Janet Muentes

• Connect with account and creative teams to understand specifics of each production job • Manage team of Freelance Producers and assign production jobs based on specifics • Review production and post bids and negotiate with production vendors and cost consultants • Work closely with producers and production companies and provide accurate estimates • Present estimate to clients during pre-bid stage • Create and review talent and music contracts and production agreements • Implement process and procedure within Middle Mile Productions • Track and manage all production estimates until final bill and close • Create monthly producer burn reports to track against estimated amounts • Manage all open production jobs and work with finance to bill jobs accurately • Negotiate usage rights to third party materials • Work with account team to vet all creative boards from a legal perspective

• Supervise photo and video projects from inception to delivery, including overseeing all aspects of production management • Strengthen client relationships by enhancing their vision through inventive uses of network of vendors and staff, and efficient contracting • Negotiate and execute production and service agreements with crew, talent, locations and third-party vendors • Oversee and manage production calendars, project budgets, shooting schedules and project communications with clients and staff • Prepare and maintain Pre Production Books and Production Guides for each shoot in accordance with client concepts • Recruit and manage department coordinators, assistants, and interns.

• Prepare weekly payroll for above and below the line production staff and crew • Liaise with EIC for ad hoc and variance reporting, audits, and billing obligations • Oversee vendor/agency relations by managing contracts, invoicing, and proper coding • Track labor costs and utilization and provide project forecasting and estimates for production company

• Serve as liaison accounts, production and finance • Coordinate all THIRTEEN and WLIW pledge field and studio shoots, including booking crews, equipment rentals, location scouting, and obtaining permits 
 • Develop and maintain production schedule in accordance to union guidelines 
 • Develop various production budgets ranging from 25K to 1.3M, ensuring that they are prepared within guidelines and in compliance with contract or grant restrictions 
 • Collaborate with Executive Producers to develop budgets and adhere to cost-saving initiatives 
 • Partner with Legal to manage the various contracting functions, including administering, modifying, closing out and terminating contracts 
 • Track all revenues/royalties associated with co-production agreements • Serve as liaison between production team, and finance regarding project • Coordinate all THIRTEEN and WLIW pledge field and studio shoots, including booking crews, equipment rentals, location scouting, and obtaining permits • Develop and maintain production schedule in accordance to union guidelines • Work with legal department to ensure compliancy with all production deliverables. • Create and maintain development and production timelines and calendars • Prepare contracts and releases for talent and on-air guests • Track and reconcile invoices, manage petty cash, complete monthly financial journal entries for year-end close • Manage production elements through ingest, captioning and final delivery

• Cleared music and visual rights for all WLIW national programs • Booked travel for producers • Coded and tracked invoices • Translated documents from English to Spanish and vice-versa

• Coordinated time sensitive production jobs among clients, editors, producers and the duplication rooms • Maintained archive library, on-air library and elements; developed a functional-coding system for production elements • Created and maintained production timelines and schedules for multiple projects and monitored status

Devoted a semester to analyzing the stereotypes present in children/teen programming Studied CARU guidelines and was able to analyze past and present programs according to guidelines Completed 25 page Independent Study: The Good The Bad and The Fictionally Created: Understanding Stereotypes Conducted qualitative interviews for a study on perceptions of education and the media Designed, wrote and administered questionnaires for cause and effect research project on stereotypes in children's programming Completed several critical analysis and independent research projects including topics such as; Blogosphere, Media and the Net, and Digital Divide and Society