SHANNON
MANNING
Brooklyn, New York 11211
EXPERIENCE
Sparkle
Television New York 2002 - Present
Owner of theatrical and media production company for broadcast and live events.
Recent video production clients include LifetimeTV.com
and FUSE TV, and web and stage
show with co-creator of The Daily Show. Publisher and editor of
art, politics and humor magazine Pipe
Up!, founder and organizer of video collectives. Web designer and online
publisher of Pathetic Geek
Stories (formerly ran in The Onion).
Obama
for America New York Sept 2008 - Nov 2008
New Media Deputy and Voter File Deputy. Maintained web presence for
Get Out the Vote campaign and related events and was integral part of the team
that organized and distributed voter file data to volunteer sites. Blogged for
New York State page, including slideshows, research, and writing. Produced volunteer
recruitment video.
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.
Video production and editing.
Freelance
Brand Now and Viverito
& Associates New York 2003 - Present
Product naming, marketing, and new product development. Lead idea workshops
and create print ads to communicate brand concepts.
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. 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 multinational media company. Treasury duties included
analysis, budgeting, forecasting and funding for parent and subsidiaries, cash
management, and debt repayments. Assisted in legal, financial, and administrative
responsibilities for multi-million dollar asset purchases and debt restructurings.
Investor relations functions included maintaining investor database, issuing
press releases and creating quarterly reports, website updates, and Annual Report
production. Management of personnel, technology, and 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
others.
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, WLS-TV, Eyewitness News,
Chicago, and others.
CBS News, Chicago
Bureau Chicago 1990 - 1991
Desk assistant intern. Researched, wrote, and coordinated news segments for
Chicago bureau of network news.
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 cable 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
SKILLS
Macintosh, Windows, and
UNIX systems. Hyperion accounting system
Web design and video editing (HTML, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere)
Other Software: MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Quark, Photoshop, FileMaker
Pro, Quickbooks
Other: improv acting teacher to kids and adults, critical and comedy writer,
filmmaker, performer