Project Manager Los Angeles
Resume:
KENYA KOREA PIERRE
Inglewood, CA *****
*********@*****.***
MEDIA MANAGER – EDITOR - PROJECT MANAGER
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
● Excellent communication skills: listening, speaking, writing, reporting, documenting
● High level of motivation and initiative; Adaptable and productive Team member, Team Lead
● Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere/Photoshop, Avid Media Composer, and InDesign.
EDUCATION
Post-MFA, Teaching Certificate – Antioch University, Los Angeles, CA M.F.A., Creative Writing, CUNY – City College of New York, New York, NY B.A., Broadcast Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Manager Zoo Digital, LLC, El Segundo CA 09/2017 – 04/2024 Handled Disney+ TVOD subtitle production and metadata translations. Managed subtitling production w/ Disney studios, customer billing, and resolved rejections. Responsible for end-to-end management of new & catalog releases for feature, episodic or bonus content. Main point of contact for clients in managing, maintaining and updating SOP's and workflows specific to the client. Accountable for asset research, asset requests and issuing tracking. Coordinated with internal departments and resources to accomplish project completion.
Account Manager Miramax – Servicing, Santa Monica CA 05/2017 – 09/2017 Managed vendors enlisted to support servicing to Netflix, iTunes, Hulu, Amazon, etc. and similar platform licenses. Created P.O.s within SAP and managed P.O. process to fulfill client needs. Liaised with multiple vendors in order to streamline workflows and reduce costs. Coordinated invoicing.Tracked and delivered assets to relevant markets.
Account Manager Deluxe OnDemand Servicing, Burbank CA 07/2015 – 05/2017 Handled AT&T/DirecTV TVOD programming services. Placed orders w/ production studios, customer billing, and resolved rejections.Served as the primary client contact for assigned projects. Prepared and communicated project estimates and timelines.Maintained and updated client trackers, databases, and/or grids. Prepared invoices upon project completion. Project Coordinator Sony Pictures WPF Services, Culver City, CA 02/2013 – 07/2015 Client servicing of U.S. basic cable/cash syndication, along with Latin American cable stations (Unimas & MundoFox). Order tracking, research, purchase order creation, and resolving rejections. Liaised with various vendors in order to deliver digital assets on time. Worked with video editors with creating various versions of features and tv series according to channel/client guidelines. Data Ops Analyst Sony Pictures WPF Services, Culver City, CA 02/2012 – 02/2013 Setting-up & maintenance of over 300K Sony and competitive titles in GPMS; Sony’s asset metadata Master Title Management system. Assisting AMMO’s Critical Business Response Team with title, version and asset metadata entry and servicing. . Analyzed data and best practices for Sony Servicing. KENYA KOREA PIERRE, PAGE 2
Metadata Associate Vubiquity, Sherman Oaks, CA 06/2011 – 08/2011
(Formerly Avail-TVN), Content Management
Managed the distribution of digital content for various networks to clients such as Verizon and Time Warner. Coordinated the tracking and scheduling of digital and physical assets to cable clients. Researched and organized over 200 titles for Halloween and Christmas holiday packaging. Entered client job orders into the database and updated orders as needed. Post-Production Assistant CBS Films (Faster) – Editorial, Studio City, CA 02/2010 – 11/2010 Managed post-production office, along with organizing and coordinating duties for intern staff during post. Handled dailies paperwork during production and media in coordination with the script supervisor’s log for editors. Logged and captured footage for motion picture editors. Maintained film director’s post-production schedule.
Marketing Assistant Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY 03/2008 – 05/2009 Administrative Assistant Routledge Publishing 11/2007 – 03/2008 Coordinated 15 annual professional conferences and attended five throughout the country handling book sales. Assisted authors with their publicity needs, sending out review copies, created flyers/promotional materials, and proofed/copyedited mental health catalogs and email/web-shots. Handled correspondence with authors, wrote rejection letters and organized travel expenses for the editor/publisher.
Editor/Producer CNN, New York, NY 01/2006 – 11/2006 Edited and produced segments for Anderson Cooper 360, Paula Zahn Now, Lou Dobbs Tonight and America Morning. Met program deadlines for specialty reporter packages and created graphics for special project pieces. Assisted in unprecedented coverage of Hurricane Katrina aftermath for Anderson Cooper 360.
Media Manager KABC-TV, Glendale, CA 11/1998 – 11/2006 Editor and Playback Supervisor - Cut news packages, vo’s, promos, and teases for air. Managed a staff of 10 video editors for morning and weekend newscasts. Assigned projects, while monitoring quality of video from the field, and took in satellite feeds from network affiliates. Ensured all video made air for the morning newscast.
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