COTU MediaManaging Producer
Sep. 2017 - Apr. 2020Long Beach, CAAs the Managing Producer for COTU Media, I juggled competing priorities supervising in-house staff, external employees, and remote freelancers. I cultivated and maintained client relations with brands such as Honda/Acura, Mazda, Toyota/Lexus, POSSIBLE, Volkswagen, HK Strategies, KUKA, Omron, Swisslog, and Cox Automotive. Ensure accurate cost estimates, I oversaw project estimate drafting, leveraging knowledge of the overall competitive landscape, industry players, and company deals. Managing project submissions and executions, I maintained branding guidelines, creating on-brand productions aligned with company standards. Assisting the Business Development team, I communicated with prospective clients, resolved customer issues, and processed sales orders. Sourcing and securing new hires, I conducted interviews and guiding onboarding processes for new hires. Along with my day-to-day responsibilities, some of my key contributions to COTU Media as the Managing Producer included: ✯ Leveraging heavy video components while executing PR and other corporate communication strategies. ✯ Streamlined workflows, creating and implementing best practices, integrating company-wide production standards, as well as security policies and practices for code red and other secret or confidential projects.