Dylan Conroy

Current

Founder and Chief Communications Officer at Flash City LLC
Associate at Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
Director of Sales at Global Property Features

Principal at Focal Point Management
Volunteer at Sigma Chi International Fraternity

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Past

Consultant at Nash Entertainment
Development Consultant at NX Level Entertainment
Temp at Eleventh Hour Staffing and Recruiting

Temporary Assistant to Andrea Pett-Joseph at Brillstein Entertainment Partners
Temporary Assistant to Herman Rush at Herman Rush Associates
Temporary Assistant - Physical Production at New Line Cinema
Temporary Assistant - World Wide Distribution at Starz Media
Temporary Executive Assistant to Larry Becsey at Intellectual Property Group
Development Consultant at Hearts and Minds Project
Segment Producer at Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give - Profiles Harpo ABC
Reaserch Assistant at Nash Entertaiment
Temporary Assistant at International Creative Management
Executive Assistant / Junior Account Executive at Fifteen Minutes PR
Intern at The Montecito Picture Company
Programming Intern at Santa Barbara International Film Festival

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Education

Act One Screenwriting Program
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Santa Barbara

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Entertainment

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Dylan Conroy’s Summary

Dylan Conroy attended UCSB and studied screenwriting while earning a BA in film and new media. Dylan has a certificate of Entertainment PR and screenwriting from UCLA. He is a graduate of the Act One Screenwriters program.

While at UCSB Dylan interned at The Santa Barbara Film Festival and Ivan Reitman's Montecito Pictures.

Upon graduating from UCSB, Dylan took a job as a junior account exec to Howard Bragman of BNC. He worked with exciting entertainment clients such as Stevie Wonder, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mark Cronin and Phil Rosenthal.

Dylan then served for two years as Bruce Nash's personal Research Assistant in development. While at Nash he developed numerous reality television and feature film concepts.

Dylan left Nash to pursue his production experience as a Segment Producer on the Profiles TV (Amazing Race) Harpo (The Oprah Winfrey Show) joint production called The Big Give for ABC.

Shortly after Dylan joined Executive Producer and Creator Chris Usselman as a producer and development consultant on a reality show called The Hearts and Minds project which is currently under consideration at major productions companies and agencies.

Dylan now runs a successful consulting business where he helps clients develop, package, sell and produce reality content as well as manage other creative producers and writers.

Dylan currently has a show in option with National Lampoon.

Dylan is a member of multiple entertainment professional development groups including Connecting Reality, Media Bistro and Act One. He is also the founder and president of Sigs in Entertainment, a networking group for Sigma Chi's in the entertainment industry.

Dylan is also the Founder and CCO of FlashCity.com a new media company in the arena of celebrity gossip.

Dylan is the twelfth most connected person in Entertainment on Linked In.

Keynotes: Hollywood Connect Orientation, UCSB Film and New Media Alumni Pannell

Skype: DylanConroy
AOL IM: DConroy08

Dylan Conroy’s Specialties:

Management, Screenwriting, Networking, Relationship Building, Development, Production, Post Production, Negotiations, Public Relations, Event Planning and Execution, Launching Start Ups, Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi, The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. "True North" by Bill George, First, Break All The Rules: What The World's Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman. The Mailroom Hollywood History from the Bottom Up by David Rensin.

Dylan Conroy’s Experience

Founder and Chief Communications Officer

Flash City LLC

(Entertainment industry)

June 2008 — Present (3 months)

I created the idea for FlashCity.com with my partner Anthony Kostelak while filming a spec pilot for a television show. Flash City is a new media company in the world of Celebrity Gossip.

I created the idea and recruited business consultants, legal team, insurance, web developers, graphic artists and accountants.

I Helped create the business plan and revenue projections / analysis.

I Helped raise initial private equity offering.

I'm Overseeing all development of corporate identity and web development.

Launch expected in 10 weeks.
Associate

Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; PPD; Legal Services industry)

March 2008 — Present (6 months)

I got involved with Pre-Paid legal because of the huge bills I was racking up with Entertainment Attorney's each month. Pre-Paid legal allow me to get unlimited consultation and up to three entertainment contracts reviewed per month, saving me huge money on entertainment attorney fees and saving my regular attorney for strictly negotiations. If you want to cut down on legal expenses, get in touch and I'd be glad to share my experience.
Director of Sales

Global Property Features

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

April 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)

Producing high end virtual walk through videos for high end real estate specializing in ten million dollar plus listings. Both residential and boutique commercial agencies. Using 10 year plus television and film experience.
Principal

Focal Point Management

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

December 2006 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Manage Writers, Athletes and other above the line Reality TV Producers. Clients include
Rob Tobin (Writer, Camel Wars, Spokes, Life and Times of Alien Lesbian Opera Singers)
Mike Placek (Pro AVP Volley Ball Player)
and others
Volunteer

