Production Manager
Queens, NY | linkedin.com/in/emgodfrey4 | Contact Here
EXPERIENCE
Production Manager
Marvel Entertainment, affiliate of The Walt Disney Company | January 2020 - Present
Build processes to bridge gaps in the production process, automate recurring tasks, and streamline workflow.
Timeline management: Communicate and adjust production schedules. Maintain a close eye on delivery schedule, while maintaining a qualitative delivery.
Communicate with legal as needed on behalf of the producers, and maintain legal processes on the show, including NDAs, guest releases, etc.
Establish and maintain meeting agendas - leading team members through a list of priorities.
Maintain weekly audio tracker, marketing elements tracker, and other documentation as necessary.
Spearhead the creation of video assets for marketing and provide support to other teams for the creation of all other marketing assets.
Coordination with the Business Development and Editorial teams as necessary to ensure smooth communication around all initiatives.
Assist in Talent Coordination, where necessary.
Maintain file organization and archiving protocols for audio projects.
Assist in contract negotiation and deal memo creation and working with Legal to build out and execute contracts for freelancers and production companies (across Digital Media).
Help to guide and develop junior members of the Production Management team.
Lead special projects and other initiatives as they come up.
Director of Operations
FRIGID New York Theater Group | January 2020 - Present
Guide independent producers developing new theatrical productions, support wherever needed
Field and track new work submissions, prepare scripts, organize a database of playwrights and artists
Collaborate with Production and Artistic teams to ensure successful execution of artistic vision
Design and manage our membership program, own and track communications and benefits
Negotiate terms, draft and send contracts, and trigger invoice order-of-operations
Operations
Manage Monday.com: Build strategy, design workflow, maintain CRM, create forms, and collect and analyze data
Lead ongoing meetings to track KPIs, establish expectations, and address team needs
Manage a high volume of information across multiple teams
Marketing Manager
FRIGID New York Theater Group | October 2018 - January 2020
Led marketing meetings to plan campaigns, analyze data, identify needs, and report progress
Owned and designed social media strategy until 2020, later hired and managed a dedicated Social Media Manager as our team grew and the scope of my role expanded
Liaised between internal staff and producing artists to collect content and develop a sales strategy
Press and community outreach; developed messaging and executed communication
Created print, digital, and video materials for social media campaigns, pitch decks, investor proposals, grant applications, newsletters, and print marketing
Producer
High Stakes Theater Company, Independent Projects | November 2015 - January 2020
Auditioned performers, selected production teams, and developed scripts and concepts
Determined seasonal programming, selected scripts to develop from submissions, scouted local readings
Procured all necessary rights and insurance policies
Communicated efficiently between artistic and administrative teams to reconcile conflicting priorities
Created, produced a flagship program with a large team (Improvised Buffy). Ran monthly for two years
Managed budget, kept records, executed monthly tax-deductible donations to local nonprofits
Upgraded our venue twice to increase capacity to meet audience demand. Reliably sold at 80% capacity on Tuesday nights using low-budget targeted marketing
Produced a series of special events under the TV Tuesdays brand; included participatory screenings, live performances, and a four-day festival
EDUCATION
Hunter College, City University of New York - Bachelor of Arts in Theatre
Minor Studies in Sociology and English
PRODUCER CREDITS
For a more detailed list of producer credits, please visit “Productions”.
Days of the Dead: On Film October 2022
A night of short films centering on themes of death, presented for FRIGID New York’s Days of the Dead Festival
The Messy Show June 2022
Live comedy podcast recording, produced alongside Quin Lamar and Katie Arroyo for the 2022 Queerly Festival
Fully Vaxed Comedy June 2021
Stand-up special, produced alongside Quin Lamar, featuring Wanjiko Eke, Dana Friedman, and Alex English.
Improvised Buffy March 2018 - March 2020
An hour-long unscripted parody of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ran monthly for two years, interrupted only by the pandemic.
Improvised Fresh Prince December 2019 - February 2020
Spun off from the Improvised Buffy team with an all-Black cast and director, also interrupted by the pandemic.
The Hulk Can’t Perform CPR | Winterfest Revival January 2020
A festival revival of Louis Gaudio’s 2017 play, with an updated script and a brand new cast.
The High Stakes Hellmouth Festival November 2019
A four-day horror-themed festival event featuring comedy, drag, music, and a live podcast recording
High Stakes Short Plays August 2017
Six 10-minute plays, selected from a large crop of submissions and presented at a one-night short play festival
The Hulk Can’t Perform CPR | World Premiere February 2017
Louis Gaudio’s original full-length play. We developed the script for a year before staging a full-scale production at the Kraine Theater
The Nerd November 2015
After receiving my degree, I was invited to produce Larry Shue’s 1980 play The Nerd at Hunter College in service of training designers and stage managers for the Hunter Theater Department.
Software
Google Suite/G Suite, Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, OneDrive, Teams), Monday Project Management, Airtable, SAP, Workday, Patreon, Slack, Zoom, DocuSign, PandaDoc Contracts, Planyo Calendar, Yarooms Calendar, Adobe Lightroom, Movavi Video Editor, StreamYard, Vimeo, YouTube Studio, Dropbox
Additional Skills
Nine years of stage technician training. I’m an experienced lighting designer, with proficiency in projections, audio, livestreaming, and stage management.
Six years of hospitality experience as an NYC server. I am calm under pressure and excellent at multitasking.
Five years in Event Planning. I’ve owned the coordination of large-scale, six-figure events from start to finish
Three years of DSLR Photography. Includes organization of shoots, photo editing, and video editing.
Tertiary Skills
Copywriting, Crocheting, Baseball (Spectator), Bread Baking (Inconsistent Results)