CASEY STEELE

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/HEAD OF PRODUCTION/DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION/SENIOR POST PRODUCER and CREATIVE RESOURCE MANAGER  

NEW YORK : LOS ANGELES : SEATTLE

CELL:  (917) 328-0883  / (310) 896-5801

EMAIL: himanhattanborn@gmail.com

LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/caseysteele 

Primary Skillset:

Project development, pitching, landing and negotiating projects, SOW and LOE development, project management, staffing, talent acquisition and tracking, contract negotiations, studio budgeting, bid generation, project scheduling, live action experience.

Work Experience: 

VMLY&R - Vault             

11/16/21 – 11/01/22

DIRECTOR OF INTERACTIVE NORTH AMERICA

As Director of Interactive North America for VMLY&R’s internal interactive department, Vault, I was responsible for job intake, scope and allocation. I managed producers in Miami, New York, Kansas City and Seattle and worked with 60 mograph artist, 10 editors, a colorist and an audio engineer. I also implemented policies and procedures for this department. Out department worked closely with in-house agency producers and creative directors. One of the annual tasks of the department was awards submissions and presentation sizzles.

 We worked on content for: Wendy’s, Coca Cola, United Rentals and Dell.

Vossler Media www/vossler.co:                

5/01/19 – Current

DIRECTOR OF POST PRODUCTION

As Director of Post Production for Vossler Media I was responsible for the post production team of editors, designers, animators, colorists and audio finishing. My role also required that I manage our staff from hiring to OT and PTO tracking. I also launched our apprenticeship program working closely with SCAD, Art Center and OTIS to develop relationships with Heads of Departments, Professors and students to add to our design and animation teams.

We have worked on commercials for Philips, Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft, T-Mobile and Metro PCS.

World Famous/Unheard/Of:      

09/15/15 – 03/25/19

HEAD OF PRODUCTION

As Head of Production for World Famous I was responsible for everything from initial project scope to final delivery and everything that it took to maintain and support the company and the special needs of each project. To that end I worked with writers, directors, designers, animators, editors, colorists and audio houses on a daily basis. My role also required that I manage our staff from hiring to OT and PTO tracking. World Famous and Unheard/Of were a bit unique in that one day I would be working on a national commercial campaign with VML for Wendy’s and the next a 5 minute animated short for Make-A-Wish. The challenges were always exciting but had a common thread of solid story telling.

We worked on commercials for Air Force, Wendy’s, Synchrony Bank, Link Hotel and content for Visit Seattle, Possible, DNA, Amazon and Microsoft.

 MANHATTAN BORN:

4.17.10 – 1.10.15  OWNER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

I founded Manhattan Born in the Winter of 2009. In the day today of running the company I acted as the Executive Producer and Co-Creative Director. In my role I was responsible for all sales, marketing, budgeting, scheduling, talent bookings, contracts and invoicing as well as the day to day needs of the company such as payroll, billings, budget tracking and over seeing project- both live action and animation. In this capacity I worked directly with writers, directors, art directors, designers and animators to deliver top tier work for our clients.

We worked on packages for VH1, Lifetime, MTV, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, Bravo and Comedy Central. We also produced a music video for Penguin Prison and environmental projects for both MAC Cosmetics and Sephora that played in Times Square. Some of our more unique projects were working on the graphic user interface for use on Android phones as well as an Alphabet learning App that we distributed through Apple’s App store.

MANTRA DESIGN: www.mantradesign.tv

Dates: 05.09- 4.10

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

 Managed internal design and animation team for all pitches and jobs. Signed and managed representation for East Coast and West Coast. Created all budgets and schedules related to in-house jobs. Interfaced with PR company to strategically align Mantra. Worked with our Shanghai office to manage project  work flow.  Worked on multiple  package and commercials as  well as  creating scenes for  Miley Cyrus’ WONDERWORLD  TOUR. Arranged shoots for overseas projects as well, such as Grey’s Chevron project for the Shanghai Expo, we used a local Chinese actress so we shot in Shanghai.

HUSH STUDIOS: www.heyhush.com Dates: 10.08-4.09

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Managed internal design and animation team for all pitches and jobs. Signed and managed representation for West Coast, Mid-West and East Coast. Created all budgets and schedules related to in-house jobs. Negotiated all contracts with clients and arranged for favorable billing payments.

 Notable projects were with Sony Ericsson, Jack Morton, Nike and Sci-Fi Channel.

FAVORITE COLOR: www.favoritecolor.tv Dates: 4.07-7.08

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

 Tasked to build a company in New York from the ground up. Was responsible for the initial creation of the company space, identity and core staff. Post-Launch I was responsible for managing the staff, marketing the company, positioning sales for commercial and broadcast, producing jobs and tracking finances. Since launch the client roster has included CBS, ESPN, CMT, MTV, Animal Planet, Sundance Channel, Comedy Central, Reuters, Nickelodeon and Versus.

G4 TV: www.g4tv.com Dates: 12.02-12.05

DIRECTOR OF DESIGN

Managed internal design and animation team supporting 12 in-house shows. Managed, under direction of VP of Marketing, On-Air look for Network. Managed all internal

graphics needs for On-Air Marketing team, as well as Ad Sales. Managed all outsourced projects. Managed all network redesigns, completed the last redesign prior to the current on-air look with

Buck/LA. Worked with Sheppard Fairey to redesign the network logo. Responsible for implementing a network wide digital asset management software that allowed for metadata searches for all graphic assets. Worked with the internal project management team to schedule all shoots for both graphic teams and promo teams.

Other roles:

Executive Producer for: LOGAN, STARDUST

Head of Production for: BRAND NEW SCHOOL

Producer for: IMAGINARY FORCES, FUEL, RAZORFISH 

Awards

EMMY for 1998 X-Games – Winter and Summer packages

BOA Awards - Silver, Travel Channel

BOA Nominations - Sci-Fi Field Guide, G4 Network Redesign and Image Spots Art Director's Club - Merit - Slamdance

Catapult - Razorfish award for exceptional management

Casey Steele

Projects of note:                                                            

Titles:

Mimic

Men With Guns

Gattaca

Sphere 
Commercial - Live Action

Burger King - Theater - Flaming Whopper Bombay Sapphire - The Green Shore Cheetos - The Factory

Wendy’s Reinvention Campaign

UPS - Lowe Lintas Burger King - Amoeba

Citibank - Fallon

American Express - Ogilvy & Mather

Feature Logo                                                

Screen  Gems                                                                               

Trailers

 Desperate Measures 8mm

Enemy of the State Armageddon Slamdance

Network (Launch and Rebrands) ESPN - X- Games (EMMY)

Travel Channel TMC

FX BET

VH1 - Classic Bluetorch

Flix - Showtime

G4 - Network Launch and 3 redesigns G4 - Image Campaign

SHOW PACKAGES / BRANDING

MTV - Totally Clueless MlV - Spring Break 2014

Moonshiners - Season 2 and 3

BET - Soul Train Awards 2011/2012Print

BNY Mellon

Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards SMT Branding

Gulf Pacific Press Branding

VISUAL EFFECTS

Chris Rock – Kill The Messenger

Mars Attacks – Model Production Manager

Eraser – Visual Effect Production Coordinator