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Savannah College of Art and DesignAssociate Chair, Creative Business Leadership
Jan. 2021Savannah, Georgia, United StatesChair for a graduate program in leadership and design thinking. Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department and work closely with the Dean of the School of Business Innovation to provide insights and strategic direction for the program. Serve as a career mentor for students across the Creative Business Leadership department. Teaching responsibilities include entrepreneurship, finance, global strategy, organizational behavior and management.
Time Warner / Turner Broadcasting / CNNSenior Director, Video News and Programming, CNN Digital
Sep. 2012 - Jan. 2021Atlanta, GA- Manage team of 30+ senior producers, producers, editors, and associate producers. CNN Digital is currently the world leader in news video consumption. Served as Supervising Producer of CNN.com during 2012 – 2015. - Grew audience by 500+% over an eight-year period and expanded coverage from 17 hours to 24 hours per day. - Drove increased output of original content and over 250 million video views per year by focusing team on both curation and creation. - Developed content strategy for multiple digital platforms, including desktop, Mobile App, and Mobile Web. Doubled video consumption on the Mobile App from 1.1 million per day to 2.2 million per day. - Developed more effective workflow and staffing strategies to increase desktop, mobile, and OTT consumption. - Executed sold sponsorships and partnered with Turner sales team to maximize value of sponsor-driven content.
Turner (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc)Senior Producer
Nov. 2009 - Sep. 2012Greater Atlanta AreaTIME WARNER / TURNER BROADCASTING / HLN – ATLANTA, GA - Managed team of 15 writers, producers, and copy editors in the production of a daily news program. In this role, Chris managed the production of a daily news program that included weekend coverage from 7 am – 5 pm. - Grew weekend audience by 25% over a three-year period. - Maintained journalistic gold standard for weekday and weekend news coverage. - Reorganized staff and instituted digital scheduling system to strengthen weekend shift coverage and improve employee productivity. Productions / Credits: - Senior Producer, One Hour Prime Time Special, “Dr. Drew: The HLN Interview – Turner Broadcasting / HLN (2011) - Senior Producer, One Hour Prime Time Special, “Janet Jackson: The HLN Interview) – Turner Broadcasting / HLN (2011) - Senior Producer, Weekly Short Form Series, “Views From The Street” – Turner Broadcasting / HLN (2010)
Channel MExecutive Producer
Sep. 2008 - May. 2009Greater Los Angeles Area- Executive in charge of content creation for the network. - Moved production from Seattle-based production facility to new Los Angeles facility. Increased overall production output despite reduction in staff from 28 to 13 newly hired production professionals. - Built out state-of-the-art digital effects and post-production facility with 6 edit bays from the ground up within 6 weeks without any disruption of outgoing monthly deliveries to clients. - Supervised day-to-day production of 40+ demographically targeted programs seen by millions across an ad-supported web of managed “in store” networks. - Created targeted programming for top retailers, including Blockbuster, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Disney Stores, Steve Madden, and Ecko Unlimited. - Brought DVD duplication services in-house to improve quality and reduce costs. - Drove cost reduction and profitability improvements that contributed to positioning the company for sale to Play Network. Productions / Credits: - Executive Producer, Retail Series, “Ecko TV,” “Journeys TV,” “Steve Madden TV,” and “Blockbuster TV” (2009).
Turner BroadcastingExecutive Producer
Feb. 2006 - Jun. 2008Greater Atlanta AreaTIME WARNER / TURNER BROADCASTING / GAMETAP – ATLANTA, GA Executive Producer (Oct. 2006 to June 2008) Senior Producer (Feb. 2006 to Oct. 2006) - Promoted from Senior Producer to Executive Producer in 1st year. - Managed 15-person team in producing all in-house and out-of-house content, including news, documentary, on-air promotions, music, reality, and animated series (as seen on gametap.com, CNN.com, joost.com, Gameplay HD and TiVoCast). - Created several HD documentaries, news programs, and animated series on time and on budget. Won seven out of 14 Emmy nominations. - Reduced costs and improved quality of content by bringing promo production in-house for greater control and supervision. Productions / Credits: - Executive Producer, HD Documentary, “Sonic: A Very Quick History” – TBS / GameTap (2008) - Executive Producer, HD Documentary, “Ten Years of Tomb Raider: A GameTap Retrospective” – TBS / Gameplay HD (2007) - Executive Producer, Animated Series, “Re/Visioned” – Turner Broadcasting / GameTap (2007 – 2008) - Executive Producer, News Magazine, “GameTap News” – Turner Broadcasting / GameTap, (2006 – 2008) - Executive Producer, Promos, On-Air Promotions – Turner Broadcasting / GameTap (2006 – 2008)
Sony Pictures EntertainmentExecutive Producer
May. 1998 - Jul. 2005Greater Los Angeles AreaSONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT / GSN – SANTA MONICA, CA Executive Producer (Aug. 2003 to July 2005) Producer (May 1998 to Dec. 2001) - Executed sponsorships that were sold for four different series. Managed budgeting, staff hiring, field production, script writing, product placement, editing, and creation of show formats. - Partnered with the network to establish overall look and tone of all series. - Consistently met and/or surpassed advertisers’ needs and achieved network renewals for multiple seasons. Productions / Credits: - Executive Producer, Comedy / Reality Show, “Games Across America” – Sony Pictures Entertainment / GSN (2003 – 2005) – achieved network’s highest show rating in Spring of 2005. - Executive Producer, Video Game News Magazine, “GSN Video Games” – Sony Pictures Entertainment / GSN (2003) - Producer, Talk Show, “Lovers Lounge” – Sony Pictures Entertainment / GSN (2001-2002) – the first talk show of its kind on GSN. Attracted younger demographic while enhancing library of game shows. - Producer, Interactive Game Show – “Win TV,” Sony Pictures Entertainment / GSN (1998 – 2001) – became a key component of GSN’s interactive programming slate and was its first series to allow “real time play” over the Internet. Consistently attracted a younger demographic over 800+ episodes.
Fox Lorber and AssociatesDirector, Programming Sales and Acquisitions
Jan. 1993 - Jun. 1996Greater New York City AreaDirector, Programming Sales and Acquisitions (Aug. 1994 to June 1996) Manager, Home Video Sales (Jan. 1993 to Aug. 1994) - Negotiated and closed distribution deals, including sales of independent films, foreign films, and documentaries to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South African TV markets. - Managed a video sales team and analyzed monthly data to forecast departmental needs. - Provided input for all marketing materials and evaluated producer’s submissions for acquisition and release. Regularly attended NCTA, NATPE, VSDA, MIP-TV, and MIPCOM.
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