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The Rodeo's Highly-anticipated 2024 Entertainer Lineup

  • Writer: Courtney Sandifer
    Courtney Sandifer
  • Nov 10, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: May 10

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My Role: Producer, Writer, Director


Backstory: Taking a note from NFL teams who produce fun schedule-release videos each year, the Houston Rodeo’s digital team asked for our help creating a similar one for the 2024 entertainer lineup. We brainstormed with the client and I began writing the script. Having lived in Houston for 20 years, I quickly put together a list of iconic locations and representative scenarios for the project.


Some of the announcements would be live-action and real props (like the wine bottle, sandwich board and proposal), and some would be purely VFX (like the billboards and signage). This took a lot of coordination between production and post-production crew.


Challenges: The lineup was kept a secret from almost everyone, even our team, until it was necessary to create an asset. A lot of the early drafts were created with placeholder names.


Successes: The client told us the video was a huge success for their purposes, and it created a lot of buzz on social media. The whole team is super proud of this video.


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Behind the scenes:



Skills

Management

Developing internal communication, organizational processes, budgets, schedules: Leading cross-functional teams; Fundraising; Training and adult education

 

Technical

Comfort with both Mac and PC Operating Systems, MS Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Workspace and Business Products, Project management software (Asana, Trello, Wrike), Digital Asset Management (various DAMs), Wordpress, Wix, Squarespace, Mailchimp, Constant Contact; Quick learning with almost any software

Creative

Writing for press releases, web and social media content,

Video production planning, writing, directing and editing;

Shooting video and graphic design, Content creation for professional presentations and conferences

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About

With 15 years of experience in communications, media production and creative project management, I bring passion and organizational proficiency to work with me each day.​

Education

Master of Public Administration;

Concentration in Nonprofit Management & Social Policy 

University of Texas at Arlington, 2009

 

Bachelor of Science in Human Development;

Minor in Technical Writing 

Louisiana Tech University, 2004

Contact

Email: courtneysandifer99@gmail.com

Cell or WhatsApp: +1 (832) 948-0343

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