Contact information
Name:
Mikael Awake
Email:
awakem@lafayette.edu
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When:
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 4:10pm - 5:10pm
Where:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUsceygrTIvHte9I9OGbLptLIg9LwrEdMDv
Price:
Free
Jenna Bond is a television writer and strategy professional focused on capturing and engaging new audiences through media, especially digital content. She holds fifteen years of experience in communications, optimizing brand reach, building partnerships and identifying white space opportunities. Her goal is to lead organizations that shape the media and entertainment industry.
Most recently, Jenna ran screenwriting fellowships and professional development programs for writers at the Writers Guild of America, East. She developed a partner program with FilmNation to better connect the NYC film industry and spoke at film festivals including Austin Film Festival, Urbanworld Film Festival and Nantucket Film Festival to better navigate screenwriters through the business of entertainment. She also led the Made in NY Writers Room, a paid television writers fellowship program furnished by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.
She is a graduate of Wellesley College and Columbia Business School and has also completed the sketch comedy writing program at Upright Citizens Brigade. She is currently a staff writer on Starz's upcoming half-hour comedy, Run the World.
Sponsored by:
English Department