Ilona Siller

Negotiate all aspects of photo shoots and production including:

• Budgeting and negotiating photographers, talent, and crew for print and online
• Supervise location scouting, studio booking, and all photo shoot vendors
• Work closely with Account teams on timeline management and client approvals
• Generating all estimates, budgets and purchase orders
• Featured clients: Belvedere, The Art of Shaving, Guinness, CLIO Awards, Pedigree, Orbitz, Bud Light, Grey Goose, AT&T, Dubai Tourism, Bombay, Starbucks, Johnson and Johnson, Bacardi.

Negotiate all aspects of photo shoots and production including:

• Budgeting and negotiating photographers, talent, and crew for print and online
• Coordinate with 5 separate senior in-house Creative and Account teams
• Supervise location scouting, studio booking, and all photo shoot vendors
• Work closely with Account teams on timeline management and client approvals
• Researching, licensing, and purchasing extensive list of stock imagery
• Generating all estimates, budgets and purchase orders
• Featured clients: Nivea, Gerber, Microsoft, Livalo, Oreo, Avon, Busch Gardens, Sea World, Eucerin

Produced and directed full feature documentary film

• Created the concept and storyboards
• Scouted locations and obtained all necessary permits
• Researched, hired, negotiated and handled all talent
• Hired and supervised all pre and post production crew
• Developed marketing campaign, including 52 festival submissions and reviews published by the New York Times, New York Post, and Time Out New York
• Negotiated theatrical release and DVD distribution

Managed the production office including:

• Maintained production shoot schedule and calendar updates
• Created international and domestic travel itineraries for crew and talent
• Generated all estimates, purchase orders, and maintained all administrative functions including faxing, filing copying, etc.

Assisted 8 casting directors including:

• Assisted in hiring featured talent, models, stand-ins, and extras
• Provided and maintained all necessary SAG and AFTRA clearances