Elisa Miller
500 Prospect Ave. #2   H 718-788-4378
Brooklyn, NY 11215   C 347-432-8949
resume@elisamiller.com

Experience

8/00 - 5/02  Operations & Production Manager
Schofield Films Inc./ Johnson-Burnett Productions Inc.
Film & commercial production co. / International production services co.

  • Managed office & supervised rentals & in-house clients
  • Assisted Executive Producer with research for bids, pre-production & wrap
  • Assisted Director with developing & marketing film script
  • Edited & color corrected directorsí reels using 3/4", Beta, DigiBeta and VHS
  • Designed & programmed Filemaker database for maintaining tape library
  • Supervised post-production (edit, transfer, record, mix, layback)

5/97 - 4/00 Product Development & Marketing Coordinator
M.H. Segan & Co., Inc./ The Animated Animations Co. LLC
Consumer products & invention co. (art collectibles & childrenís electronics)

  • Obtained approvals & clearances from licensors including: Warner Bros. Consumer Products & Walt Disney Art Classics
  • Managed freelance composers & artists
  • Negotiated & obtained music licenses for products
  • Helped manage key sales accounts (Warner Bros. Studio Stores & The Disney Stores)
  • Planned events including product launches & trade shows
  • Helped write, edit & distribute marketing & PR materials
  • Supervised PR firm
  • Recruited, interviewed & trained new employees

1/98 ñ 9/99 Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Night & Day Productions LLC
Production co. specializing in childrenís musical theater & theater publishing

  • Wrote, produced, directed & performed musical theater at venues such as: Childrenís Museum of Manhattan, Brooklyn Childrenís Museum, & FringeNYC
  • Published EdgeNY: a magazine for independent theater, a monthly publication w/distribution of 3000-5000 & 35 person volunteer staff
  • Associate Published FringeNYC Propaganda, daily newspaper of the NY International Fringe Festival w/distribution of 5000 & 25 person volunteer staff
 

Education

9/93 - 5/97 Barnard College of Columbia University
BA, Theater (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, GPA 3.8)
11/00 - 12/00  AICP Commercial Production Training Seminar
9/01 - 4/02 NYU (Pre-Calculus, Calculus, GPA 4.0)

Skills

Computer: Mac/PC, Word, Excel, Quicken, Quickbooks, Filemaker, Bidform, Final Draft, Outlook, ACT, Now, Internet, E-mail, Scanning
Other: Type 70 WPM, Dual Citizenship (Italy/US), Conversational German & Italian, Accordion, Piano, Voice, Ballroom dancing, Music Composition, Technical Theater, Public Speaking, Great with kids