Sigma Chi International Fraternity

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Facilitator - Choices program
Professional In Residence training for the Betty Ford Alliance
Alumni Advisor to the Zeta Kappa Chapter
Vice President of Recruitment, Past Vice President of Social Events and Brotherhood - Los Angeles Alumni Chapter
President - Zeta Kappa Alumni Association
Past President and current VP - Santa Barbara Alumni Chapter
President - Sigma Chi's in Entertainment
Alumni Ambassador to the Los Angeles Coastal Providence
Assistant Grand Praetor - Los Angeles Coastal Province
Member - San Diego Alumni Chapter, Orange County Alumni Chapter, Wine Country Alumni Chapter
Consultant

Nash Entertainment

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

February 2008 — May 2008 (4 months)

I was brought on to help staff a key Executive Assistant position and to develop content for reality TV and Features internally.
Development Consultant

NX Level Entertainment

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

December 2007 — April 2008 (5 months)

I was hired to help develop sales materials for three unscripted television shows. After development I assisted in packaging of key talent and show runner level producers. Now I'm focusing on sales for these projects.
Temp

Eleventh Hour Staffing and Recruiting

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

May 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 8 months)

Temp assignments included a month long job with International Creative Management as a floating assistant in Business Affairs, Human Resources and Motion Picture Talent. Also assignments with Herman Rush Associates and New Line Cinema
Temporary Assistant to Andrea Pett-Joseph

Brillstein Entertainment Partners

(Entertainment industry)

2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

Rolled calls, phones, schedule, general assistant duties.
Temporary Assistant to Herman Rush

Herman Rush Associates

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

December 2007 — December 2007 (1 month)

Dictation and various administrative assignments.
Temporary Assistant - Physical Production

New Line Cinema

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; TWX; Entertainment industry)

December 2007 — December 2007 (1 month)

Phones and other administrative duties.
Temporary Assistant - World Wide Distribution

Starz Media

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)

December 2007 — December 2007 (1 month)

Phones, schedule, travel, logging and processing submissions, various administrative projects.
Temporary Executive Assistant to Larry Becsey

Intellectual Property Group

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

October 2007 — October 2007 (1 month)

All Executive Assistant duties including phones, meetings, calendar, reading, and other entertainment related projects.
Development Consultant

Hearts and Minds Project

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)

Conducted the sale phase of a new Reality TV venture called the Hearts and Minds project. Maintained and built new relationships with agents, producers, and other potential buyers for a term of 60 days. Oversaw $15,000 development budget. Is currently in consideration at major production companies and top agencies.
Segment Producer

Oprah Winfrey's The Big Give - Profiles Harpo ABC

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

April 2007 — June 2007 (3 months)

I worked in post production assisting story editors by cutting string outs and segments for various episodes of Oprah Winfrey's Big Give, set to air on ABC in January.
Reaserch Assistant

Nash Entertaiment

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)

April 2005 — April 2007 (2 years 1 month)

Assisted Bruce Nash, principal of the company with various reserch and development projects. Assisted two executive assistants in thier day to day duties.
Temporary Assistant

International Creative Management

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

February 2005 — March 2005 (2 months)

I floated on Various Agents desks including posts in HR, Biz Affairs, and MP Talent including Brian Sher, Jack Gilardi, Joe Funicello, and Nancy Josephson. I rolled Calls, schedules, appointments, and other assistant duties for about a month.
Executive Assistant / Junior Account Executive

Fifteen Minutes PR

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

February 2004 — March 2005 (1 year 2 months)

Fifteen Minutes, PR (Howard Bragman) Feb/2004 – Mar/2005 Executive Assistant –Junior Account Executive Los Angeles, CA

Duties Include:

Created detailed media lists, press releases, and product placement letters to deliver client’s messages to target audiences more effectively

Handling of principal’s contacts, appointments, calls, and errands

Conceptualized, coordinated and supervised special events and projects

Conducted proactive and reactive media relations
Intern

The Montecito Picture Company

(Motion Pictures and Film industry)

1999 — 2004 (5 years)
Programming Intern

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

(Entertainment industry)

2002 — 2003 (1 year)

Dylan Conroy’s Education

Act One Screenwriting Program

Screenwriting 2006 — 2007

Activities and Societies:

Alumni Retreat Committee
University of California, Los Angeles

Certificate, Entertainment Public Relations & Screenwriting, 2005 — 2005
University of California, Santa Barbara

Film and New Media, Film, Production, Screenwriting, 2000 — 2004

Served as Sigma Chi's Pledge educator, social chairmen (Three times) Alumni Chairmen (two years) and various committee's.

Activities and Societies:

Sigma Chi, Young Republicans.