roster of best-in-class external agencies and freelance partners.

Event production for BlizzCon and BlizzConline. Create and deliver innovative marketing strategies; produce and deliver a wide variety of digital, print, live and post-produced content for this yearly event.

Manage content strategy for the Overwatch esports league.

Design and roll-out successful retail initiatives in partnership with our vendors, including Hearthstone, Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch.

Efficiently managed internal and external stakeholders, production deadlines, and budgets of $3.5M+.

Produced compelling web series, documentaries, animated tutorials, sizzle reels, cinematics, commercials, in game retail and worked directly with marketing to facilitate all creative on launch campaigns.

Key Projects

Creator, Executive Producer: Webby Award-winning documentary A New Hero: The Rise of Collegiate Esports

Producer: Looking for Group: World of Warcraft

Mojo Creative – Los Angeles, CA 2006 – 2013

Senior Vice President

Led a cross-functional creative team delivering award-winning content for Hollywood’s premier agency producing high-end promotional content across motion picture, television, print, social, and streaming platforms. Key clients included Warner Brothers and the Harry Potter franchise, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Miramax, Blizzard Entertainment, EA Games, and Ubisoft.

Managed end-to-end production and delivered outstanding content in multiple digital and print formats, including commercials, on-air promos, BTS reels, serials, trailers, and sizzle reels.

Led successful business development initiatives; developed and delivered compelling pitches to win new commitments and expand existing scopes of work.

Efficiently led localization workflows and rollouts for global campaigns.

Consistently delivered and drove innovation and excellence from team members and external vendors in copywriting, editing, sound design, graphics, and post.

Developed and managed extensive budgets and spend, carefully managing P&L and keeping projects on-time and on-budget.

The Cimarron Group – Hollywood, CA 2000 – 2006

Positions of Increasing Responsibility

Senior Vice President, 1998 – 2006

Produced trailers and TV spots for motion picture clients, managed localization for international promos. Led B2B business development strategy to establish the growing and highly profitable gaming division.

Secured pivotal Blizzard Entertainment accounts including Diablo, World of Warcraft, and Starcraft.

Acquired Warner Home Video account, including theatrical home video, digital, TV, family entertainment, direct to DVD, and catalogue titles.

Vice President of Postproduction and Post Supervisor, 1990–1998

Supervised final delivery for a variety of promotional content, managing multiple campaigns simultaneously and significantly contributing to ongoing profitability of the division.

Developed industry reputation as one of the top postproduction executives in Hollywood and promoted rapidly through roles of increasing accountability to provide vision and leadership for 8-member team.

EDUCATION

Broadcast Communications – San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Over 30 Industry awards – Promax, Webby, Golden Trailer, and Key art awards

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