ADAM YOUNG ROE

316 East 3^rd Street New York, NY 10009

917.693.1794   amail74@gmail.com

An award-winning freelance producer with experience across several media industries including music, film, video and marketing. Key strengths include managing projects from inception to completion, liaising between internal constituents and clients, and completing initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

EXPERIENCE

Short Film                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Jan 2009 – Present

New York, NY

Producer, “24 Hours” 

·       Involved from storyboards to completion with budget, shoot schedule, editor selection, post-production to bring the film together for independent film festival circuit.

CO-OP                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sept 2009

Production Manager, “The Broadroom” (Freelance)

New York, NY 

·       Managed talent and crew on premiere day of Candace Bushnell webisode with heavy press schedule.

DMB Productions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 July 2009

Long Island, NY           

Production Manager, MET-Rx (NBTY) (Freelance)           

·       Managed all aspects of commercial shoot from locations, props, crew, permits, etc.

Signal 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Nov 2008 – Jan 2009

New York, NY 

New Business / Project Manager (Freelance)

·       Assisted stakeholders in new business plans and project management for web and communications startup selling apps, websites, etc.

The Branching                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Oct – Nov 2008

Charlottesville, VA - Adrenaline Film Project / Virginia Film Festival

Co-Producer / AD, “Hail Mary” (Received Audience Award)                

·       Handled all aspects of production and post for an award-winning 48-hour film project.

Young & Rubicam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      June – Oct 2008

New York, NY

Project Manager / Post Producer           

·       Managed the edits and post production process for new business pitches, bringing multiple projects in on time and on budget both broadcast and non-broadcast.

Eyeball                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        July – Sept 2007

New York, NY                                   

Producer                                               

·       Responsible for managing the creative process and quickly assessing the needs of clients while delivering digital content from in-house creative and design teams.

JWT/JW2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mar – July 2007

New York, NY

Producer

·       Produced animatics and rip-o-matics for clients and pitches at large ad agency. Involved in decisions from inception to completion. Scheduled and booked talent for audio sessions, supervised edits. Bid on and booked editorial and art houses.

Campfire                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Feb 2006 – Mar 2007

Coordinator/Producer

New York, NY

·       Staffer at cutting edge marketing company earning Andy Award for case study of campaign run on Second Life for Pontiac.  Produced well-received conference featuring industry leaders during Advertising Week.

Corbis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                May 2003 – Dec 2005

New York, NY

Researcher           

·       Compiled and edited motion content for clients as requested by sales associates.     

Freelance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2001 – 2004

New York, NY

Coordinator / Production Manager / Field Producer

DMB Productions, U-Direct, Metro, Open City Films, Man Made Music, Scout Productions

·       Production managed and coordinated shorts, commercials, pilots, episodic TV.

·       Established relationships with record labels promoting services of music house supervised music licenses, production and client relationships.

·       Created music and video reels for The Discovery Channel.

·       Production managed Esteban infomercial.

SONY Classical Music Division                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           July 1999 – Jan 2001

New York, NY                                                                       

Producer’s Assistant, A&R (2000 – 2001)

Assistant to SVP Worldwide (1999 – 2000)

Thirteen/WNET Great Performances                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Nov 1996 – July 1999

New York, NY

Production Secretary

EDUCATION

Union College                        BA Philosophy / French (minor)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            June 1996

SKILLS

For Mac & PC:  Final Cut Pro, HTML, FTP, WordPress, Ecto, iDVD, iMovie, MS Office Suite, Lotus 1-2-3, Lotus Notes, WordPerfect, Entourage, Group Organizer, Siebel, Wintep, VLC, Second Life, Now Up To Date, Now Contact, Fast Track. Fluent in French.

One "Film For Sale" Listed:

24 Hours 17 mins. Hi-Def. Drama. eng. $50,000. Completed. P: Adam Roe. D: Robert Freedman III. W: Robert Freedman III. C: Ensemble. 24 Hours at the Golden Apple is a visual tale that follows life as it unfolds around the patrons and workers of a faded highway diner.