Joelle Fernandes

• Headed production at Big 3 India for over four years while managing high-profile projects including JLL, Citi Bank, and Meta while leading diverse teams across the continent.
• Spearheaded the creation of a web series pilot, 'And Cut!', which was selected at the Academy Award-qualifying Cinequest Film Festival in Los Angeles and earned a win at the prestigious Big Apple Film Festival in New York, both this year.
• Skilled in time management, multi-project coordination, negotiation, and inclusive team building, with a passion for driving creative excellence and delivering award-winning results.

• Streamlined operational processes and workflow to increase efficiency of team performance and resource allocation.
• Liaised with other departments to discuss ideas and create unified goals.

Worked closely with the E-sports team to create content on a tri-weekly basis while also coordinating with their social media team.

Worked with grassroots-level MSMEs of India by making tutorial videos that would help them further their business as well as start subsidiaries correctly with guidance from industry veterans in various fields.

Assisted in production for a short term project.

Worked with many global companies such as Netflix, Deloitte, HDFC Bank, Ogilvy, Titan as a Freelance Producer in the short span of 9 months.

Was an associate producer for a regional feature film that won accolades in global film festivals such as Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Hong Kong International Film Festival, and Minsk International Film Festival in Belarus (where it won the Special Jury Award) among many many others.

• Worked for a short period as the Programming Assistant for NFDC's Film Bazaar, where my duties included coordination with Indian filmmakers as well as filmmakers across the globe.
• Handled the collation of the Viewing Room catalogue for the Bazaar, which encompassed over 500 entries that resulted in not only honing the skill of organization but also pushed me to adopt the motto, "Do it once but do it right" for life.

Helped in the creation of several documentaries, 'Viva Sao Joao' - an informative documentary about an almost forgotten tradition in Goa that happens every year, the National award-winning documentary called 'The Unreserved' and the cross-cultural 'In Search of Rhythm' that documented the rebellion of the Tibetans in exile in Dharamsala using non-violent means such as music, poetry, art and merchandise.