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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

  • Winner of the CBS Leadership Pipeline Challenge

  • 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

  • Managed heavy calendars, travel and incoming pitches for the Head of Universal Unscripted TV Programming & Development

  • Answered and routed calls, kept detailed phone logs and managed calendars for two executives in Universal TV Casting

  • Managed calendars and office tasks for four senior executives in Global Distribution Sales, Strategy & Development

Universal Pictures Global Publicity - Special Events & Photography

  • Selected 1000s of stills, unit photos and special shoots from upcoming films and captioned images using Adobe Bridge

  • Compiled and designed venue decks, talent/filmmaker ID sheets, guest lists, security credentials, schedules and maps

  • Tracked RSVPs, awards show dates, red carpet attendance, ticket requests and P-Card charges for 10+ events using Excel

  • Supported premieres, Q&As, receptions and awards shows, including check-in, ticketing and noting audience response

E! News Digital Video - Post Production & Social

  • Pulled and organized 50+ assets, formatted scripts and timecoded raw footage for each episode 4 times per week

  • Uploaded and subtitled episodes, transcribed interviews and monitored and cataloged each episode’s budget

  • 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

  • Covered department inbox, filing 500+ production emails, ratings and schedules for 30+ network/cable shows per week

  • Screened acquired films for cable, giving notes on language, violence, sexual content and harmful stereotypes

  • Redesigned the department’s official branding, including their logos, decks, merchandise and website homepage

  • 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

  • Pitched and wrote 2 articles per week, including spearheading front page coverage of The Last Of Us for 10 weeks 

  • Pitched, designed, edited and wrote copy for 2 social posts per week on TikTok and Instagram (120k+ followers)

  • 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

  • Created 80+ social posts per week across 4 platforms, including overnight, weekend and daily recap content

  • Won the Social Traffic Growth Award in October 2022, recognized across the Penske Media Corporation portfolio

  • 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

  • Named UCLA Student Media’s Most Productive Magazine and LGBTQ+ Organization of the Year

  • Developed, wrote, co-hosted, filmed, edited and designed thumbnails and social posts for 44 podcast episodes

  • 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

  • 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

  • Designed 100s of social posts, website graphics, magazine spreads, digital PDFs, postcards, campaign key art and merch

  • Audited all social channels, compiled inaugural Social Media Accessibility Report and implemented accessibility protocols

  • Designed and resized key art for the 2024 and 2025 Labor Innovation & Technology Summits using InDesign and Illustrator

  • 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

  • Designed, produced, photographed and advertised 150+ listings, organically generating 7100 sales and 2200 5-star reviews

  • Partnered with CASETiFY on official Pride Month and featured artist collections, selling 1100+ units internationally

  • 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

Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, Graphic Design, Copywriting, Microsoft & Google Suite, Live Events, Expenses, AirTable

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