BHEALD

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Turner Classic Movies Atlanta, Georgia November 2006 – December 2008
Production Assistant: Originals
DUTIES
♦ Produce Guest Programmer Intros/Outros
• Research each of the talent’s four programming choices and write “opens”
• Conduct a pre-interview with the guest to prepare discussion points
• During the shoot, brief the guest and Robert Osborne before each take
• Supervise the edit sessions, cutting together the Intros and Outros for air
♦ Assisting talent, floor directing and performing other assistant duties during studio shoots:
• Guest Programmer—Kermit the Frog, Rainn Wilson, Alex Trebek, Tim Roth, Sally Field
• Essentials (2008)—Rose McGowan
• Private Screenings – Norman Jewison, Jane Fonda, Child Stars, Angela Lansbury
• Co-Hosted Intros—Frank Sinatra, Jr., Dave Karger
• Robert Osborne Intros/Outros
• Ben Mankiewicz Intros/Outros
♦ Facilitate for major projects
• Maintain organization of the pre-production of the projects including staying in contact with the VP of Talent, the SVP of Programming and the producers.
♦ Script coordinating for freelance writers
• Review programming grids determining which INTROS and OUTROS need to be written for each TCM hosted shoot and send research packets and programming information to the writers.
• Edit incoming scripts in preparation for upcoming shoots
♦ Write Robert Osborne INTRO and OUTRO scripts for air
♦ Manage tape and research libraries making dubs as needed
♦ Research for future interstitials/promos/documentaries- using imdb.com, Turner Entertainment and CNN library resources, TCM archival interviews and photo houses
♦ Schedule meeting arrangements for the department and travel for talent, producers and VP of Originals
♦ Various coordinating duties including invoice accounting and post-production session scheduling

Turner Classic Movies Atlanta, Georgia July 2005 – November 2006
T3/Production Assistant: On-Air Creative/Originals/Production Operations
DUTIES
♦ Produce Word of Mouth and monthly Classic Movie News interstitials— promoting new DVD, book, Broadway, and movie releases that tie in with TCM programming
• Attend related junkets and screenings
• Write scripts
• Supervise all edit, posting, voiceover and audio related sessions
♦ Supervise voiceover and posting sessions
♦ Manage tape and research libraries making dubs as needed
♦ Various administrative tasks including invoice accounting and post-production session scheduling
♦ Edited and designed the monthly TCM newsletter updating the network on departmental projects

TBS Public Affairs Atlanta, Georgia March & April 2006
Production Assistant
PRODUCTIONS
♦ TBS STORYLine: B-Girlz
• Air date: 8/12/06
♦ TBS STORYLine: H. Johnson/Jazz Classics
• Air date: 5/20/06
♦ TBS STORYLine: Ellie Lee Weems
• Air date: 4/29/06
DUTIES
♦ Conduct pre-interviews for the “B-Girlz” piece
♦ Organize talent and talent releases/signatures

Intrastar and PlanIt Services Omaha, Nebraska September 2004 - June 2005
Intrastar provides IT solutions for businesses using the latest Microsoft technologies while the PlanIt Services division offers free and upgradeable website services.
Technical Writer/Graphics Artist
DUTIES
♦ Develop and edit web text
♦ Create and edit web and brochure and marketing materials
♦ Incorporate the use of page layout software for web construction
♦ Image and photo manipulation
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
♦ Intrastar’s company website: www.intrastar.com
♦ Organization and implementation of staffing, theme, and promotional items for booth at Infotec convention in Omaha, NE

Joyce Cohen Omaha, Nebraska December 2003 - June 2005
A nationally recognized and published author of freelance articles. Joyce Cohen is currently working on publishing a gift book.
Administrative and Research Assistant
DUTIES
♦ Research appropriate publishers and literary agents
♦ Create organizational spreadsheets to record researched information
♦ Edit articles for national publication
♦ Research applicable material for articles
♦ Manipulate and illustrate images for possible covers of the gift book
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENT
♦ Edited and assembled copies of the gift book prototype for queries

Hermann and Christiane Wimmer Munich, Germany January 2003 - November 2003
♦ Au Pair for two boys ages 4 and 7

EDUCATION

B.A. in English - May 2005 University of NE at Omaha
Studies: English - Technical Writing, Linguistics

August 2000 - May 2002 University of NE at Lincoln
Studies: Film, Advertising

TECHNICAL SKILLS

♦ PC & Mac platforms
♦ Microsoft Office: Outlook/Entourage, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
♦ Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator
♦ Adobe Premiere 6.5
♦ Final Cut Pro

LANGUAGE SKILLS

♦ English - native
♦ German- proficient
♦ Spanish- basic