Resume
Christopher Ikonomou
Los Angeles, CA | Contact
Production Experience
CNBC Changemakers Summit | Production Assistant | April 2025
Love Hurts World Premiere | Runner | Feb. 2025
Wicked Los Angeles Premiere | Runner | Nov. 2024
California’s Dreaming LA28 Paralympic Handover | Production Design Mentee | Sept. 2025
Ether Feature | Art Department Production Assistant | July 2024
E! The Rundown | Post-Production Assistant | June 2024 - Oct. 2024
Mi Ofrenda Short | Production Designer | Dec. 2023 - April 2024
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Winner of the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge
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Official selection for Mexican American Film & Television Festival and International Queer Women of Color Film Festival
The Oracle Short | Art Department Production Assistant | Sept. 2023​​
Oh, The Horror Short | Co-Writer/Director, Editor​ | March 2023
Professional Experience
NBCUniversal | West Coast Page | Jan. 2024 - June 2025
Temp Executive Assistant
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Managed heavy calendars, travel and incoming pitches for the Head of Universal Unscripted TV Programming & Development
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Answered and routed calls, kept detailed phone logs and managed calendars for two executives in Universal TV Casting
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Managed calendars and office tasks for four senior executives in Global Distribution Sales, Strategy & Development
Universal Pictures Global Publicity - Special Events & Photography
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Selected 1000s of stills, unit photos and special shoots from upcoming films and captioned images using Adobe Bridge
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Compiled and designed venue decks, talent/filmmaker ID sheets, guest lists, security credentials, schedules and maps
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Tracked RSVPs, awards show dates, red carpet attendance, ticket requests and P-Card charges for 10+ events using Excel
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Supported premieres, Q&As, receptions and awards shows, including check-in, ticketing and noting audience response
E! News Digital Video - Post Production & Social
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Pulled and organized 50+ assets, formatted scripts and timecoded raw footage for each episode 4 times per week
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Uploaded and subtitled episodes, transcribed interviews and monitored and cataloged each episode’s budget
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Wrote copy for 20+ social videos daily and shot celebrity B-roll footage for social coverage of film premiere red carpets
NBC Entertainment Program Standards
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Covered department inbox, filing 500+ production emails, ratings and schedules for 30+ network/cable shows per week
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Screened acquired films for cable, giving notes on language, violence, sexual content and harmful stereotypes
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Redesigned the department’s official branding, including their logos, decks, merchandise and website homepage
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Shadowed executives on set and during post-show notes, analyzing Lopez vs Lopez and Night Court for network concerns
AfterBuzz TV | Editorial and Production Intern | Jan. 2023 - April 2023
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Pitched and wrote 2 articles per week, including spearheading front page coverage of The Last Of Us for 10 weeks
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Pitched, designed, edited and wrote copy for 2 social posts per week on TikTok and Instagram (120k+ followers)
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Featured twice in the site’s top 10 most read articles (D&D Movie Lingo, Ranking boygenius’ the record)
Billboard | Social Media Intern | Sept. 2022 - Dec. 2022
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Created 80+ social posts per week across 4 platforms, including overnight, weekend and daily recap content
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Won the Social Traffic Growth Award in October 2022, recognized across the Penske Media Corporation portfolio
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Covered the LA3C festival, shooting behind-the-scenes and photo pit footage and shadowing celebrity interviews​​
OutWrite Newsmagazine | Editor-in-Chief | March 2022 - June 2023
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Named UCLA Student Media’s Most Productive Magazine and LGBTQ+ Organization of the Year
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Developed, wrote, co-hosted, filmed, edited and designed thumbnails and social posts for 44 podcast episodes
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Managed 50 staff, edited 30+ articles, designed 100+ social posts and curated a print magazine every quarter
Freelance Experience
Billboard | Short-Form Video Editor | July 2025 - Aug. 2025
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Edited a variety of short-form video content featuring music artists for Billboard’s flagship TikTok account (4.3M followers)
SAG-AFTRA | Creative Designer | Sept. 2023 - Present
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Designed 100s of social posts, website graphics, magazine spreads, digital PDFs, postcards, campaign key art and merch
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Audited all social channels, compiled inaugural Social Media Accessibility Report and implemented accessibility protocols
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Designed and resized key art for the 2024 and 2025 Labor Innovation & Technology Summits using InDesign and Illustrator
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Created static and motion graphics and book spreads for the 2023 National Convention using Illustrator, Premiere, InDesign
Self-Employed | Creative Small Business Owner | Nov. 2019 - Present
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Designed, produced, photographed and advertised 150+ listings, organically generating 7100 sales and 2200 5-star reviews
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Partnered with CASETiFY on official Pride Month and featured artist collections, selling 1100+ units internationally
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Self-produced 150+ short-form videos, amassing 14M views and 1.3M likes on TikTok and Instagram Reels
Education
University of California, Los Angeles | BA in Communication, Minor in Disability Studies
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Won Curtis Shepard LGBTQ Leadership Award and was a featured alumnus in UCLA College’s 100th Anniversary Issue​​
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite, Graphic Design, Copywriting, Microsoft & Google Suite, Live Events, Expenses, AirTable