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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
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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
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
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