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
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