Copywriter Joanna Balin, Design, Media & Architecture

JOANNA BALIN COMMUNICATIONS - CONTENT CREATOR – PROJECT MANAGER Crafting compelling narratives, shaping voice, and overseeing project execution to successfully advance a company or client’s mission. EXPERIENCE MAGILLA ENTERTAINMENT Development Manager 12/16 – Present Development Coordinator 12/15 – 12/16 Development Assistant 07/14 – 12/15 • Developed 26 series, 5 specials, and over 30 paid development deals for both linear and digital networks, including hit series for TLC, HGTV, Facebook, and Snapchat. • Oversee multiple projects simultaneously from conception through delivery, ensuring exceptional quality within tight deadlines and strict budgets. • Build, supervise, and develop a team of production associates, producers, and editors. • Strategically collaborate with network executives to internalize unique network brands, understand audience needs, and craft out-of-the-box-series that break through in an oversaturated market. • Produce diverse narrative content, from 2-minute pitches to 15-minute presentations to 22-minute pilots for linear, digital, and social networks. • Proactively work with production management to research and incorporate new technologies for production and distribution. • Write extensive decks, bibles, and series creative, distilling complex ideas into easily digestible narratives. • Produce all aspects of sizzle reels, including budget, research, casting, pre-production, shooting, field producing, scriptwriting, story producing, and network notes. ABC NEWS, NIGHTLINE Senior Production Associate 12/13 – 07/14 Production Associate 01/13 – 12/13 Digital Media PA 10/11 – 01/13 • Pitched, produced, shot, and edited feature stories, employing a unique creative eye to tell emotional and in-depth personal narratives. • Crashed breaking news coverage, using exceptional interpersonal skills to gain access to hard-to-reach worlds and crises including The Boston Bombing and the Moore, OK Tornados. • Wrote articles and produced digital clips for ABCNews.com, receiving hundreds of thousands of views. • AWARD: Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Television, 2014; 10 Emmy Nominations THE COLBERT REPORT Production Assistant 10/12 Intern 07/11 – 08/11 • Applied editorial and comedic judgement to research topical clips, facts, and news coverage for writers. • Coordinated production schedules and day-of logistics for shoots. • Facilitated communications between control room, production staff, and public. SKILLS • Cameras: Cannon (5D, C300), Sony (FS, EX, PMW), Osmo, GoPro, Zoom Audio Recorder • Software: Avid, Final Cut, Adobe (Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), OBS Live-Stream EDUCATION University of Rochester, 2011 Cum Laude Majors: English (Language, Media, and Communications), Psychology Minor: Film and Media Studies NYU School of Professional Studies, 2020: Graphic Design PORTFOLIO: Video - https://vimeo.com/joannabalin Writing - https://joannabalin.contently.com/