JARED PARSONS
Jared Parsons is a film, TV, and commercial producer born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan who remains dutifully bound to all University of Michigan and Detroit sports teams. Since graduating from NYU and the AFI, he has produced feature films, Hulu original series, and hundreds of TVC and branded content pieces for clients such as T-Mobile, Starbucks, Bud Light, and Microsoft, among many others.
He is a dedicated, straight-shooter – resourceful and agile enough to work with a variety of budget levels – who always maximizes production value to serve creative. He loves the sense of adventure producing brings and takes joy in seeking out and assembling the perfect team of collaborators around a project. His great joys in life are traveling, food, and music, along with his dog, Luna, and his cat, Stevie Nicks.
RESUME
AGENCY EXEC. PRODUCER / LINE PRODUCER – BROADCAST / VIDEO
Young & Laramore – Agency Exec. Producer – Freelance (10/24 – 2/25; 10/25 – 4/26)
Agency EP on regional Super Bowl TV spots for Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. Vetted directors / production companies, managed campaign budget, oversaw full delivery for broadcast, radio, social video.
ObsidianWorks – Agency Senior Producer – Freelance (4/24 – 9/24; 4/25 – 9/25)
Managed integrated Target account handling digital video, print / OOH, web banners, and radio. In charge of scheduling, budgeting, and managing overall creative pipeline to stay within scope.
Panay Films – Agency Senior Producer (7/21 – 7/22)
Ran point on over two dozen TV commercials for T-Mobile including Super Bowl spots starring Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus and others starring Zach Braff and Donald Faison. Worked directly with client as main point of contact.
Crypt TV – VP of Digital Content Production (7/19 – 1/21)
Head of production team for YouTube channel with 3M+ subscribers. Produced numerous short films and Facebook Watch series as well as branded content pieces.
Space.camp / Ayzenberg – Director of Integrated Production (7/18 – 7/19)
Oversaw integrated team of producers across social, digital and video as well as agency’s creative staffing. Executive produced AAA tentpole video game trailers as well as social influencer marketing content.
Contend – Director of Production (Prod Co.) (2014 – 2018)
Lead physical producer on over 100 projects delivered to broadcast, social, 360/VR, and live-stream. Budgets ranging from $20K to $2M. Clients included Bud Light, Microsoft, Starbucks, Walmart, StubHub, Oracle, Pizza Hut.
Sample of Add’l Freelance Projects as Supervising Line Producer (Prod Co.)
– ENERGIZER – Prod Co: Hobby Film – Agency: Camp + King
– SPEEDWAY GAS STATIONS – Prod Co: Decipher – Agency: Young & Laramore
– PURINA – Prod Co / Agency: Bruton-Stroube
– TIK TOK – Prod Co / Agency: Eastward Films
– PFIZER – Prod Co / Agency: Bruton-Stroube
– ACURA – Agency: Mullen Lowe
– UNDENIABLY DAIRY – Prod Co: Hobby Film – Agency: Mischief USA
– GESA CREDIT UNION – Prod Co: Hobby Film – Agency: Copacino Fujikado
– GREY WHALE GIN – Prod Co: Good Form
Education
NYU – BFA // AFI – MFA