Spotlight Newsletter

Letter from Leadership

Thanks for reading! For those new to the company, the Spotlight is TeamPeople’s employee newsletter, sharing good news, recognition, and opening the doors of communication.

Our management team has been hearing from you and seeing that work has been booming. As our clients need more creative concepts, more video, more events, more designs, more solutions – it’s harder to prioritize and in some cases to find meaning in your work. We are all trying to keep up, and at the same time wanting to be sure how we’re spending our time is valued by others and meaningful to us.

The outpouring of Kudos noted below and on our Slack channel is a small representation of the tremendous thanks that come through for our employees and freelancers every day. Appreciation is abounding from client stakeholders and we hope you feel your talents are recognized.

When it comes to finding meaning in the daily grind, that is different for each of us. I’m drawn to the missions of our NGO clients, the creative work inspired by our agency artists and professional photographers, the powerful storytelling by journalists and production, and the expert attention to strategy and detail by our Coordinators, Accountants and PMs. Thanks to our managers who are actively helping people find jobs, coaching for personal growth, and leading through challenging times. Thank you for choosing to work with us.

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growth to new platforms

tv one

Michelle Nowell is the Manager of Production Facility Operations & Content Management at TV One. She is responsible for managing workflows in the production facility ensuring programs and promos are delivered for broadcast.

With the growth of streaming and on demand platforms, she has the opportunity to work on some exciting projects. In the last six months, they’ve delivered over 200 shows to support the launch of Urban One TV in Columbus, OH and 120 shows for TubiTV, a streaming service offering free TV series and movies.

TV One archive content is now also available on the TV One app as part of TV One Rewind. Michelle and the Production Facilities team worked hard to prep and edit over 100 shows for this project. Michelle adds “It’s been a very busy few months and I am so proud of the team and everything we have accomplished.”

76th Annual un general assembly

United Nations

Our team at UN working hard during General Assembly. We created a high-level studio and control room perfect for utilizing our virtual services/TeamStream. They just launched and in the first day already garnered over a million views. We produced segments featuring The Queen of The Netherlands, Malala, and more. Pictured above is the Dutch, UN, and TeamPeople teams working together. Front and center is Annemarie Hou, who works directly with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

international news channel launch approaching

volant

The Volant Media contract has a growing number of staff, ranging from Multimedia Journalists, Presenters and Editors, through to Engineers and a host of other technical disciplines necessary to deliver live news broadcasts.

Volant Media is “uncovering the stories that inspire independent views” and it seeks to deliver factual, objective news to people in countries where there isn’t a free press. Its primary audience is the people of Farsi speaking nations and the Farsi diaspora around the world, with a global audience of approximately 16 million accessed via 11 satellite platforms.

They have been delivering news since 2017 via bureaus in London, Paris and now Washington DC. The original plan for the DC office was to go-live with its primary news channel, Iran International, in mid-October and follow this with its new channel Afghanistan International, in late December; however, events in Afghanistan over the past two months demanded a major rethink. Now both channels go live simultaneously on October 16.

Once the DC studio goes live, they will split the 24-hour day with the London bureau. Afghanistan International will air from 07:30EST to 15:00EST after which, Iran International will come on air. This means that Iran International’s Morning Show, that is aired for the audience in Tehran who are 7 hours and 30 minutes ahead of us, will go out at around 23:00EST. The handover to London will occur at around 01:30EST and it repeats with new information coming from the news desk.

New staff are joining almost daily as we create a truly international team, with individuals hailing from around the world: Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Great Britain, and more. As the team speeds to launch, we’re proud to be supporting this team focused on information-sharing and unbiased journalism.

Kimberly Joyce

10 years

Lauren Metz

10 years

Nathan Nowlin

11 Years

Ariel Valladeres

11 Years

Patricio Zamorano

11 Years

Erin Ramos Reyes

13 Years

Christopher Tyler

13 Years

Jessica Winter

13 Years

Ronald Harris

14 Years

Michael Marcus

15 Years

9 Years

Marly Perez, Ian Greenhalgh, Kevin Feusier, Melinda Trinfuly

8 Years

Jason Gill, Shayne Dutkiewicz, Thomas Giovanelli, Benjamin Candelario, Melanie Baker, Jason Candler, Robert Strano, Andrew Casper, Eric Balgley, Joseph Gallo, Marco Arce, William Bracero, Siu Chin, Patrick Chin, John Carlos Macias, Alejandro Peralta, Zachary Prewitt, Douglas Rose, Victor Tom

