Deborah Zimmerman Herz

April 2009 – present Web Content/Production Manager & Copy Writer                   Farmington Valley Film Commission, Avon, CT

& PR/Marketing/Communications Head                                                                   Farmington Public School Foundation, Farmington, CT

Manage production of websites, craft copy, create nomenclature, menu structure and logic flow and interfaced with web/graphic designer in site construction and content creation and updating for farmingtonvalleyfilm.org & fpsfoundation.org Worked with PR, communications and marketing firm to perfect messaging and promote the causes of the organizations among local residents and businesses. Head the PR/Marketing & Communication Committee for the Farmington Public School Foundation. Wrote copy for CADC silver award winning opening animation for website (B2B Public Service Interactive award) as well as directed, shot and edited documentary interviews of educators and students in Projects Showcase.

October 2006 – October 2007 Project Manager & Writer                                        Reality Interactive, Middletown, CT

Managed production of website, print and kiosk projects incorporating Flash, HTML, and .Net and database development for Fortune 500 clientèle. Created logic architecture and written documentation. Wrote copy, managed client relationship and artists and developers, oversaw production schedules, and QA. http://www.realityi.com

January 2006 – July 2006 Applications Development Group, Associate                 WestEd, San Francisco, CA

Wrote, produced and designed logic (information) architecture for WestEd’s clients’ Websites. Conceived and created proposals, treatments, wireframes, flow charts, and copy. Gave client presentations and proposed solutions. Led meetings. Coordinated production staff, and implementation of graphic & software elements. Oversaw budgets and production schedules. http://www.wested.org

March 2004 – December 2005 Freelance Creative Web Producer/Writer               Burlingame, CA

For Committee of 100 for Tibet, & For Springboard To Peace, Inc-- Created architecture, logic flow, wire frames, & provided production coordination for client, worked as liaison between client, developer and production/design house Tank Design on Website for The Dalai Lama Portrait Project, http://www.tmpp.org. For Springboard To Peace, Inc --Created logic flow and architecture wrote treatment, nomenclature and copy. Also created and produced Website content. Coordinated production with the film’s director, Webmaster, graphic designer, and developer. http://peace.dalailamafoundation.org/dlf/en/youthFocusedIndex.jsp

September 1996 - June 1997 Executive Producer, nick.com                               Nickelodeon/MTVNetworks, New York, NY

Creative director and producer of nick.com, Nickelodeon Online’s high-end and low-end Web site, launched in June 1997. Responsible for interactive design, concept, production and creation of original Website for 7 to 13 year-old children. Oversaw hiring of subcontractors-- artists, writers, sound designers, animators, programmers-- and all outside resources, management of in-house production staff, and facilitation of all personnel’s functioning as an integrated team. Created and managed production budgets, schedules, design documents, as well as communication and coordination with other Nickelodeon properties and departments.

August 1995 - September 1996 Writer/Producer/Associate Creative Director    Media Circus, New York, NY

Wrote, produced and designed content for interactive multimedia solutions including the Internet, CD-ROM, Sony PlayStation, interactive television, as well as for linear entertainment content. Conceived and wrote proposals, treatments, game design documents, copy, and character dialogue. Public speaking for client presentations and proposals. Led meetings. Coordinated production and implementation of graphic, video, audio, software and control data elements. Oversaw creative-- graphic design, off-line and on-line editorial. Created production schedules, budgets, logic flowcharts, and file/elements lists. Clients included Sony, Scholastic New Media, the Coca-Cola Company, Cablevision and USA Network.

January 1993 - August 1995 Writer/Producer/Games Designer                          Downtown Digital/AT&T 's Interactive Television & Media Studio, New York, NY

Wrote, produced and designed content for interactive Internet applications for children (ages 7 - 13), as well as for adults. Wrote character dialogue, narrative and copy, conceptualized story and program content for children's educational programming (ages 3 - 6) and adult games for broadband interactive television trial, as well as for laser disc/Macromind Director prototypes. Coordinated production of graphic, video, audio, software and control data elements. Created structure for networked multimedia administrative database/production tool. Wrote and coordinated production of linear video demos for industry trade shows. Produced interactive tutorial for AT&T's ITV Authoring Workstation.

1988 - 1994 Writer, Producer and Director of Independent Narrative Film

Completed the production of a 27-minute, black and white, 16mm, narrative film entitled, The Toys of Earl Grey. Also worked in capacities of Associate Producer, Assistant Director, Grip, Electric and Production Coordinator for several New York Producers of Independent Film. Film production credits available upon request.

EDUCATION   BFA Film & Television, 1991, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY. Founders' Day Honors Scholar.

Also attended Brandeis University, Waltham, MA - Major: Theater & History of Western Thought.