United States, New York
Amanda Sidney Resume - Content Producer, Copywriter, Web Designer/Production Manager Amanda Sidney, Writing & Content
EDUCATION
Master of Science Degree in Television, Boston University, Boston MA & Los Angeles, CA, 2013-2015
This program imparts the knowledge and skills to tell compelling stories and develop ideas for media production. While a student there, A professor asked me to write a review of a documentary that was published in Cineaste Magazine. While furthering my learning in the program’s Los Angeles Extension Program, I focused on creative development internships at Endgame Entertainment, LD Entertainment and Highland Film Group, where I analyzed manuscripts for consideration regarding potential development into film and television projects.
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Gender Studies and Minor in Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2008-2012
This degree deconstructs the social understanding of gender issues as related to various dimension of life, including race and class, business and politics, artistic movements, law and the media, contextualized within national and global affairs. I was routinely invited by professors to take advanced, PhD level classes in subjects such as legal perspectives, bio-politics and literature, and specialized in conducting research, analyzing documents, interviewing subjects and distilling relevant information to distinguishing fact from opinion.
High School Diploma, The Dalton School, New York, NY, 1995-2008
Founded the annual Dalton student photography magazine, Shutterbug, which is still produced to this day.
EXPERIENCE
Director of Development, You’re Faded Films LLC, Working Remotely, Feb. 2020-Present
This television and film production company works with political figures, cultural icons and civil rights leaders to develop scripted biopics and documentaries. I analyze a massive amount of scripts, manuscripts documents, audio recordings and breaking news articles. In both the scripted and non-scripted material, I constantly research for accuracy, inadvertent omissions, factual technicalities and logistical flaws, working with an array of editors, writers, producers and interviewees. I continuously keep on top of breaking news, nationally as well as globally, for potential projects to develop, engage and inform. I also seek out established writers and editors as well as new emerging talent to develop projects with, and interview often political figures, distilling relevant and entertaining information while always continuously fact-checking all sources. Confidentiality and diplomacy are paramount in working with different personalities and in complex discussions. I am used to working within tight deadlines, late and weekend hours, never sacrificing accuracy and paying attention to detail.
Content Manager/Art Director, Television, Film & Commercial Production, Jan. 2016 - Feb. 2020
I have been hired by networks and companies such as ABC, CBS, Bravo, Food Network, and Mattel, as well as independent producers and marketing agencies, as content curator, production manager and web designer for social media marketing, designing marketing content with Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator and InDesign, as well as managing all stages of the production process from the editorial stage through publication. My work also includes being hired on set production for television, film and commercial projects in the art department. I sourced outside vendors and hired a team, working within a collaborative environment. Please find below a list of my credits:
• Art Director, Feature Film, “Sex and the Future,” Executive Producer Ethan Kaplan, Los Angeles, CA 2018
• Production Designer, Music Video ,“Orphan,” Executive Producer Christina Jun, Los Angeles, CA, 2018
• Art Director, Short Film, “Dunk,” Executive Producer Phillip Crum, Los Angeles, CA 2018
• First Assistant Director, Commercial. Golf Head Hotel. Palm Springs, CA 2017
• Associate Producer, Entertainment Studios. Los Angeles, CA 2016-2017
• Casting Associate & Video Editor, "Cash Cab,” Lion Television & Discovery Channel, New York, NY, 2017
• Casting Associate, TV Series, “Lets Make A Deal!” CBS, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
• Set Dresser, TV Pilot, “Strays,” Executive Producer Paloma Martinez, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
• Key Production Assistant, Commercial, Spin Master, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
• Art Department Assistant. The Big Picture Company & YouTube Studios. Los Angeles, CA. 2017
• Key Production Assistant - Mattel, Stills Commercial Shoot, Los Angeles, 2016
• Set Dresser, TV Series, “Cake Wars: Hayride of Horrors” & “Cupcake Wars,” Food Network, Los Angeles, CA,
2016
• Set Dresser, Webseries, “The Skinny Dip,” Verizon go90, Executive Producers Adrian Grenier & Evan Ferrante, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• Art Department Assistant, Commercial. Meridian Content & Princess Cruises, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
• Key Production Assistant. Commercial. Freestyle Filmworks & Logitech. Los Angeles, CA. 2016
• Production Assistant. Commercial. Pollution Studios & New England Honda Dealers. Los Angeles, CA 2016
• Production Assistant, TV Series, “The Bachelor”, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
• BTS Photographer & Production Assistant, “Millionaire Matchmaker”, Bravo Television, New York, NY, 2010
Creative Development Assistant, Endgame Entertainment, Beverly Hills, CA, December 2015-Jan. 2016
Creative Development Intern, April 2014-December 2015
Following my internship at Endgame Entertainment, I was hired full time as the Creative Development Assistant at this film production and financing company. My job was to analyze a high volume of scripts and manuscripts every day, both fiction and non-fiction. The script coverage I wrote summarized the plot, then analyzed the script from both creative and business perspectives, based on detailed fact checking and conducting market research on the cultural relevance of similar recent projects. I also managed the intern program, in which I hired interns, assigned scripts for them to analyze, and then edited and provided feedback on their writing, looking for accuracy on both the granular, grammatical level as well as larger picture thesis analysis and overall continuity.
Research Assistant, Boston University - College of Communication, Boston, MA, Sept. 2013-April 2014
I assisted the Director of the Media Ventures Program, Professor Cathy Perron, in constructing the course “Media in Evolution”, which is taught to all Graduate Students in the College of Communication. It is a in-depth survey of the history of the development of media, from the invention of the telephone through looking towards the future of modern media development. I wrote exams, homework assignments, and researched new readings, all in order to create a new, more current syllabus for this course. Required an advanced knowledge of research skills and extremely detailed fact checking.
Legal Research Intern, Organization for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM), Worked Remotly, May-Sept. 2011
ORAM is a non-profit law firm that works closely with governments of refugee host countries, the United Nations, international NGOs, and academic institutions. As a legal research intern, I wrote distinct research reports on 15 different countries, which were then compiled into an online interactive map, so that vulnerable refugees all over the world can have access to information on which countries would be the safest to seek asylum, making sure to meticulously fact-check.
Editorial Intern, Annie Leibovitz Photography Studio, New York, NY, June-September 2005 I edited together drafts of the book Annie Leibovitz was in the process of working on at the time, A Photographer’s Life, to
be sent to publishers. I was also personally asked to organize and digitize Annie’s entire photography archive in her warehouse.
PUBLICATIONS
Cineaste Magazine, review of a documentary entitled “The New Black” (Director Yoruba Richen), 2014
Writing & Content
Content Strategy
Copywriting
Editing & Proofreading
Research
Web Content