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Kerri Berney - From Literary Agent's Assistant to NBC Director of Strategic Research

Kerri Berney - From Literary Agent's Assistant to NBC Director of Strategic Research

FromMentors on the Mic: Your guide to pursuing a career in the Entertainment industry


Kerri Berney - From Literary Agent's Assistant to NBC Director of Strategic Research

FromMentors on the Mic: Your guide to pursuing a career in the Entertainment industry

ratings:
Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Kerri Berney is currently the Director of Multi-platform and Strategic Research at NBCUniversal Media. Kerri is a badass career woman who has worked in several areas of the Television industry including production, public relations, development, and at a literary agency. She shares with us her journey from an intern for Stan Brooks (Episode 1), to a Literary Assistant at Dytman & Associates, to Scholastic Entertainment, to Sony Pictures Television, to Oxygen Media Network, to VH1/VH1 Classic/CMT, to her current home at NBC.
In this episode, we talk about:
• The responsibilities of a Director of Multi-platform and Strategic Research at NBC
• How she landed her first internship at Once Upon a Time Films for Stan Brooks
• Shutting down her life in LA to drive cross country alone for a job at Scholastic Entertainment
• Working Comic Con - How she took the initiative to read and pitch comic books
• Making the decision to go back to school to get her Masters in TV-Radio-Film at Syracuse
• Starting her first real job in Research at Oxygen Media Network
• Attending the Glee Concert with the Network Executives
• Having to try out for her position when the company was taken over
• Thoughts on the future of Television 
Resources:
Kerri's instagram: @newyorkerinewyork @klberney
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerri-berney-718137/
Recommendation: If you like this episode, check out Episode 1.10 with Hollywood Producer and Manager Ron West.
Host:
Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller
Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM
Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle
Released:
Aug 10, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

What do you look for in a Mentor? Every Monday, NYC Native actress Michelle Miller talks to some of the most interesting Mentors in Entertainment, including Directors, Producers, Network executives, Actors, and more. Her guests share how they started, how they moved up and any advice they have for us today. Every path is different. A career in Entertainment is anything but linear. Let’s learn and be inspired together listening to Mentors on the Mic.