Writer, Producer, Creative Consultant, Copywriter
Resume:
ARI EISNER
**** ****** ****** ******** *****, CA 91364
adcqsh@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Extensive experience in creative conceptualization and direction of theme park attractions
Extensive experience in writing (television, features, journalism) and copywriting
Expertise in teaching (from high school to post-graduate level)
Proficient in Microsoft word, Outlook and Excel, Final Draft
Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
EMPLOYMENT
Show Writer, Creative Consultant: Walt Disney Imagineering (2017-Present)
Concept development and writing of theme park attractions
Directing editors and visual effects artists to produce animatics and pre-visualizations
Directing actors for record sessions
Building visual style guides to convey attraction tones
Producer/Writer: Warner Bros. Television, Touchstone Television, NBC-Universal Television, imGlobaltv (2004-Present; Freelance positions)
Create and write one hour drama pilots
Delineate with network and studio to determine the best markets for the shows
Adjunct Professor, UCLA (2014-Present)
Teach writing in the post-graduate Writing for Television program
Guide and inspire students to find innovative ways into their creative processes
Copywriter, mOcean, The Cimmaron Group, Create Advertising Group (2009-Present; Freelance positions)
Execute copy for trailers and television spots; advertise for studio features and network TV shows
Synchronize with studios and networks to determine the best methods and appropriate targets for marketing films across internet, print, televised and theatrical platforms
Marketing Coder: Universal Studios (2006-Present)
Assess audience reaction and feedback to studio feature films
Strategize with the head of the Universal marketing department to release films to moviegoers, based on their reactions to current films
Manage, research and codify data reports based on audience responses to feature films
Writer: Creative Screenwriting Magazine, CSDaily.net, ugo.com, collider.com (2003-2011)
Conducted interviews with filmmakers, writers and technicians
Wrote a variety of articles on topics ranging from roundtable discussions to editorials to reviews
Writer, Machinima (2011)
Created video game content for multi-media and internet platforms
Instructor, Inner City Filmmakers (2010)
Taught screenwriting and directing to film students
Developed a curriculum that would be both enriching and easy-to-learn
Executive Producer: “MTV Mashups” (2008)
Created, wrote and produced “mock trailers” for several MTV shows, including Laguna Beach, The Real World and My Super Sweet Sixteen
Conceived marketing plans with the studio to determine the best ways to get the highest number of views across an online platform
Assessed target audience and recalibrated show branding accordingly
Writer: “Still Standing,” Twentieth Century Fox Productions, CBS Television (2004)
Wrote episodes of the sitcom
Coordinated with studio and network to determine the most efficient ways of reaching the highest volume of viewers
EDUCATION
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, B.F.A
HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS
Writers Guild of America
Writers Guild of Canada
Television’s Pilot Blacklist
Finalist: Words From Here Screenwriting Competition
Finalist: Scriptapalooza One Hour Teleplay Competition
Best Short Film – Comedy. Newport Beach Film Festival
Best Short Film – Thriller. DragonCon International Film Festival
Best Short Film – Comedy. Florida's Children Film Festival
Honors Graduate: New York University
Semi-finalist: Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship Competition
First Place: Amateur Stand Up Comedian Competition
OTHER NOISE
First Degree Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan
Instructed self-defense classes for children and adults
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