Kelsey Conklin

Creative Producer, Film Lead - Google Brand Studio, EMEA Sep 2018 - Present

• Creative Producer and Film Lead of Google’s EMEA Brand Studio, responsible for brand films and creative campaigns spanning Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

• Owner of EMEA’s Brand Helpful Stories Campaign - a series of documentaries, animated shorts, UGC-based videos, photography, and editorial features that highlight the amazing things humans in the region are doing with a little help from Google. Launched across Google’s global social handles (60M+ followers) and live on https://about.google/stories/.

Latest launch here: https://about.google/stories/supporting-local-bookstores/

• Staffs and manages partnerships with production companies, creative agencies and freelancers that strengthen brand storytelling efforts with authentic and relevant creative content•Creative Producer and Film Lead of Google’s EMEA Brand Studio, responsible for brand films and creative campaigns spanning Europe, the Middle East and North Africa •Owner of EMEA’s Brand Helpful Stories Campaign - a series of documentaries, animated shorts, UGC-based videos, photography, and editorial features that highlight the amazing things humans in the region are doing with a little help from Google. Launched across Google’s global social handles (60M+ followers) and live on https://about.google/stories/.
Latest launch here: https://about.google/stories/supporting-local-bookstores/

Producer, Global Brand Studio May 2014 - Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 5 mos
San Francisco Bay Area
•Producer of Google’s “Search On” series campaign profiling veteran Matt Landis (13.5M+YT views), responsible for producing a 7 minute documentary and promotional creative assets

•Lead Producer of “Search On: Social Stories” - a series of live action and animated films documenting inspiring user stories with an average of 420,000 impressions* and consistently exceeds Google’s average monthly % of viewers reached (*as of 2018)

•Cannes Lion Winner for Google’s #prideforeveryone campaign - a 360° short film spanning five countries to provide virtual access to global Pride parades. Produced an additional documentary based in Bogotá, Colombia, to supplement the campaign’s efforts of increasing awareness of international challenges the LGBTQIA+ community faces

•Produced 38 short films in 5 weeks spanning 8 states as part of Google’s 2017 Pride #ShowUp Campaign

•Produced 8-day photoshoot for launch of Grow with Google: Google’s five-year commitment to award $1 billion in grants and enable 1 million employee volunteer hours

•Organized and opened a gallery featuring the art of “The Agoraphobic Traveller” - a woman with agoraphobia who uses Google Street View to explore the world and is the subject of one of the “Search On Series'' documentaries. As part of the event, produced 9 360° videos of her work for visitors

•Asst. Produced Google’s 2016 April Fool’s video featuring “Google Cardboard Plastic” (4.4M+ YT views)

•While acting Creative Operations Manager for a 60+ person team, partnered directly with the Executive Creative Director to establish and implement a Creative Review process for the marketing org and worked with a local architecture firm to oversee the design and execution of Google’s SF Marketing space

•Trained over 200 members of Google’s Global Business Org as a Facilitator and established an onboarding system for a 150 person team within Marketing

Entertainment Coordinator - Current Programming Oct 2012 - May 2014
•Selected from over 1,000 applicants to serve as one of four entertainment coordinators in the current programming department that oversees more than twenty scripted primetime shows per season
•Worked directly with both the Senior Vice President and the Manager of Current Programming to manage the process from pilot to air of shows including The Office, Parks and Recreation, Smash, The New Normal, Whitney, Deception, Ironside, Undateable, Camp, Grimm, Parenthood, Night Shift and The Michael J. Fox Show
•Organized production-related meetings and table reads for senior executives including both the Chairman and President of NBC Universal and involving show cast members, Executive Producers, and partnering studio execs
•Oversaw the workflow for two network executives, tasked with all administrative duties while providing creative feedback on more than five shows and serving as the initial point of communication for all executive producers, studios, agencies, managers, and other network executives
•Supervisor to two NBC pages during their assignment in Current Programming, commissioned with training and mentoring them throughout their time in the department•Selected from over 1,000 applicants to serve as one of four entertainment coordinators in the current programming department that oversees more than twenty scripted primetime shows per season •Worked directly with both the Senior Vice President and the Manager of Current Programming to manage the process from pilot to air of shows including The Office, Parks and Recreation, Smash, The New Normal, Whitney, Deception, Ironside, Undateable, Camp, Grimm, Parenthood, Night Shift and The Michael J. Fox Show •Organized production-related meetings and table reads for senior executives including both the Chairman and President of NBC Universal and involving show cast members, Executive Producers, and partnering studio execs •Oversaw the workflow for two network executives, tasked with all administrative duties while providing creative feedback on more than five shows and serving as the initial point of communication for all executive producers, studios, agencies, managers, and other network executives
•Supervisor to two NBC pages during their assignment in Current Programming, commissioned with training and mentoring them throughout their time in the department

NBC Page ProgramNBC Page Program Apr 2012 - Oct 2012
Los Angeles, CALos Angeles, CA
• Accepted into the highly selective 1 year NBC Page Program (