San Francisco Project

Clara Benjamin

Mobile: 650-***-**** E-mail: **************@*****.***

Work Experience:

FJ Productions – Sherman Oaks, Ca - (July 2007 to the present)

Producer/Production Coordinator - Responsibilities include:

• Producing several television shows concurrently, particularly a weekly TV show for Globo Internacional,

• Adapting our use of online communication to reach each shows key audience and using crowd-sourcing to pre-test content ideas,

• Managing each product to budget, and also contributing to the creation of project budgets,

• Managing shooting schedules,

• Scheduling interviews for reporters,

• Coordinating crews of 12,

• Acting as the key liaison between the company and clients,

• Creating, using skills in writing and storyboarding, content for the shows

• On air reporting.

Brazil Explore Magazine – Los Angeles, Ca – (June 2006 to the present)

Contributing writer - Responsibilities include:

• Writing compelling articles targeted to the Brazilian community in the US.

• Developing story ideas for a focused demographic.

Brasil Magazine – San Francisco Bay Area – Contributing writer (June 2006 to May 2007)

Contributing writer - Responsibilities include:

• Composing targeted articles about the Brazilian community in the Bay Area.

• Developing story ideas for a focused demographic.

Education:

B.A. (2007) San Francisco State University

Major: Radio and Television Minor: International Relations

State of Events – SF State TV Newscast – (February 2007 to May 2007)

Reporter/Anchor/Writer /Photographer/Editor – Responsible for writing readers for the newscast, anchoring shows, editing packages, shooting interviews and packages, and doing live shots.

CNN – San Francisco Bureau – (January 2005 to May 2005)

Intern - Task include researching stories, answering phones, cultivating relationships with viewers and sources, and assisting correspondents with stories.

KTVU, Channel 2 News – Oakland, California – (September 2003 to May 2004)

Intern - Tasks include running scripts, researching stories, logging tapes, working the assignment desk, making phone calls and cultivating relationships with viewers and sources.

Key Skills:

Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook

Proficient in using all major social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)

Fluent in Portuguese - Conversational Spanish

Basic Final Cut Pro

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