7 Years

Amy Campbell, Mark de Castrique, Kevin Hooks, Joseph Ellis, Didem Yilmaz, Brandon Payne, Phillip Dodgen, Daniel Giles, Elizabeth Lokey, Mandee Neubauer, Lee Woulfe, Angelo Taylor, Jose Vergellin, Morris Watts-Zagha, Kiakima Simon, Charlotte Causey

6 Years

Nayyar Iqbal, Anthony Policicchio, Anthony Gomes, Saad Ali, Adrienne Haspel, Kellee Rogers, Tobore Sefia, Henry Botello, Michael Duvernay, Andrew Dicharry, Bill Keane, Abdul Hadi Abo-Issa, Glenda Smith

5 Years

Peter Estrada, Bobby Porter, Rachel Coonce, Jennifer Moulton, Christopher Richardson, Raymond Soreca, Martin Garrett, Derek Leach, Farooq Burney, Eiad Charbaji, Jon Nelson, Alexander Clawson, Mark Bandy, Miguel Mateus, Jason Carubia, Shelley Simpson, Kyle Miller-Moody, Mitchell Doty, Ilir Prifti, Stephen Coonce, Joseph Fraction, Edward Hill, Maria Marquez, David McWhinney, Abdul Hafeez Mohammed, Ghassan Sababa, Sanil Sali, Keith Warehime, Frank Washington, Robert Albrecht, Michael Corripio, Michael Correro, Jeff Kramer, Ronald Couvillion, Serzei Kelch, Moussa Skan, Herman Walker, Linwood Turner, Shane Beckles, Glennys Garnett, Joseph Machak, Raul Medrano, Jonny Moses, David Motley, Irvin Steward, Mark Weiner, Daniel Mejia, Malik Camah, Brett Izumi, Thomas Tomchak, Zuzana Kozakova

4 Years

Ronald Staley, Adam Hennessey, Jeremy Myers, Jesse Swanson, Alex Curro, David Hunt, Stefan Lipsky, Nancy Martin, Laura Spofford, Richard Belmont, Liam Monschein, Patricia Perry-Burgess, Eduardo Gullod, Kristine Einarsen, Barry Mott, Joseph Braband, Maureen Leypoldt, Joshua Gist, Leora Mohr, Mary Cave, Min Kyeong Lee, Christpoher Carlson, Steven Reynolds, Lindsey Wilhelm, Danna Fakhoury, Luis Alves Rosario, Kun-Ying Yang, Warren Brown, Keith Ryan, Jennifer Sanchez, Paul Taylor, Casey Friesenhahn, Brian Hepner, Sean Visser, Akinfolarin Akinwande, Monica Thomas, Elizabeth Dempler, Quinn Lloyd, Kieron Sebastian, Albert Zogby, David Ruggiero, Karina Estepan

3 Years

David Mumbert, Sky Hanstein, Elizabeth Rojo, Alexander Crow, Aaron White, Mark Cobrin, Brian Haas, Jourdan Holden, Priscilla Frempong, Sharon McDonald, Halima Kamara, Robert Tortoriello, Raymond Goode Jr., Matthew Snyder, Katherine Lando, Ryan Hase, Fritzi Alwin, Kelleigh Averill, Jeffrey Kreindel, Jose Rodriguez, Rudy Rosales, Lisa Rosales, Kimberly Thure, John Murdock, Kenneth Crawford, Matthew Bishop, Angela Laughlin, Leanne Staeger, Christina Burns, William Kneisel, Andrew Corbin, Shawana Singleton, Cynthia Brown, William Drummer, Sarah Farnan, William Beard, David Case, Tabither Madden, Nicole Tuchband, Keisha Haskins-Boston, Richard Coyle

