Creative Director Production Manager
Resume:
Barry Fitzsimmons
917-***-**** *****.***********@*****.*** LinkedIn Demo Reel MULTIMEDIA PRODUCER TV-PROMO SPECIALIST STORYTELLER CRITICAL THINKER Award-winning writer & creative director, seasoned TV/online content creator, production manager, editor, podcaster. Proven team leader with a passion for on-air promotion, short-form and documentary content. Key strengths and extensive experience in network, cable & local news, politics, sports, entertainment, business, medical, health & wellness, corporate and non-profit. Strategic planner. Brand builder. CORE COMPETENCIES
Adobe Creative Cloud MS 365 Jira
Avid Media Comp. iNews / Interplay Asana
Final Cut Pro Google Drive Slack
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TV-Film Freelance Consultant Producer, Writer, Editor, Greater NYC 2001 – present
• Director/Producer/Editor/Writer, Renew Democracy Initiative: web series, Frontlines of Freedom, Politics Aside, RDI Heroes of Democracy, etc. (2023––present).
• Assistant Director, Associate Producer, Story Consultant, TV pilot, Loopers (2023, show launch ‘24).
• Outstanding track record creating and managing successful TV/online promo & content campaigns, clients include: A&E, ABC, BBCA, CBS2, CNBC, Court TV, ESPN, FOX5, HBO, Integrated Corporate Relations, JDRF, MetLife, MSNBC, MLB Net, MY9, National Parks Fdn, NBC News, NBC4, NBCSN, NECN, Rainbow/AMC Networks, Showtime, Sony Music, Studio City, USA, Voom, WB11, etc. Institute For Integrative Nutrition, New York, NY 2021 – 2022 Manager of Content Production
• Project-managed multimedia for massive 40-module LMS, “Health Coach Training Program.”
• Utilized Jira to communicate, manage creation/delivery schedules of video, audio & design assets.
• Invented asset-tracking processes, created efficiencies in production flow, trained newcomers.
• Reported to Chief Academic Officer & VP of Content, one-year contract term. CineMed, Woodbury, CT 2019 – 2021
Director of Multimedia Production
• Managed, directed, produced, edited video & podcast content for medical clients (via Adobe Suite).
• Created surgical videos, filmed in hospital ORs; repurposed inpatient surgical & webinar content.
• Oversaw LMS module creation for Continuing Medical Education; conception, design & delivery.
• Liaised with clients, vendors, voice/on-camera talent, cinematographers, designers, etc. Barry Fitzsimmons Resume, P. 2
NBC News Marketing/MSNBC, New York, NY 2007 – 2019 Writer/Producer, TV On-Air Promotion
• Wrote & produced promos for Dateline, Nightly News, Today, Megyn Kelly, MSNBC, etc.
• Daily contact w/NBC News executive producers, network attorneys, ombudspeople, etc.
• Directed all on-camera and voiceover performances; performed under extreme deadlines.
• Full-time: 2007-10, 2017-19, project-based 2011-16; WGA Award, Outstanding Promo Writing. CBS12 WPEC-TV (Sinclair Broadcast Group), West Palm Beach, FL 2017 Manager of On-Air Promotion
• Supervised promo staff and department workflow; dept. liaison w/news director, exec. producers.
• Copyeditor: oversaw “daily” and “nightly” topical promo teams; navigated tight deadlines.
• Wrote, produced & edited image & special report campaigns, created on Adobe Premiere & Avid.
• Maintained relationships w/show syndicators; performed community outreach; maintained logs. ONE World Sports, Stamford, CT 2013-2015
Creative Director
• Brand architect & steward for global-sports TV channel; led award-winning network creative launch.
• Oversaw promo, interstitial & design output; managed staff/freelancers; on-camera talent recruiter.
• Chief copywriter, helmed multiple branded campaigns; planned production calendar, ad-sales support.
• Directed/produced long-form originals, “A Bridge To Cuba,” “Rise of Champions,” etc. EDUCATION
Boston University, Boston, MA Bachelor of Science, Broadcasting & Film College of Marin, Kentfield, CA Associate of Arts, Liberal Arts AWARDS
Writers Guild of America Outstanding On-Air Promotion Writing Cynopsis Media Network Branding Sports Campaign
PUBLICATIONS MEDIA
Promo Cowboy ©2013
Life Askew, an urban fable ©2002
Promo Cowboys Podcast: TV Marketing with Barry Fitzsimmons
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