Creative Administrative

CHRISTOPHER C. ODOM

*** ******* *****

Cane Ridge, Tennessee 37013-4678

Phone 310-***-****

Email *****@***************.***

Web www.christopherodom.com

EDUCATION:

University of California, Master of Fine Arts, Film, Television & Digital, Los Angeles

University of California, Professional Certificate, Screenwriting, Los Angeles

Georgia State University, Bachelor of Arts, Film & Video, Atlanta

EXPERIENCE:

AQUENT, Los Angeles, CA 10/1997 - Present

Creative Administrative

Freelanced in development, production, public relations, home video, consumer products and new media. Worked in a variety of industries with clients ranging from The Walt Disney Company, Twentieth Century Fox, Lieberman Research Worldwide, Capital Group, TBWA/Chiat/Day, McGraw-Hill, Akimbo.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Created PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets and graphs and tables. Designed/edited forms, shot/edited Mini-DV and wrote/produced for the web.

SKILLS USED: PowerPoint, Photoshop, Quark, Word, Excel, Visio, MS Project, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, LiveType, SoundTrack, Compressor, After Effects and Premiere.

UCLA, SCHOOL OF FILM, THEATER & TELEVISION, Los Angeles, CA 10/2003 - 07/2004

Administrative Specialist

Worked with the Head of Production and the Vice-Chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media. Scheduled classes for Student Services and the Head of Production.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Wrote correspondences, created expense reports, coordinated meetings and research.

SKILLS USED: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and ScheduALL.

DAN GORDON PRODUCTIONS, INC., Thousand Oaks, CA 05/2002 - 08/2003

Writer’s Assistant (Hurricane, Wyatt Earp, Murder in the First, Passenger 57)

Development of film/television projects by working with story notes/coverage and overseeing office operations. Acted as chief liaison for studios, agencies, networks and production companies.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Reviewed story notes, researched funding, wrote correspondences, created expense reports and coordinated meetings/special events.

SKILLS USED: Movie Magic Screenwriter, Movie Magic Budgeting, Final Draft, Adobe Acrobat Writer, Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY IN ACTION COMMITTEE, Los Angeles, CA 01/2001 - 09/2001

Program Coordinator

Structured and implemented an after-school Dramatic Arts Program. Interfaced with Executives,

Officers, Los Angeles Unified School District, City and State.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Budgeted, planned, supervised instructors and support staff, created curriculum, interfaced with school district representatives, managed payroll, coordinated special events, wrote correspondences, created expense reports and gave presentations.

SKILLS USED: Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY, INC., Burbank, CA 12/1996 - 09/1997

Staff Coordinator (Oliver, Safety Patrol, The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon)

Provided Administrative support to the division Executive Vice-President and acted as the liaison for the Movies-of-the-Week production coordinators and the Network Television Department.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Generated script breakdowns, booked travel, scheduled, wrote correspondences, created expense reports, planned and coordinated meetings, research, wrote/distributed minutes, organized mass mailings and maintained deal memo database.

SKILLS USED: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Movie Magic Screenwriter and FileMakerPro.

SPECIAL SKILLS:

PC/MAC: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint), Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Entourage,, FileMakerPro, ScheduALL, Lexis-Nexus, Final Draft, MovieMagic Screenwriter, Studio System, MovieMagic Scheduling, MovieMagic Budgeting, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, LiveType, Soundtrack, Compressor, Typing: 75 WPM.

Contact this candidate