PROFILE

 

Highly motivated and proficient creative who excels in management and leadership roles and thrives in cooperative team environments. Kat has expertise in creation and production of short and long form video content as well as developing and streamlining workflow standards for fast-paced delivery across a myriad of unique digital distribution platforms and purposes. Her unique experience has developed into a cross functional role, collaborating and coordinating with a wide variety of teams including Creative, Operations, Distribution, Sales, PR, and Social Media.

EXPERIENCE

 

LIVE OPERATIONS
NBC Digital & Marketing

Jul 2019 - Present

  • Produce and curate second screen play-along experience available on The Voice and America’s Got Talent apps

  • Manage websites based on show requirements for America’s Got Talent and Bring The Funny

  • Write and research content to support interactive experience for The Voice and America’s Got Talent apps

  • Run live vote/save functionality in real-time and verify accuracy with Legal team

  • Support sponsored integrations including Dunkin’ Design A Cup

  • Optimize CMS systems such as Pub7, utilized in web publishing and app play along management

  • Utilize JIRA and Trello to track show setup requirements and daily projects

DIGITAL VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
NBC Digital & Marketing

Sep 2013 - Jul 2019

  • Championed synchronization with Programming, Creative, GMO and Brand Marketing for short-form content delivery required for VOD, utilizing Aspera and Anvato

  • Spearheaded communication and collaboration between Fullscreen, Promo, Brand Marketing, and Social Marketing for time-sensitive trailer and image deliveries during Upfronts and TCAs

  • Led restoration and syndication of The Office 600+ short-form videos to NBC.com, NBC App, and YouTube

  • Streamlined video publishing workflow to Facebook through Anvato to maximize efficiency of Social Marketing and Video Distribution

  • Organized and syndicated long and short-form content through Anvato, supporting the NBC Primetime lineup on viewing platforms such as VOD, OTTs, MVPDs, dMVPDs

  • Cut and syndicated short-form videos in real-time for live shows and events such as America’s Got Talent, The Voice, and Golden Globe Awards

  • Verified video availability windows match distribution deals and linear scheduling

  • Verified closed caption files aligned with appropriate video content and meet governmental compliance standards

  • Fulfilled PR and Social requests utilizing JIRA to meet deadlines

  • Resolved metadata and playback issues on NBC.com and NBC App

  • Supported sales sponsored video content for This Is Us and America’s Got Talent

  • Vetted, hired, and managed interns for Video Distribution Team

  • Developed efficient and comprehensive training program of Video Distribution workflow for interns to reach an autonomous level of expertise

ASSOCIATE DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCER / EDITOR
NBC Digital & Marketing

Sep 2007 - Sep 2013

  • Produced behind the scenes content for NBC shows such as America’s Got Talent, Parks and Recreation, The Office, 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Create themed video content for various NBC shows such as The Blacklist, Parks and Recreation, and The Office

  • Publish long and short-form video content to NBC.com, Hulu, YouTube, and social platforms in support of primetime lineup

  • Produced The Office online series, “Adventures with Angela,” featuring Angela Kinsey

  • Field production coverage of Comic Con for various NBC shows

  • Export and convert video files to different formats through nonlinear editing tools, Media Encoder, and Handbrake based on desired platform specs

EDITOR (Freelance)
Escape Plan Media

Jan 2016 - Present

  • S1 Episode 2 of Lowrider Magazine's online series, Lowrider Roll Models
    - Over 386K Facebook views

  • S2 Episode 1 of Lowrider Magazine's online series, Lowrider Roll Models
    - Over 290K Facebook views

  • S2 Episode 5 of Lowrider Magazine's online series, Lowrider Roll Models
    - Over 350K Facebook views

  • S2 Episode 7 of Lowrider Magazine's online series, Lowrider Roll Models
    - Over 188K Facebook views

INTERN SUPERVISOR
NBC Entertainment Marketing & Digital

Sep 2009 - Present

  • Promote NBC Digital Video Operations Internship directly on University Job Boards (USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, Emerson, Ithaca, Chapman).

  • Interview, vet, hire, and manage an intern each trimester.

Continually develop an efficient and comprehensive training program to teach interns Video Ops workflow to reach an autonomous level of expertise.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Film Ed: Academy of the Arts

Jun 2003 - Sep 2007

  • Produced and edited video compilations of high school sports for various schools in the Orange County School District.

  • Teaching assistant for fundamentals of field video production and live feed set up during summer training for high school students.

RECOGNITION

 

NBC Universal G.E.M. Award 2015 for Outstanding Leadership and Contribution

Nominated for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media, Fiction 2009 (The Office NBC.com Digital Experience Team)

SKILLS

 

Operations: Anvato, Aspera, Pub7 (run by Drupal), ExMachina, Leanplum, thePlatform, Brightcove

Creative: Adobe Premiere CC, Photoshop CC, Bridge CC, Media Encoder, Final Cut Pro

Task Managers: JIRA, Trello, Fram io, Asana

Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

EDUCATION

 

California State University - Fullerton
BA, Radio - TV - Film

2003 - 2007