2 Years

Jonathan Light, Gregory Blackmon, Steven Flood, Meghan Jacoby, Raymond Alvarado, Kenneth Benton, Dana Shirdan, Kevin Malone, Jeffrey Feeny, Cory Hancock, Nemiro Lowe, Chris Bryant, Marcin Firlej, Barbara Roach, Jeanine Boyd, Candi Danek-Bennett, Tara Neylon, Robyn Johnson, Livia Ferguson, Dominique Bidawid, Christine Murphy, Joan Peters, Margaret Buenting, Joshua Camit, Chester Nowak, Omar Afifi, Orlando Lopez, Bryan Royster, John Pastrano, Enrique Loera, Elizabeth Wetter, Jeremy Jones, Shyrynne Stevenson, Joanne Tomaszkowicz, Rocky McKoy, Kelly Manno, Emebet Demissie, Keegan Seck, Joseph Burden, Kyle Baer, Alice Ahne, Luke Rohwer, Gregory Foard, Camila Devereux

1 Year

Jesse Snader, Marcia McLeod, Joseph Cook, Douglas Jones, John Nelson, Caroling Long, Ivette Mercado, Lisa von Drehle, Shailah Alvarez, Thomas Canzano, Brian Ward, Carlos Andrade, Lisa Motel, Frederick Nelson, John Calloway, Heidi Hill, Everett Robinson, Giselle Vasquez, Dikembe Wilkins, Marilyn Olivares, Colleen Kessler, Tamara Laine, Kevin Redmond, Melissa Whitley, Sara Twist, Shannon Wharton, Courtney Beck, Alexis Simmerman, Isabella Antignani, Pablo Galarza, Loren Probish, Danielle Cruz, Mitchell Graff, Andre Romious, Wesley Bailey, Tamara Willis, Kutaba Rashid, Eileen Salazar, Antroinette Smith, Victor Vaiana, Roy Phillips, John Malechek, Carleen Cooney, Anthony DeGennaro, Patricia Diffendal, Courtney Chance, Trang Phan, Kylee Holden, Nathaniel Olsen, Tracie Barr, Denise Lodato, Emilia Kestin, James Allison, Jeffrey Burt, Melanie Capriotti, Caroline Senay, Asis Jorge Recendiz Gallo, Christopher Tomczak, Alla Brieger, Alton Graham, Azhar Khalaf, Christian Sanny, Eileen Goodrich, Patrick Harris, Michelle Nowell, Scott Hamilton, Vieng Watkins, Ronald Haley, Mario Escobar, Caroline Christie, Michael Desamero, Stuart Burrows, Leonardo Solis

"Jake Brought is making an incredible impact on the team and we’re so lucky to have him. At just 3 months in, he’s KILLING it on multiple high profile, complicated campaigns and journeys…

Cristina Garcia goes above and beyond every day and has the most amazing can-do attitude. Filling in on campaigns (and doing an amazing job), while also supporting .com Corporate and .com events/virtual events. Also managing 3 incredibly high-profile events. She’s truly impressive!"

- Meg S.

Jake B & Cristina G

Just wanted to commend Lakeisha Kitt for her excellent work in supporting an in house workshop for the Chief Risk Office. We had a mix of in house and online participants and was a pilot for how the hybrid model could work. Lakeisha did an excellent job. She was extremely proactive and would quickly come out to support staff who were having problems. We received great feedback that the technology worked seamlessly and those virtual felt just as included as those in person- this reflects what a great job Lakeisha did. - Rachel Peters

Lakeisha Kitt

“Everything with the press conference was excellent. I truly cannot thank you and your team enough for all the incredible work you all did for us. Thank you again for everything!”

Kyle, Sarah & Livia

"While covering for people who are out on leave, Paige has stepped up and is doing a great job and just being a huge help all around. Specifically on a recent launch that is been an absolute marketing wide scramble."

- Jacqueline O.

Paige Kane

"I just wanted to recognize (again!) the fantastic work that Kylee did to drive our #GeekAtHeart campaign…She collaborated with many teams, overcame several challenges, and delivered a genuinely social & community first activation. Kylee is an integral part of everything we do every day. I appreciate her dedication, collaboration, possibility thinking, and positiveness."

- Rei P.

Kylee Holden

Kudos to the Annual Members' Meeting team; Martin Garrett, Tremayne McBride, David “Ski” Przybylski, David Brown, Julio Corral, Eddie Rodriguez and Clinton Rathmell.

"Please thank the crew for their hard work. They each contributed to delivering a successful video production." - Yvonne C

"Perfection! Such a team of professionals! Thank you all for your commitment to USAA." - Sarah C

"It was a flawless production. I know it seems like a lot of prep for one meeting, but the final product was amazing. You guys rock! I am proud to call you MY TEAM!" - Polly L

USAA Crew!

