
Kyra Ozuna
Arts / Entertainment / Publishing
Services offered
Bilingual Creative Producer/Director with extensive experience in managing creative, production, and account teams. Proven leadership in client and vendor relationship management. Strong budget creation and management, planning and production logistics. Skilled in executing marketing strategies, leading to successful Multilingual, multicultural project completions on-scope, on-time, and on-budget. Excels in strategic planning and team leadership, ready to bring a wealth of experience and a fresh production management perspective.
Experience
Broward County Public Schools. 2022 - 2024
Instructional Elementary Dual Teacher
• Plan, align, implement, and evaluate effective instruction and assessment in a variety of learning
environments.
• Work with peers, parents, community, and other stakeholders in the continuous improvement of the
educational experiences of students.
• Create and maintain a classroom atmosphere that generates high expectations and enthusiasm for
learning by infusing critical thinking skills, application skills, interpersonal skills, and technology into an
aligned curriculum and assessment process, resulting in measurable student achievement gains for all
students in order to meet district and state standards.
• Perform and promote all activities in compliance with equal employment and nondiscrimination
policies.
• Ensure adherence to good safety procedures.
• Follow federal, state laws, and District School Board policies and ensure adherence to safety
procedures and school processes.
Anuzo Production Services, LLC. May 2013 - Present
Account Director/Bilingual Executive Creative Producer
General commercial Field producer for in studio and on location shoots at a national and international
scale. Manage projects creative development, content, and production process for large scale consumer. products, promotional/marketing initiatives, and events.
• Develop and craft creative pitch, visual presentations and communication programs for marketing and promotional campaigns.
• Develop and implement production roadmap and logistics based on client’s vision, target-market
profile, timeline, budget and production needs.
• Communication liaison between clients, private and public organizations, creative/technical teams and vendors and suppliers. Manage the communication and information across departments and staff.
• Manage and supervise creative, production, operational and technical teams, outsource staff and
resources to assure effective delivery on time, and on budget.
• Accountable to forecast and manage production needs and costs. Supervise the creative execution
and content. Develop strategic planning, logistics and deliverables timeline. Manage budget
disbursement and reconciliation.
•Manage third party vendors, suppliers, location resources, government/private contracts, licenses, and permitting processes.
• Lead and supervise the creative process, logistics and deliverables of:
o Commercials/promotional spots for digital, and social media
o Educational, entertainment, sports and health content
o Branding
o Events and PR content [testimonials, behind-the-scene coverage for marketing & media initiatives
o Photo shoots for print and digital promotions
o Post-Production services: [editorial, audio, graphics and specialty needs]
Zumba Fitness, LLC. 2009 - 2013
SR. PRODUCER Video Production|Events Dept.
• Interpreted marketing briefs, creative vision and projects’ needs and goals.
• Responsible for Forecasting, developed and manage production logistics, budgets, and overall
field production [in-studio/on location] for Video department. These included but were not limited to
traditional and non-traditional media, promotions and marketing campaigns, experimental content,
consumer products.
• Upkept track of projects development, assuring their effective delivery on time, and on budget.
• Strategized and maximized budget, production value and resources for internal and external projects
and productions.
• Supervised and leaded creative, operational and outsourced teams to ensure branding initiatives,
vision and technical requirements were implemented.
• Acquired, negotiated, licensed/permitted locations, venues, and studios.
• Outsourced and manage venues, crew and vendors for each event.
• Identified components to maintain and improve production processes with internal and external
contributors.
• Acted as Liaison with internal departments for budget purposes, creative, legal compliance, and cross-
platform needs.
• Accountable for talent and artists’ [instructors, artists and musicians] handling, contract compliance,
ryders and related affairs.
• Created and implemented production & shooting standard operational procedures [SOP], and shooting
formulas to be followed by production manager, freelance producers and outsourced staff.
• Supervised the development of animated graphics & branded content initiatives, and overall post-
production of projects.
Zumba EVENTS
General producer for fitness concerts, live events and concerts. Scale: 8,000 attendees Forecast,
presented budget for approval and manage working budgets.
• Responsible to upkeep projects’ development, assuring their effective delivery on time, and on budget.
• Maintained an actualized budget, minimalizing any potential overages.
• Worked directly with show creator, in the development of show vision [concept, stages, graphics, lights and special effects].
• Adjusted budget, fitness parameters, and artist insertion into main show/fitness concert.
• Developed production timelines based on, client deadlines, artist’s riders & contracts, venues/arenas & state union laws.
Responsible for show/event logistics, timetables and schedules.
• Supervised on-site operations, logistics, planning and execution [ei. scout, pre-light, stages, sound
checks, load in/out schedules].
• Worked with creative, operational and outsourced teams to ensure branding initiatives, creative vision
and technical requirements were implemented.
• Managed bidding process, negotiated and executed contracts for venues, crew and vendors as
needed.
• Acted as communication liaison with executives, internal departments for budget purposes, creative,
contracts, Members’ community, education and others parties, as needed.
• In charge of artist handling, contract compliance [tech/hospitality riders] and related affairs.
