Marianela Gomez
Director, Production Planning Unscripted & Specials @NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
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Director, Production Planning Unscripted & Specials @NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
Miami, FL, US
Oversee non-scripted projects in development, production, and post-production for original and third-party productions.• Work with EICs and showrunners creating budgets, production plans, and schedules for original content.• Analyze third parties’ production budgets and provide analysis for cost efficiencies• Provide feedback on potential risks and/or options that can impact staying on budget and schedule.• Handle budget negotiations with project vendors.• Oversee business and legal compliance with onboarding production crew and companies, assisting with payroll, and ensuring licensing and clearances for productions.• Manage third-party contracts and in coordination with legal to ensure compliance with vendors\' SOWs.• Work with legal, finance, compliance, standard & practice, rights & clearance, resolving potential liabilities to meet compliance standards.• Liaise closely with the network on risk management and all practical aspects of production.• Work with legal and the diligence team vetting talent and participants before starting production.• Coordinate with legal, HR, and the compliance team the training process for staff and crew before starting production.• Set up productions and prepare return-to-work and Covid Safety plans to review.• Work closely with EP’s, line producers, and production managers to staff the productions, negotiate and set all production and post staff rates• Run day-to-day escalations and troubleshooting of production challenges, liaison between functional teams and external partners.• Monitor contract compliance on budget and cost reporting.• Ensure productions run smoothly, remain safe, meet deadlines, and stay within budget.• Supervise the review and delivery of program materials for contract compliance.
ABOUT MARIANELA GOMEZ
Physical production executive with over 20+ years of operations and production management experience in the entertainment industry in the US and LATAM. Leading production across multiple genres (scripted, non-scripted, documentaries, specials, films, and commercials), delivering projects on time, on budget, and in compliance. Proven ability to react quickly to changing environments to identify and negotiate business opportunities, develop and implement cost containment programs and manage multi-million dollar budgets. Strong leadership skills in coaching and providing clear direction to support the team. Specialties: • Oversee non-scripted projects in development, production, and postproduction for original and third-party productions. • Work with EICs and showrunners, creating budgets, production plans, and schedules for original content. • Analyze third parties production budgets and provide analysis for cost efficiencies • Provide feedback on potential risks and/or options that can impact staying on budget and schedule. • Handle budget negotiations with project vendors. • Oversee business and legal compliance with on-boarding production crew and companies, assisting with payroll, and ensuring licensing and clearances for productions. • Manage third-party contracts and in coordination with Legal to ensure compliance with vendors\' SOWs. • Work with Legal, Finance, Compliance, Standard & Practice, Rights & Clearance, resolving potential liabilities to meet compliance standards. • Liaise closely with the network on risk management and all practical aspects of production. • Work with Legal and the Diligence team vetting talent and participants before starting production. • Coordinate with Legal, HR, and the Compliance team the training process for staff and crew before starting production. • Set up productions and prepare return-to-work and Covid Safety plans for review. • Run day-to-day escalations and troubleshooting of production challenges, liaison between functional teams and external partners. • Monitor contract compliance on budget and cost reporting. • Ensure productions run smoothly, remain safe, meet deadlines and stay within budget. • Supervise the review and delivery of program materials for contract compliance.
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