"Becky is doing really great work. I’m constantly impressed with the quality of what she delivers and how she thinks about additional perspectives and responds with really great holistic input. She’s been doing a great job and is very appreciated!"

- Danika H.

Becky Yousif

One of the ways TeamPeople has diversified our freelance spend is to encourage formal and self-certification for LQBTQ+ owned, women owned, veteran owned, and minority owned businesses. Each of our teams engage with many freelancers and small companies each year. We are building to ensure even wider representation to these rosters. By completing the certification form, this helps us to track and report spend, which we are glad to report is often in the 30% - 50% range. We would like to be able to set new targets and use data to inform our decisions to take action. If your projects require regular freelancers or new freelancers whose services we should engage, please encourage them to complete this optional form as part of their onboarding packet.

EVENT RECAP

SOCIAL STORYTELLING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHy

Focusing on the inspiration behind the work and personal experiences, this panel discussion centered around how photography can translate situations, people, things, and moments into stories.

Featuring Diego Valdez, Livia Ferguson, and Brandon Payne of the World Bank photography team, this event was a huge success! Feel free to check out the video recap. We look forward to bringing you all more events that discuss DEI topics and embrace our culture of diversity.

TeamPeople's

TeamStream

Virtual production, event support and streaming services are available in-house!

TeamStream is known to the engineering circles as a REMI, or remote integration, with the ability to backhaul feeds into a control room powered by vMix and streaming utilizing AWS. Fully produced shows with remote callers, graphics, dynamic panel discussions, audience Q&A, among other features are available to any of our clients. Most importantly, there is an amazingly talented team who create powerful events and experiences.

Want to learn more?

New Faces @ HQ

Our headquarters team is expanding and we couldn't be more excited to introduce our new members. Reach out to them on social, via email, or find them on Slack!

Abigail
Denver

Recruiting Specialist

Ashley Martin

Production & Account Coordinator

Vianna Sengphilom

Recruiter

Kelsey
Fatica

Production & Account Coordinator

Sarah
Doyle

Technical Director, Virtual Services

Brittney
Martin

HR Onboarding Specialist

Todd Huyghe

Senior Salesforce Developer

VIRTUAL

FESTIVAL OF CREATIVE OPERATIONS

Creative Operations is all about making the creative workflow of a business more structured and streamlined for content creators, so they can produce their best creative work. The Festival of Creative Operations focuses on solutions, the latest thinking, and the most promising developments in the industry. Leave feeling inspired with actionable insights on how you can drive change within your organization.

October 5, 2021 9:00 AM

FREE EVENT

THE DRUM DIGITAL SUMMIT

What's next after digital transformation? The Drum Digital Summit is a five-day festival focused on the big themes shaping our digital future, bringing together key players from tech, brands and agencies. With technology and culture constantly evolving, we know it's both vital and challenging to keep up, so tune in and leave with tangible takeaways to keep you one-step-ahead. You’ll find inspiration, practical solutions, and the tools you need to thrive in a digital tomorrow.

October 11, 2021 3:00 PM

VIRTUAL

INBOUND BY HUBSPOT

INBOUND is the community that delivers. Open doors, expand your circles, reinvigorate your passions and learn something epic from mind-blowing speakers. This immersive three-day experience will fundamentally shift the way you network and do business. Don’t miss out. Speakers include Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee, and so much more!

October 12, 2024 10:00 AM

CONFERENCE

AVIXA'S INFOCOMM

InfoComm is the most comprehensive event for audiovisual solutions that enable integrated experiences, with products for audio, conferencing and collaboration, digital signage, content, production and streaming, video capture and production, control, and live events. Masks are required for this in-person event.

October 23, 2024 10:00 AM

FREE EVENT

ADOBE MAX

Join us for an extraordinary virtual experience to find inspiration, connect with creatives from around the world, and learn the best ways to bring your best ideas to life. Open to all, at no cost. Be inspired by expert speakers in design, photography, illustration, social media, 3D, video, and more.

October 26, 2024 10:00 AM

CONFERENCE

IHAF Awards and Conference

As our biggest event of the year, the IHAF Conference & Awards is the premier networking and learning opportunity for in-house agency professionals. Flanked by the two-day conference is our ever-popular awards show—an evening affair, celebrating creativity across print and digital categories.

November 9, 2021 10:00 AM