My Resume

Work Experience

INE Entertainment | Los Angeles, California

Head of Physical Production | May 2023 – Present

  • Maneuvered emerging industry trends to deliver over 10 unscripted and branded projects as lead production executive, managing budgets exceeding $2MM while maintaining a 100% on-time and under-budget track record

  • Managed the production and delivery of multiple unscripted content initiatives, collaborating with external and internal teams from creative, legal, post-production, and more to produce content that engages audiences, maximizes advertiser value, and remains profitable

  • Developed a new standard for budget analysis and forecasting using Excel modeling, improving executive reporting and reducing freelance accounting costs by over $50K annually

  • Spearheaded negotiations and vendor management across the entire slate of the company’s productions and collaborated across departments to achieve an average of 23% cost savings directly to P&L

Unscripted Development Manager | June 2021 – May 2023

  • Promoted to Production Manager on all active series in production. This involved being executive in charge of crew and talent on shoots across a variety of unpredictable situations such as climbing Mount Rainier, filming in rural Alaska, and managing A-list talent

  • Directed production of nine development field shoots across multiple states that included location scouting, story producing, and talent management with budgets exceeding $100k

Unscripted Development Coordinator | August 2019 – June 2021

  • Led and delivered five development packages including newly discovered hosts, unique formats, breakthrough technologies, and written treatments. Two were ordered to series on Max (Alien Endgame & Yeti Massacre)

  • Produced key aspects of many of the company’s most successful unscripted projects ranging from procuring never-before-seen interviews in Russia and exclusive filmed access inside organizations of an unprecedented scale

United Technologies | Farmington, Connecticut

Senior Financial Associate – Corporate FP&A | July 2018 – August 2019

  • Oversaw the consolidated balance sheet and cash flow of 21 sites and over $900MM in annual revenue

  • Collaborated with sales and operations team to investigate the causes of 10% deterioration in profitability of a major deal with findings being presented to CEO and Board of Directors

    Financial Associate – Financial Leadership Development Program | July 2016 – July 2018

  • Completed a competitive financial program consisting of four 6-month rotations to learn all aspects of a commercial aerospace, defense and building industries company

Other Experience

  • Television Academy (Emmy Awards) | Admitted as Active Voting Member (Producer’s Peer Group) in 2023 under the requirements of receiving qualifying senior-level credits on over 10 hours of TV for national broadcast.

  • Hap Inc. | Founder of next-generation media advertising startup in 2023 that utilizes advancing technology of haptic feedback to increase advertiser and developer value in the mobile space

  • Intern Mentor | Served as primary senior staff member to mentor interns at INE Entertainment. Provided tailored guidance to build skills in unscripted industry and coordinated after graduation to provide jobs on future projects

  • (Almost) Reality TV Contestant | Followed my passion for unscripted content to apply for and serving as an alternate cast member on Season 29 of The Amazing Race (2016) and Season 39 of Survivor (2019)

Education

Indiana University – Kelley School of Business | Bloomington, Indiana | 2012-2016

  • Major: Finance | Co-Major: International Business

  • Distinction Scholarship Recipient for Outstanding Academic Achievement

  • Study Abroad | London: Spring 2015

Contact Information

Phone Number: 812-679-6330

Email Address: jesselampugnale@yahoo.com

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