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Geazul Cardenas

Los Angeles

Summary

Highly organized and proactive Senior Coordinator with over 9 years of experience in fast-paced creative environments. Skilled in project management, asset organization, and facilitating cross functional collaboration. Proficient in using Airtable, Google Suite, and various digital asset management tools. Strong communicator, adept at managing multiple priorities and ensuring creative deliverables are met on time and within budget.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Coordinator

Walmart E-Commerce
09.2020 - Current
  • Provide full administrative and coordination support to Senior Producers, ensuring smooth project workflows in a fast-paced creative environment
  • Manage project timelines, schedules, and deliverables for photo shoots, ensuring alignment with internal and external stakeholders
  • Maintain organization of creative assets, files, and documentation across platforms, including pre-production, production, and post-production phases
  • Serve as liaison between the creative team and on-set crew to ensure clear communication and alignment on creative concepts
  • Track and monitor project budgets and timelines, proactively flagging potential risks or delays and communicating with the appropriate teams to resolve
  • Facilitate the logistics and coordination of photography shoots, including hiring and managing external talent, sourcing equipment, props, and coordinating catering
  • Oversee the use of internal tools for file-sharing and asset management across multiple teams, ensuring proper organization and easy access to materials
  • Work cross-functionally with internal teams (creative, social, and production) and external vendors, ensuring efficient project execution and smooth communication
  • Support asset management for digital content, including maintaining files, tagging, and organizing photos for easy retrieval and approval processes
  • Assist in managing photo approvals and uploading assets, ensuring that content is shared with stakeholders and that final assets meet the correct specifications
  • Collaborate with the Organic Social Creative team on trend briefs, managing creator partnerships, product shipments, and post-production logistics for social media content
  • Work closely with Procurement and Agency Relations teams to initiate the vendor onboarding process, acting as the liaison for passing Master Agreements back and forth to ensure vendors receive their supplier number
  • Assist in opening Purchase Orders (POs) by providing necessary information to the Finance team, then tracking the status of the POs in Anaplan to monitor available funds and ensuring timely payment
  • Relay PO numbers to vendors for invoicing and assist them with any issues during the invoicing process, offering guidance and troubleshooting to ensure smooth transactions
  • Appointed as the point person for licensing stock assets, including opening quarterly POs for stock vendors, providing PO numbers, and working with the Design team's requests on Workfront
  • Ensure assets are uploaded to AEM, share links with the Creative team, and track the request in Airtable for finance purposes, maintaining accurate records for financial tracking and reporting

Assistant Manager, Photography

The RealReal
06.2015 - 08.2020
  • Managed daily operations for the photography department, overseeing a team of Production Assistants and Photographers, ensuring studio productivity and adherence to timelines
  • Coordinated scheduling, staffing, and resource allocation for multiple shoots, maintaining a high level of efficiency and organization
  • Supported asset management, ensuring clear labeling, organization, and easy access to photography assets across internal and external teams
  • Communicated with various departments to ensure smooth workflow and timely product flow, anticipating potential bottlenecks and proactively resolving issues
  • Led recruitment, training, and performance evaluations for team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture
  • Managed vendor relationships, facilitating onboarding processes, ensuring proper contracts and agreements were in place, and processing payments through internal systems
  • Assisted in the creation and maintenance of production schedules, ensuring milestones and deadlines were met for photography projects
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure creative assets met specifications and aligned with business and branding goals

Education

Bachelor's - Criminal Justice

San Francisco State
San Francisco, CA
05.2016

Skills

  • Airtable
  • Smartsheet
  • Jira
  • Workfront
  • Anaplan
  • Frameio
  • AEM
  • Google Drive
  • Extreme Reach
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Outlook
  • PowerPoint
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Proactive problem solver
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects
  • Team player
  • Adaptable
  • Project management
  • Schedule coordination
  • Workflow coordination
  • Client relations
  • Production scheduling
  • Document management
  • Maintaining records
  • Purchase orders
  • Contract management
  • Budget administration

Additional Courses

Pre-Production and Production for Film and Television course at UCLA  taken in January 2024

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Production Coordinator

Walmart E-Commerce
09.2020 - Current

Assistant Manager, Photography

The RealReal
06.2015 - 08.2020

Bachelor's - Criminal Justice

San Francisco State

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