SHANNON
MANNING
167 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11211
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EXPERIENCE
Little
Commie LLC dba Sparkle
Television New York 2002 - Present
Owner of theatrical and media production company for broadcast and live events.
Artist management. Publisher and editor of art, politics and humor magazine
Pipe Up!,
video production for LeftyTV,
founder and organizer of video collective Leche
Magica, web designer and online publisher of Pathetic
Geek Stories (formerly ran in The
Onion).
BrandNow New York 2003 - Present
Product branding, marketing, and new product development. Lead idea
workshops and create print ads.
Jazz
Workshop, Inc. New York 1996 - Present
Assistant to widow of jazz composer Charles Mingus. Researched and wrote liner
notes, grant proposals, and press releases. Coordinated Mingus Big Band recordings,
tours, and weekly concerts. Managed publishing projects and licensing. Created
and maintained Mingus website
(version used
1997-2005). Video editing.
Magnet
Theater New York 2004 - 2006
Founder
of 60-seat theater and improv training center. Led all startup tasks, including
location search, space buildout, business development and licensing, organization
of school, management of theater, bar, and personnel, and promotion including
website, advertising, and press. Produced, directed, hosted, and performed in
music and comedy shows, fundraisers, and special events.
Litton
Entertainment New York 2003 - 2005
Production coordinator for syndicated television news program Simple
Solutions with Jill Cordes and Kraft Foods commercial spots. Responsible
for locations, crew & talent booking, props, and script development and
coordination.
Hollinger International
Inc. New York 1999 - 2003
Corporate Cash Manager for publicly traded media publisher. Treasury duties
included analysis, budgeting, forecasting, funding for cash needs of parent
and subsidiaries, making investment decisions, managing debt repayment schedule,
and assisting in legal, financial, and administrative tasks for multi-million
dollar asset purchases and debt restructurings. Investor relations functions
included maintaining investor database, issuing press releases, website updates,
and annual report production. Management of personnel, technology, and head
office bookkeeping.
Amasis
Chicago 1995 - 2001
Owner of Web publishing company, one of the first in Chicago. Clients included
Mitsubishi Diamondvision, Orion Home Video, and cultural sites such as ImprovOlympic,
The Charles Mingus Institute, and numerous independent artists and organizations.
Animation
Station, Ltd. Chicago 1987 - 1994
Freelance computer graphics designer and production manager. Wrote
scripts and created storyboards for corporate and broadcast video animation.
Co-produced then-state-of-the-art and award-winning Chicago
Bulls scoreboard animation (version used 1994-1997). Other clients
included Motorola, Allstate, Ameritech, Abbott Labs, Arthur Andersen, Waste
Management, Price Waterhouse Coopers, FDIC, McDonald's, Museum of Science &
Industry, People's Gas, Quaker Oats, Rand McNally, United Airlines, Chicago
Blackhawks, Chicago White Sox, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and
more.
WxStation, Inc.
Chicago 1992 - 1995
Owner of a news and weather graphics design and training firm. Clients included
WBIR-TV Knoxville, Fox News Chicago, KTVI-TV St. Louis, and WLS-TV, Eyewitness
News, Chicago.
CBS News, Chicago
Bureau Chicago 1990 - 1991
Desk assistant intern. Researched, wrote, and coordinated news segments for
network.
WLS-TV, Eyewitness
News Chicago 1988 - 1991
Weather segment producer. Programmed workstations, designed daily weather presentations
and special programs, and trained staff artists and meteorologists.
Telaction, Schaumburg,
IL 1986 - 1988
Computer graphics production for experimental interactive television
shopping service pioneered by JC Penney.
EDUCATION
1986 - 1987 The School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, video & photography
1987 - 1991 The University of Chicago, BA in History, Dean’s List
1995 - 1996 The University of Illinois at Chicago, MA Theater program, graduate
teaching assistant
1994 - 2005 Second City, ImprovOlympic, Upright Citizens Brigade, and Magnet
Theater, improv theater and sketch writing
SKILLS
Macintosh, Windows, and
UNIX systems. Hyperion accounting system
Web design and video editing (HTML, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro)
Software: MS Office (including Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Quark, Photoshop, FileMaker
Pro, Quickbooks
Other: Spanish & French fluency, acting, writing, filmmaking