Associate Producer at Wieden + Kennedy NY | 2018- Present
Contact: kiara.a.hidalgo@gmail.com
Experience:
Branded Content Class | Ghetto Film School x Wieden + Kennedy Fall of 2018
Production Assistant at Wieden + Kennedy | September 2017 - September 2018
Produce broadcast, social and radio content from start to finish.
Develop project timelines, budgets and deliveries.
Source vendors for projects assigned.
Bid and negotiate with vendors for all aspects of TV production, editorial, post, radio and music production.
Interact with clients when needed on all project-related issues.
Manage post production vendors and timelines.
Manage day to day vendor relationships and communicate client/creative requests, and revisions.
Work closely with the Finance and Business affairs teams to manage vendor contracts and finances.
Organize and manage project assets to make them accessible to the team.
G/L Specialist|Senior Financial Analyst at Wieden + Kennedy | March 2016 - August 2017
Responsible for accuracy of General Ledger. Reconciled Balance sheets and CAPEX reports for Month-end Closing.
Handled inter-company expenses and costs.
Ran quarterly expense account analysis.
Assisted Manager with forecasts of future expenses.
Prepared and filed Sales and Use tax and Commercial Rent Tax returns.
Back-up for bank reconciliation.
Production Biller at Wieden + Kennedy | June 2014 - August 2017
Issued client invoices and cleared publications through DDS.
Confirmed receipt of client payments and approved vendor invoices for disbursement.
Responsible for inputting and updating vendor records as necessary.
Generated client accruals and actuals to provide the Account Services team and clients with budget status.
Reviewed production specific accounts payable and accounts receivable and contacted clients regarding all overdue payments.
Conducted monthly client FTE and Profit and Loss analysis.
Education:
Manhattan College Bachelor of Science (BS), Finance, 2010 – 2014
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spanish, Spring 2012