15/01/2024

The Road to Producing and Being a Senior Vice President (SVP) with Katie Hooten and Amy Mercer

She's a creative executive who has worked across independent and studio productions across animation, live-action, VFX, and virtual production, and a businesswoman and founder in her own right.

Amy had the privilege of working with her and always admired her personal mission around representation and her authenticity when leading people and teams.

In this episode, we unpack:

Courage to navigate an unknown industry

Finding out about career choices

Identifying super skills

The importance of mentoring and creating a career board

Building self-affirming resilience

Promoting your successes and how to make the most of your audience

Championing yourself and Navigating not being invited to the conversation

Challenging stigmas and juggling family

Building in time for self-care so you can be prepared

Seeing things as information

The power of optimism in leadership

#producer #leadership #career #resilience #vfx

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