Production Coordinator

Venus DeMilo Thomas

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Audible December 2022 to Present

AUDIOBOOK PRODUCER AND NARRATOR

• Currently independently producing and narrating Audiobooks for Audible, Amazon, and iTunes .

• Working with Rights holders to narrate and produce Audiobooks for their titles.

• Completed “Daily Affirmations for Black Women”, “And Then They Were Gone”, “Financial Independence Retire Early”. Upcoming title: Cipher

• Responsible for meeting all quality assurance guidelines; formatting: CBR / Peak Values / Noise Floor. As well as editorial, proofing, mastering and client relations and social media promotion. NBCUniversal, Universal City, California September2024 to December 2024 PROGRAM COORDINATOR

• Project Management/Coordination of the Workplace Violence Prevention Program, including the review and maintenance of accurate records for training, incidents, and inspections, as well as fielding questions and requests related to the program.

• Perform high-volume data entry tasks, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all information.

• Provide general administrative support, including scheduling meetings, preparing reports, and answering emails.

• Ensure all records are up-to-date and easily accessible for auditing and reporting purposes.

• Identify opportunities to streamline administrative processes and improve efficiency. Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, California November 2014 to April 2022 SR. COORDINATOR

• Performed as a Senior Coordinator for Video-on-Demand Media at Paramount Home Media Distribution executing Video-on-Demand media plans for all new releases.

• Disseminated all media plans and tracking reports to internal teams and liaise with cable, satellite and telco partners on the details of each plan.

• Served as a daily contact to the VOD media agency, and meet with outside media vendors to evaluate proposals.

• Reported to the SVP of Home Entertainment and use SAP to track all VOD media budgets. BET, Los Angeles, California June 2014 to September 2014 FREELANCE RESIDUALS ANALYST

• Assisted the Sr. Financial Analyst who is the primary partner for Original & Music Programming as the Residual Analyst, in Production Finance

• Provided administrative and analytical support for residual obligations governing domestic, international and digital.

• Partnered with a diverse group of executives and staff members from various departments to gather key information to ensure accurate and timely residual set-ups.

• Managed payments with applicable union agreements with entertainment partners. Sony Pictures, Culver City, California, ` January 2014 to May 2014 FREELANCE DATA ANALYST

• Assisted in the data cleanup of Residuals-related information as an IT consultant for the Residuals cleanup project.

• Responsible for analysis of data issues and preparation and correction of information.

• Data cleanup included researching picture agreements, residual, and SAG / IATSE contracts.

• Analyzed product data (titles, ID numbers, coding, production dates, rights and residual obligations) and talent data (cast lists, ID numbers, residual allocations).

• Data entry and transformation work is performed in Excel spreadsheets, research using various Sony Databases.

Mob Scene, Beverly Hills, California October 2012 to March 2013 POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

• Responsible for scheduling editors, quality control, and end delivery of EPK’s, TV specials, TV spots, and branded content.

• Supervised Blu Ray delivery for Argo, Oz, Rise of the Guardians, Beautiful Creatures, and Zero Dark Thirty.

• Worked with editors to meet the constant change of the studios demands to provide flawless broadcast and behind the scenes content.

• Worked with assistant editors and graphic artists to provide EDL, OMF, and graphic packages.

• Supervised audio for all content and set up approval sessions for producers.

• Managed machine room and shipping activities making sure we met our constantly changing deadlines. Sony Pictures, Culver City, California August 2011 to October 2012 DATA ANALYST

• Provided a centralized oversight of the standards and integrity of critical asset metadata in SPE’s Global Order Library Database (GOLD) as part of the Aggregated Metadata Management and Operations team.

• Responsible for setting up new titles, designating rights, and providing access to new system users.

• Acted as a steward of GPMS which is Sony’s Asset Management Software.

• Verified and provided accurate information to the system which I update on a daily basis. Company 3, Santa Monica, California November 2010 to July 2011 DIGITAL INTERMEDIATE PRODUCER

• Handled all of the marketing for Company 3 for summer movie releases.

• In charge of Color and Conform for Rango, Pirates of the Caribbean, Super 8, and Transformers 3 – Trailers and TV Spots.

• Completed film delivery as Di Producer for the feature film, Machine Gun Preacher.

