AMY ELIZABETH BENNETT

WhatsApp: 917.548.9717 | amyelizabethbennett@gmail.com

EXPERIENCE

IFAD: United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development | Rome, Italy

Video Producer / Communications Officer                                         Feb 2019 – June 2020

·      Responsible for producing all video material for IFAD’s communication division, for internal and external audiences

·      Field-produced on video missions to IFAD-supported projects in Africa, Asia and throughout Europe

·      Conducted interviews with rural farmers and government officials in the field, in addition to interviewing IFAD Goodwill Ambassadors Idris and Sabrina Elba in Sierra Leone

·      Developed and scripted original material and sought out stories and characters for video packages and social media cuts

·      Enlisted videographers and editors for projects in the field and at IFAD Headquarters

·      Managed workflow, consultants, editors, and maintained relationships with country offices

·      Created video strategy for distribution, pitched storylines and video content to relevant television and broadcast media

·      Developed and executed IFAD’s first 360-degree Virtual Reality video

Freelance | New York, NY                                                               Aug 2017-Feb 2019

Stage Manager/Producer for visionary theatre company Three-Legged Dog, for the production of “Esperpento” by Victor Morales.

Story coordinator for Andy Warhol retrospective book: Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties, Second volume.

The Gamer Agency for Microsoft | New York, NY

Digital and Broadcast Producer                                                          Oct 2016 – August 2017

Produced ten live two-hour broadcasts a month at the Mixer NYC Studio, focusing on original content for gaming and geek culture.

Freelance | New York, NY                                                               Feb 2012 – Oct 2016

Producer, Writer, Copyeditor

* CIGNA, Producer | New York, Connecticut, Boston | 2014

* Violence against Women Act grant programs, copyeditor | 2016

* Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled, the Civic Research Institute: Editor, Author and Copyeditor | 2013-2017

UNICEF New York, NY (HQ)

Communications Consultant                                                              Mar 2011 – Feb 2012

UNICEF New York, NY (HQ)         

Assignment Editor, Producer                                                              Oct 2006-Jan 2010

Nielsen New York, NY                                                                     Nov 2005 – Oct 2006

Associate Managing Editor

CBS News Foreign Desk New York, NY                                       Jan 1997-Dec 1997

Associate Producer

CBS Evening News New York, NY                                                             Sept 1994-Jan 1997

Assistant to Dan Rather

EDUCATION

Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

 Master of International Affairs (May 2000) International Media and Communications

Pepperdine University, BA in International Affairs, English