• Identifyed and complied with components to maintain and improve production processes with internal and external contributors.
• Branding events [supervised the development of animated graphics & branded content initiatives].
• Responsible for the development and dissemination of final show cue sheet including but not limited
to: main talent, artist integration, music cues, AV/lighting FX, pyro, stage cues, and wardrobe
K2 Productions, Inc. 2001 - 2009
Bilingual Creative Services Director | Field commercial Executive Producer | Broadcast/Post Producer
• Served as an in-house executive producer, commercial field producer and bilingual broadcast
producer/supervisor. Managed turnkey projects & client services: Identify any variance among client
objectives, creative teams, and other resources facilitate a smooth progress and delivery of projects.
• Acted as Project and Communications Director in the execution of Marketing initiatives,
communications programs, brand/service/OAP campaigns, multimedia content and design, and event
needs.
• Responsible for business development, presentations and pitch delivery. Managed the Creative
Services team, and vendors into developing strategizing and executing concepts in support of our
client's market penetration initiatives and product/services awareness. Prepared creative pitch and
presentations for TV Networks, Advertising agencies, and corporations.
• Day-to-day operations project manager developing and directing communications programs,
project’s workflow, creative briefs, guidelines, assignment planning/distribution, budgets, and resource
deliverables administration to ensure that all projects are delivered as schedule and on budget.
• Ensured that developed concepts convey goals, objectives and deadlines. Directs internal and
external resources to develop effective programs to meet project's objectives. Collaborate on copy,
layout and visual format. Write copy when needed.
• Evaluated, conceptualized, and directed Marketing initiatives, events and OAP campaigns for
multiplatform and multimedia venues. Supervised Adaptation of existing marketing/advertising/
communications materials into Spanish for both the US Hispanic and the Latin American markets and
Portuguese adaptations for the Brazilian Market.
• Generated budgets [AICP/movie magic and point zero] for video and editorial projects.
• Assigned projects to producers, in charge of scripts approval, conceptualize, write and edit image,
interstitials, ID’s, daily/weekly on air promotions, cross channel and TV Campaigns as per clients’
needs.
• In charge of post-production, broadcast/set design, creative, content and operational aspects of
broadcasting, Marketing and commercial production.
DIRECTV Latin America/Hughes Electronics. 1998 - 2001
On-Air Creative Services – Sr. Manager | On-Air promotions/production & Marketing
• Responsible for the overall image, and management for the On-Air Promotions and Production
department for the Latin American and Brazilian markets.
• Supervised and managed the in-house producers, seasonal freelancers, as well as, outsourced
projects to production companies, graphic boutiques, advertising agencies in Miami, New York, Los
Angeles and various countries in Latin America.
• Managed 20+ staff/freelance and vendors. Conceptualized and supervised the execution of graphic
packages, sound design, On-Air promotions look for DIRECTV as a brand, and its supporting paid
movies, events and sports channels.
• Responsible for the creation, execution and On-Air monthly strategy of movies/pay- per-view
promotions, sports, special events campaigns, cross channels, interstitials, commercials, service
announcements and marketing support elements.
• Lead the in-house producers, creative directors and contractors to develop, create and produce
OAP & marketing campaigns for clients such as , MLB, NBA, NFL, ATP, World Cup and world soccer
tournaments to attract new subscribers.
• Collaborated with Disney Channel, Discovery and Discovery Health, Travel Channel, Playboy, HBO
among other DTV clients in the launch of their new channels, and special services.
• In charge of developing and maintaining the yearly budgets and the disbursement of creative and
operational resources.
• Collaborated with the Marketing and Branding department to develop and implement the creative and
structural guidelines for the on-screen use of the logo and other graphic elements that instituted the
brand, OAP and any other marketing/advertising initiatives.
• Key Achievements: After the first fiscal year at DIRECTV Latin America, conducted a market
study enabling the department to re-negotiated rates, deals and contracts all across in-house/
outsourced resources, for the creative, production, and postproduction, with an outcome of savings of
approximately $4 Million dollars over the period of 3 years, enabling us to rebrand our On-Air image, to
increase the production of promotions, and to expand our services to cross channels and marketing,
without a budget increase.
• Designed and re-structured the On-Air Creative department in the areas of creative, execution,
resource management and contracts.
FREELANCE
Nickelodeon Latin America- Content/Broadcast Freelance Producer
Sky Latin America [DTH]- Content/broadcast Freelance Producer
Disney Channel - Content/Field Freelance Producer
MGM - Content Freelance Producer
Discovery Channel -Content/broadcast Freelance Producer
Travel Channel - Sr. Manager -Creative & Production Department
Education
Rhode Island Colleg
Bachelor of Arts, Mass Communications
1987 - 1991
University of Rhode Island
Bachelor of Arts, Romance Language - Spanish Literature
1987 - 1991
Licenses & Certifications
Elementary Education K-6 Teacher - The Florida Department of Education
Issued 2022 - Expires 2027
K-12 Spanish Teacher - Florida Department of Education