• Worked with Paramount Pictures, Disney, and Warner Bros. to provide them with all masters and deliverables for each campaign.

• Supplied Apple with final Apple Trailer QuickTimes of all trailers.

• Maintained workflows of TV Spot Campaigns as well as Trailer sessions with Directors, Editors, and VFX supervisors.

• Delivered the Feature Film Machine Gun Preacher which was shot on Super16mm and 35mm with its own proprietary aspect ratio.

Technicolor, Hollywood, California September 2010 to November 2010 FREELANCE PRODUCER

• Responsible for handling Television and Trailer campaigns for several major production companies.

• Delivered tiffs for billing blocks according to MPAA standards.

• Work with clients and editors using Smoke to create various deliverables, and shipping them under tight time constraints.

• Created slates, labels and dub orders for HD, NTSC, DVD, and Quicktime deliverables.

• Assigned work orders for dubbing, VFX, editorial, and audio.

• Dealt with aspect ratios and resolutions while maintaining quality control for all masters and down conversions.

V6 Post Production, Burbank, California October 2009 to November 2009 FREELANCE FINISHER

• Worked directly with clients to deliver completed spots to meet holiday deadlines.

• Created and maintained schedules for billing and upheld quality control for every job.

• Responsible for all campaign shots and updated inventories daily. Kept track of all work orders and deliverables.

• Coordinated with editors and staff to ensure material was properly executed and expedited. Pacific Title and Art Studio, Hollywood, California March, 2006 to December 2008 EVENING TRAILER PRODUCER

• Obtained accounts with major production companies leading to handling a constantly changing flux of demands as an inferno and DI producer for feature film trailers.

• Worked closely with finishers, graphic artists, directors, and editors developing strategies to attain flawless deliverables under time and budget constraints.

• Handled various formats and resolutions and maintained quality control and legal standards for domestic and international filmouts, firewire, and video media.

• Scheduled and supervised client sessions and was the liaison between artist and client.

• Maintained artist timesheets and generated work orders for billing. Modern Video Film, Glendale, California November, 2004 to July 2005 FEATURE POST SCHEDULER

• Handled scheduling and billing for telecine, digital intermediate and duplication for major motion pictures.

• Scheduled DRS, color correction, editing, telecine, line up, scan and recording.

• Created work orders and followed through in a fast paced environment.

• Provided client support and worked closely with the machine room and engineering to provide the best service for our clientele.

• Maintained a daily schedule for every department. The Syndicate / Café FX, Santa Monica, California June, 2002 to October 2004 FILM VAULT

• Handled reception, vault and machine room activities as well as worked closely with clientele, which included numerous ad agencies, directors, producers, and editors at the Syndicate.

• Maintained a database of all film, video, and audio elements and handled domestic and international shipping, ordered stock, cleaned film, staged elements, and created labels using Filemaker Pro. The Thomas Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, California April, 1994 to February 2002 AGENT ASSISTANT

• Active in every aspect of my family owned talent agency.

• Scheduled and maintained auditions, shooting schedules and itineraries for our clients.

• Marketing activities included submitting actors online and coordinating cover letter and photo deliveries.

• Handled recruitment activities, such as conducting new client orientations and training interns.

• Received, screened and handled numerous telephone calls and correspondence serving as a liaison between casting directors and actors on a daily basis.

• Travelled to talent events and judged contests, sat on numerous panels and gave TV and Radio interviews relating to the entertainment industry.

• Used discretion in handling various tasks that enabled the Agents to be free to devote their energies to the primary representation of our clients.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Film Production, minor in Africana Studies Loyola Marymount University, Playa Del Rey, California Director, Producer, Editor and Writer of two short films: "Did I Wake You and "First Cut"

*Selected for screening at 2001 Sundance & Sydney film festivals SKILLS

PC/Mac skills: MS Office, Windows 7, IOS, Excel, Outlook, SAP, Concur, FilemakerPro, FinalCut Pro, AfterAffects, Photoshop, Xytech, Scheduall

Editing Equipment: AVID, Moviola, Flatbed, Lightworks, Quick Time Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion Picture Camera Operation/Loading: 35mm Panavision, Bolex, Arri-series

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