Susan Michals

Ticket Out Inc. produces CatCon and Cat Art Show - the biggest DTC events in the world celebrating cats and pop culture. We produce digital and IRL content, events, and experiential activations for thousands of consumers each year. HIGHLIGHTS: ► These events are the first of their kind and the largest in the world. To date participants have joined us from 50 states and 24 countries. Our social following is over 850,000 ►50+ brands have forged relationships with Ticket Out Inc., including 3M, BuzzFeed, Mars, Zappos, Temptations, NBCUniversal, and Kendo ► Over 8B press impressions including features in Vanity Fair, NYT, BuzzFeed, USA Today, Reuters, and Glamour ► Our online event, "CatCon From Your Couch" saw thousands of attendees from 45 states and 20 countries in October of 2020. 10 hours of content, 175 exhibitors, and top talent like Norman Reedus, Kesha, and the Merrell Twins participated, covering topics ranging from mental health to advocacy ► Over $400,000+ has been donated to animal charities by Ticket Out and 1,400 cats have been adopted onsite at CatCon

OUTLETS: - The Wall Street Journal - Artnet - The Observer - DuJour - Destination Luxury - The Huffington Post - Vanity Fair Online - Departures - Haute Living ...and many others. Freelance writer covering art, culture, lifestyle, and entertainment. Long standing, established relationships with publicists, agents, writers, gallerists, museums, talent, artists and managers globally.

Founder of the biennial exhibition, Cat Art Show Los Angeles and dubbed "the Cat Lady of the Art World" by The Los Angeles Times. HIGHLIGHTS: ► Five exhibitions to date - 2014/2016/2018/2021/2024 ► 32,000 attendees and over 300 artists ► Artists: Tracey Emin, Shepard Fairey, Barry McGee, Mark Ryden, Haroshi, Gary Baseman, Norman Reedus and numerous others from around the world ► Charities: Stray Cat Alliance, The Ian Somerhalder Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Milo’s Sanctuary, and Kitten Rescue ► Top press coverage in The Los Angeles Times, Mashable, BuzzFeed, Time Magazine and many others

Los Angeles arm of French production company Wichita Films, specializing in documentaries centered around Hollywood. Responsible for pre-production, casting, production management and LA based interviews. Two of these films debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 and 2016 respectively: "This is Orson Welles" and "The Women Who Run Hollywood." Casting highlights: Dustin Hoffman, Darren Star, Callie Khouri, Peter Bogdanovich, Paula Wagner, Jennifer Garner, Lynda Obst, Milos Forman and Benedikt Taschen.

Supervised creative production and editorial of all on-air promotional materials for E! and STYLE for 160 territories in 24 languages worldwide. Oversaw and managed a staff of 14 producers and 8 editors. Created global campaigns for shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Live from the Red Carpet. Worked with on-air talent (Joel McHale, Kardashians, Ryan Seacrest) as well as garnering off-air celebrities (Daniel Bruhl, Christina Aguilera, Hugh Bonneville). Projects are cross platform - on-air, online, print and occasionally radio. Created the short form content concept "Direct from Hollywood" - an opportunity to work with celebrities from all over the world who are visiting stateside and create bespoke content for various territories. Highlights include: Idris Elba for E! UK, Alex Sparrow for E! Russia, Jean DuJardin for E! France, and Christoph Waltz for E! Germany.