Production Coordinator Level

CHICHI PIERCE

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Miami, Fl ****7

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**** ** ******* **********/**** Production Teacher Miami Beach Senior High School

Produce a weekly newscast. Teach 9-12 grades the art of Filmmaking by creating an invigorating program whereby students are creating films that involve real life issues. Working with the community: Miami Beach TV, Sotheby’s International, Cleveland Orchestra, WLRN, ART BASEL, Debbie Wasserman and more. Creating a program for students to learn on a hands-on basis. Their learning experience is brought to them by a teacher that is an accomplished Producer in the industry. Created a successful Film Club and a yearly Film Festival open to the school and community.

2011 to 2012 Television/Film Production Teacher

South Miami Senior High School/Magnet Program

Produce two live newscast daily. Teach 9-12 grades. Students produce news related segments as well as documentaries and other genres. Work with outside entities (ie: Switchboard Miami, The Whistle, WLRN, The Cleveland Orchestra, University of Miami) to enhance students production value of the real world. Students very involved in film festivals locally and nationally. 2006 - 2011t: Television /Film Production Teacher

Turner Tech Senior High School, Miami, Florida

A 2 for 1 vocational/academic high school in Miami, Florida. Television teacher for 10, 11, 12 grades. Hands on approach, having kids do stories about world issues, school issues and personal stories while teaching them production/technical skills. For the past two years I have been working with Switchboard, Miami creating teenage issue films for Miami Dade School Sytem. My students have been creating the films with my assistance and guidance. Winner of many student film festivals. SkillsUSA advisor – have gone to State Competition two years. Nominated two times for “Rookie Teacher of the Year.” Created Industry Advisory Board for the Academy. Produced senior yearly mock interviews.

- Vocational Certified

- Photoshop Certified (ACA )

- Adobe Premiere Certified (ACA)

- Producer in the Industry for 30 plus years.

- Award winning Producer – Emmy, DuPont, Children’ s Choice Award, Webby, Peabody, Cable Ace Award.

College Summit Advisor – 2009-11 raised the level of college entrance for my students to 89%. College Going Culture became a

“movement” due to the films my program was producing. EESAC member 2010-2011(Turner Tech)

SkillsUSA Advisor

Drama Instructor 2010-11 Wm. H. Turner Technical High School Created a creative/inspiring curriculum for the Drama 1 Elective Summer 2013 - ASNE Journalism Workshop - University of Missouri, Columbia Accepted to the yearly 2 week workshop at University of Missouri Journalism workshop. Lectures, workshops and participation in new social media in the journalism world. Summer of 2007 and 2008

Film teacher at Women’s Park – Miami, Fl.

Summer program for teenage girls to learn the process of interviewing and filming “prominent” women of Miami. Program closed down due to budget cuts. 2004 – Present Freelance Producer/Line Producer

Producer/Director – “Aleph” A short documentary about musical group Aleph. Interview based with clips of their lives. (9-2008)

Producer/Creator Partner for www.CHEEKSUP.com (3-2005 thru 6-2006) For future television release!

Lonely Planet Six Degrees/Miami (12-2005 thru 3-2006) Unit Producer – Managed budget. Researched locations and characters. Created and managed a tight shooting schedule. Created and shot on locations throughout the Miami area for 6 weeks. Blanco Lorenz, Miami, Florida (9-2005 thru 12-2005) Post Production Supervisor for 5 NBC commercial spots: Digital World Burger King Studios, Miami, Florida (7-2004 thru 9-2004) Production Manager for in-house studio – oversaw in-house corporate videos. The Melodies (in development), Miami, Florida (8-2004 thru 4-2005) Line Producer for 26 hours mixed media project. Created budget and worked on development of characters and story. Have been pitching project to Nickelodeon, PBS, Cartoon Network, Discovery Kids.

Location Resources, Miami, Florida (9-2004 thru 11-2004) Miami based Locations company for Miami, The Keys and Carribean: Location Manager/ Production Coordinator.

2001 – 2004 3d&I

Creator/Executive Producer

Created and Produced a children’s educational website with a grant from Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The website has won numerous awards including the 2003 Webby award for the top youth site. The website teaches kids about visual literacy, design and new technologies. Have been working closely with Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and The Children’s Museum in New York implementing workshops and after school activities. Working with teachers and students and presenting educational tools at such places as Apple store in Soho, New York City. 1998 - 2004 THE DOC TANK, INC., New York, NY

Producer/Partner

Production company based in NYC - Projects for A&E Television, Court TV, PBS, Nickelodeon, Bravo & National Geographic Television. Develop ideas, pitch ideas, produce projects – these include: The Killer’s Mind on A&E’s Investigative Reports, Wade Davis: A Charmed Life on NGT and most recently created & produced an educational/interactive WEBBY AWARD winner (2003) website with a grant from Corporation for Public Broadcasting www.3d-i.org. For more info: www.TheDocTank.com.

1997 - 1998 PICTURE THIS TELEVISION, New York, NY

Supervising Producer/Line Producer

• Prime mover in the creation of a "viable" production company.

• Supervise productions from start to finish.

• Developed and oversaw all operational and production budgets.

• Developed all internal systems for ultimate production value.

• Recruited and hired professional staff, selected appropriate facilities and recommended the purchase/lease of state-of-the-art equipment.

• Creative decision making on productions, talent, stories, scripting & editing.

• Supervised all deliverables and client satisfaction. Projects include: TV411 – Educational PBS Series/Adult Literacy and Travel Series for the Romance Channel.

1991 - 1998 LUCKY DUCK PRODUCTIONS, New York, NY

Producer/Supervising Producer/Line Producer

• Principal player in the creation of Linda Ellerbee’s production company.

• Responsibility for all Lucky Duck Productions representing volume in the eight figure range. Oversaw projects from start to finish – creatively & logistically. Created and managed all production budgets. Managed crews worldwide, hired out staffing for all productions.

• Expanded the company's facilities to meet its increasing volume of business; managed the purchase of state-of-the-art equipment; consolidated all operations within one facility. Developed a "quick response," highly profitable organization.

• Resourced, developed and contracted with the industry's top level production, directorial and artistic professionals.

• Generated a standard of excellence culminating in Emmy nominations and awards, Cable Ace nominations and awards, the Columbia Dupont Award, Parents Choice Gold Award and others.

• Created and administered the corporate budget as well as individual production budgets. Representative productions: Nick News Series, Nick News Special Editions, The Other Epidemic: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Breast Cancer, The MTV Interview, All Star Moms, Addicted, Uncommon Americans, Intimate Portraits and more.

• Supervised creative and organizational meetings, client meetings, planning sessions, budget discussions and meetings.

• Developed and generated new strategies for production value and production income.

• Assessed editorial quality, technical viability and financial requirements of proposed and incoming projects.

• Clients include Nickeldeon, HBO, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNBC and more. 1983 - 1991 COLOSSAL PICTURES, New York, NY

Line Producer/Producer

Joined a small production company at its inception. Became familiar with all facets of the television and film production process including commercials, long form production & graphics/ animation. Served as Line Producer and Producer for a broad range of cable shows and major consumer product advertising. Managed overhead budget as well as production budgets. Other Interests

I am a Skanda Yoga Certified teacher and created an after school teacher yoga class 2009-10, all on a volunteer basis.

I am an avid traveler.

I am a DEDICATED Teacher!

Education

M.A., Communications/Computer Graphics, NY Institute of Technology, New York, NY 1989 B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 1980 Languages Fluent Spanish, working knowledge of Italian and French References available upon request

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