Josh Russo

About Josh Russo

A highly motivated and experienced professional with an extensive background in entertainment- Proven ability to manage several projects in a high pressure environment- Sets priorities, and achieves immediate and long-term goals in addition to meeting operational deadlines- Works well independently and is a strong team member- Strong personal initiative to analyze and critically think- Excellent problem-solving skills- Exceptional positive attitude- Ability to work with different types of personalities-Recipient of a 2014 NBCUniversal GEM award, which recognizes employees that go above & beyond at work.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Content Operations - Studio Content Services

   Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios

   Sep 2024 — Present · Culver City, CA, US

   Establish and direct alignment of critical path workflows that harmonize operations for Studio Content Services teams’ across Amazon Studios and MGM • Identify tooling enhancements that promote high impact, low lift workflows throughout our media supply chain, that support delivery of production assets into a centralized work order management tool and back-end infrastructure• Oversee the development and testing of Post Production assets being migrated from legacy tooling to newly developed proprietary Digital Asset Management system• Participate in and facilitate conversations with organizational leadership and cross-functional teams, that drive adoption of tooling and harmonization of workflows • Oversee new QC vendor onboarding and setup of delivery pipelines to Amazon MGM Studios• Identify system requirements that leverage Amazon’s infrastructure and integrated tooling for delivery for archive, as well as delivery of editorial files that achieve collaboration with show-side partners in the cloud using Aspera on Cloud and AWS S3

Education

• California State University, Chico

  B.A., Political Science

  2004 — 2008

Skills

• Film Production
• Entertainment
• Creative Direction
• Reality
• Dvd
• Video
• Broadcast
• New Media
• Film
• Video Production
• Post Production
• Digital Media
• Television