CRISTINA PINILLA R.
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BACKGROUND
TV Sports Emmy and Telly Awards winning Producer,
News Editor, Research Journalist,
Content Editor, Photo Editor, Press Representative.
EXPERIENCE
10/18/17- PRESENT
PRODUCER
11/12/22-12/18/22
PRODUCER
FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022
07/24/21-08/08/21
PRODUCER
Olympiad Tokyo 2020
NBC UNIVERSAL / TELEMUNDO DEPORTES - Miami,FL
- Start-up of Telemundo docu-series Que Momento. Producer involved in the development, research, pre and post production details of the quarterly TV show that screens the most remarkable and historic moments in sports.
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-In site Producer for the Que Momento Docu-series special Qatar 2022 World Cup editions.
Responsible for the show interviews with soccer experts, high level talent, play by play announcers, commentators, fans.
Researching, booking, and scheduling QM abroad team workflow: Stadium visits, interviews, camera shootings, Media Center activities.
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-Event Producer for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020.
Responsible for the production and on-air segments of the Olympic disciplines: Gymnastics trampoline, Artistic gymnastics, Rhythmic gymnastics and Artistic swimming.
Works with and interacts with high-profile sports talent.
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- Producer at the IBC in Moscow during the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.
Handle tasks of writing news lines,scripts and other items for different shows plus coordinate on-site shootings,recording and edition of various segments.
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- Responsible for producing live newscasts segments including posting and updating social media content in a way that ensures the consistency of FIFA 2017 Confederations Cup into Telemundo’s broadcast pre-game and post-game shows.
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- Select and route different incoming messages, displaying it on-air by using Shout-Chyron's Social Media Editor.
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06/12/17-07/02/17
SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW PRODUCER
06/04/18-07/04/18
PRODUCER
FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA 2018
11/06/13-01/15/17
PRODUCER
beIN SPORTS - Miami, FL.
- Oversees the top live events productions of the channel as: Conmebol and Concacaf soccer qualifier games for upcoming Russia 2018 World Cup; Copa America Chile 2015; Spain La Liga,Italian Serie A, French Ligue1,Capital One Cup,Football League, Skybet Championship; Africa Cup of Nations among other sports like Rugby,Cycling,Motorsports.
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- Responsible of the development, planning, coordination and execution of control room originated broadcast events (live/recorded).
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-Coordination of on-air talents,production and technical personnel during broadcast.
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07/21/07 - 11/06/13
PRODUCER/P.A/EDITOR
UNIVISION DEPORTES - Miami, FL.
- Produce, edit and write sports briefs, segments, highlights, teases, bumps, play by plays, roll-ins for the network live on-air products as: Contacto Deportivo, Primer Impacto and Noticiero Nacional.
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-Edit sports news packages, VO´s, SOT´s, graphics, for different shows as: Contacto Deportivo, República Deportiva, Linea de 4 and Rumbo al Mundial.
- Assist in the pre-production of soccer live games by researching;keep graphic elements and data assembling during broadcast.
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- Work directly with anchors and talents during the pre-production of live shows and staff coordination during broadcasting.
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- Oversees visual look of the production and the on-screen rundown slugs.
01/01/07 - 07/21/07
FREELANCER
FREELANCE - Miami, FL.
Freelance News Editor, Sports News Editor and TV Producer
- Assist in the pre-production of soccer live games for Concacaf Gold Cup 2007 in-house games for SuperSports Media.
- Build-up and production of a broadcast live event for Honduras and United States national soccer teams 2010 World Cup qualifiers games at an specific target in Miami.
- Motorsports and aviation reporter for the Colombian magazine Motor.
- Videotape transcription for ESPN Perfiles show.
- Miami FC soccer team reporter for the Weston Times newspaper
05/01/02-12/31/06
NEWS EDITOR
AND PHOTO EDITOR
11/01/01-05/01/02
FLORIDA SALES REPRESENTATIVE
EFE NEWS AGENCY - Miami, FL.
- News Editor, Graphic and Photo Editor for the world-wide news service.
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- Write and edit international news, edit info-graphics to follow up stories.
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- Leads the opening of the America’s News and Photographic Desk in Miami, Fl.
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- Edit world-wide pictures and write their photo captions to be distribute at the America’s News desk clients.
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- Sales and marketing of news packages for different local and Florida media.
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03/11/02 -04/20/02
DIRECTOR (E)
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
THE FORT LAUDERDALE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-FLL,FL.
- Represents the Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Marketing and Communications department within the different city councils.
- Assist in the design and edition of the Chamber’s News Paper; organize weekly events, create, design and distribute invitations for local events; design promos and marketing campaigns.
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12/23/99-04/15/01
MEDIA DIRECTOR
FUSION NETWORKS,INC-Bogotá,Colombia and Miami, FL.
- Press Director, Editor in chief and News Analyst for Latinfusion.com, Vitalcontent.com
and Fusionlatina.com web sites.
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- PR News Director for the Miami, FL office, coordinating operations and agenda from Colombia interactive system.
- Content editor for the Fusion Networks websites in Bogotá, Madrid, Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo.
- Design content to enable corporate customers to develop Spanish-English and Portuguese related Internet strategies for the different online applications as News, Radio and TV.
01/17/99-12/23/99
JOURNALIST/
REPORTER
THE WASHINGTON TIMES/TIEMPOS DEL MUNDO-Colombia
- Al Dia columnist. Writer about Colombian political and social situation.
- Journalist and Writer for the Latin American edition published weekly in 16 countries.
THE ART INSTITUTE OF FORT LAUDERDALE
Diploma in Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing
EDUCATION
2000-2001
Diploma Degree
1998-1999
Post-Graduate Degree
UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-Bogota,Col.
Specialist in Mass Media Communication and Research Journalism
1993-1998
Bachelor Degree
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA-Bogota
Bachelor in Industrial Design
ORGANIZATIONS
SKILLS
iNEWS Newsroom Computer System (NRCS)
Avid News Cutter, Avid Interplay,AvidMedia Central Platform
Shout-ChyronHego, TagBoard
QuarkXPress, Photoshop,Streamline 3.1, Illustrator, PowerPoint, HTML,
Visual Desk
Spanish,English.
Good knowledge of Portuguese and Italian for verbal communication
MS Office, PC & Mac Platforms
News Agency, Editorial
and Control Rooms work environment