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.
Executive Producer for: LOGAN, STARDUST
Head of Production for: BRAND NEW SCHOOL
Producer for: IMAGINARY FORCES, FUEL, RAZORFISH
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