User:Joyganguly/sandbox

Co-Founder and Executive Director for a media/production house specializing in corporate AVs, events, short films, Adfilms, documentaries and feature film productions.

Key roles: •	 Supervised production of AVs and interactive CD-Roms for Tata Steel, IBP, Exide,WB Govt. etc. •	 Produced 3 short films for the ‘Art of Living’ Foundation on various social subjects •	 Developed business plan for ‘Aawaaz’, a non-profit organization, and assisted in fund raising events •	 Produced several short, films/documentaries for various NGOs and corporates •	Working closely with the WB Govt State Aids Control Society in rural as well as urban Bengal through   rich audio-video media. •	Projected Market Capital for company by year-end 2010-11 expected to be Rs. 250 million. •	Producer of Feature Film “The Bong Connection” directed by Anjan Dutt, nationally released successfully in July 2007. •	Co-Producer of Hindi film “Via Darjeeling”, project completed and released successfully in July 2008. •	Co-Producer of Hindi film “BBD”, project in its final phase of distribution. •	Co-Producer of 3 Bengali feature films “Brakefail” ( released in July 2009), “Shukno Lonka” (In conjunction with Mahindra & Mahindra Group) and “033” ( In conjunction with NDTV Imagine Film Co.), both projects released successfully in 2010. •	Has successfully penetrated the Indian Television market with clutter breaking content through reality shows and daily serials. •	Developing the largest Film and Television infrastructure for eastern Indian market; building studio space for over 200,000 sq ft of indoor shooting with an investment of over Rs .400 million.

Key Responsibilities: •	Schedule, organize and manage the projects from initial creative development through final delivery. •	Send out project reports to numerous financiers, distributors, other producers, studios, etc., follow up with everyone, and deal with each of their financial status or marketing concerns about the project, in order to raise required funds. •	Manage all project communications (partners/investors, associates and internal) while leading production teams. •	Manage detailed budgets, supervise the budgeting process, approve major expenses and make weekly progress reports to investors, partners, financiers and directors. •	Report to Directors/Partners. •	Manage and supervise marketing strategy, which includes brand promotion, advertising, identifying target group and various distribution channels. •	Recruit and hire the talent who will work on the project. •	Perform crisis management.