Christopher Ikonomou

Los Angeles, CA | Contact

Production Experience

CNBC Changemakers Summit | Production Assistant | April 2025

• Producer: Alessandra Most

• Assisted video production and customized, packed and delivered 200 luxury gift bags

Love Hurts World Premiere | Runner | Feb. 2025

Wicked Los Angeles Premiere | Runner | Nov. 2024

California’s Dreaming LA28 Paralympic Handover | Production Design Mentee | Sept. 2024

• Art Director: Joe Celli

• Assisted art director, assistant art director and set decorator on set of 2-day outdoor shoot with A-list talent

Ether Feature | Art Department Production Assistant | July 2024​

• Organized all props and set decoration for the art department and assisted the production designer and director on set

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​​

• Production Designer: Grace Alie

• Edited cast into prop photos and designed graphics for set decoration using Photoshop, filed receipts

Oh, The Horror Short | Co-Writer/Director, Editor​ | March 2023​

• Wrote script and nonfiction voiceover, illustrated storyboards, sourced clips and led sound design and picture editing

Speak Out Podcast | Producer, Editor, Graphic Designer | Nov. 2022 - Sept. 2023

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

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Professional Experience​​​

NBCUniversal

Executive Assistant (Temp) | Feb. 2025 - Present

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

• Handled scheduling, calendar coordination, coding invoices and travel for the SVP of NBC/Peacock Scripted Publicity

• 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 Page - Special Events & Photography | Oct. 2024 - Feb. 2025

• 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 Page - Post Production & Social | June 2024 - Oct. 2024

• 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 Page | Jan. 2024 - June 2024

• 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

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Billboard

Short-Form Video Editor (Contract) | July 2025 - Aug. 2025

• Edited a variety of short-form video content for TikTok and Instagram Reels (21.8M followers), amassing 6.1M views

Social Media Intern | Sept. 2022 - Dec. 2022

• Won the Social Traffic Growth Award, creating 80+ social posts per week including overnight, weekend and daily recap content

• Covered the LA3C festival, shooting behind-the-scenes and photo pit footage and shadowing celebrity interviews

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SAG-AFTRA

Creative Designer (Freelance) | Oct 2023 - April 2025

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

• 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

Marketing and Communications Intern | Sept. 2023 - Oct. 2023​

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

• Covered local special pickets, archived and wrote alt text for 1000s of photos from nationwide demonstrations and events

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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)​​​

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OutWrite Newsmagazine

Editor-in-Chief | March 2022 - June 2023

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

• Managed 50 staff, edited 30+ articles, designed 100+ social posts and curated a print magazine every quarter​​

Managing Editor | Nov. 2021 - March 2022

Social Media Head | May 2020 - April 2022

Illustrator | Sept. 2019 - June 2023

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Self-Employed

Creative Small Business Owner | Nov. 2019 - Present

• Designed, produced, photographed and advertised 150+ listings, organically generating 7200+ 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

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Education

University of California, Los Angeles | BA in Communication, Minor in Disability Studies

• Won Curtis Shepard LGBTQ Leadership Award and was a featured alumnus in UCLA College’s 100th Anniversary Issue​​

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Skills

Adobe Creative Suite, Graphic Design, Print Layout, Photo/Video Editing, Live Events, Invoicing, AirTable, Microsoft/G-Suite