SARAH PATTERSON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | INTEGRATED & GLOBAL PRODUCTION
UK-based | UK • Europe • US
CORE EXPERIENCE
Production Leadership & Strategy • Integrated, Content & Social Production • Global & European Production • Budgeting & Commercial Oversight • Production Company, Supplier & Freelancer Networks • Team Leadership & Mentoring • In-house, Agency & Production Company Experience • AI & Emerging Production Technologies • Creative Problem-Solving • Senior Client & Stakeholder Management
EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
July 2023 – Present
Saatchi & Saatchi London — Samsung
Executive Producer across two major Samsung campaigns encompassing global live-action production, post-production, social and extensive multi-format deliverables.
Led production strategy, budgets, resources and external partners from creative development through final delivery, navigating complex and evolving production requirements while balancing creative ambition, speed, quality and commercial realities.
Amazon
Prime Video Q2 Brand Campaign • Amazon Entertainment content series featuring Kris Jenner • Campaign development and testing using proprietary AI tools.
Worked within an in-house brand environment, collaborating with internal creative, marketing and production stakeholders.
Mirimar — US
BJ's Brewhouse
Amazon — Los Angeles
Billboard collaboration incorporating live event and activation.
Ogilvy — New York
Two flagship integrated global Samsung launches • Verizon
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners — San Francisco
Comcast
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER — DAVID & GOLIATH, LOS ANGELES
July 2021 – July 2023
Led production for Kia across integrated campaigns from creative development through final delivery, providing senior production leadership across internal teams, production companies and specialist partners.
Managed production strategy, budgets, schedules and resources and led work incorporating emerging technologies and new production approaches, including NFTs and LED production.
Mentored and supported producers while partnering closely with creative, account and client leadership.
FREELANCE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
2017 – 2021
72andSunny — New York & Los Angeles
Goldman Sachs — international production in Prague featuring Rosamund Pike • Under Armour
Cartwright — Los Angeles
NBA content featuring Issa Rae
Erich & Kallman — San Francisco
General Mills
Wieden+Kennedy — Portland
Coca-Cola Super Bowl
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners — San Francisco
BMW • Comcast • Liberty Mutual
Mullen — Los Angeles
Acura
CP+B — Miami & Boulder
letgo • Domino's Pizza
GLOBAL INTEGRATED EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
2008 – 2017
CP+B — Los Angeles | 2015 – 2017
Led global integrated production for Infiniti across platforms, overseeing international production, external partners, budgets and multidisciplinary teams.
TBWA\Chiat\Day — Los Angeles | 2008 – 2015
Senior production leadership across Gatorade, Nissan, Adidas and The Grammys. Led cross-functional teams and international production partners across complex integrated campaigns, multiple platforms and markets.
INTEGRATED PRODUCTION DIRECTOR — JWT, LONDON
Senior integrated production experience across HSBC, Smirnoff, Rimmel and Shell.
Led international production for HSBC's The World's Local Bank, producing across Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and Australia.
SELECTED CREATIVE PROJECTS
TEA WITH SARAH — Creator & Host
Interview series featuring leading film, television and advertising directors exploring craft, creativity and the directing process. Featured in Shots Magazine.
STANDING OUT, STANDING STRONG — Creator, Producer & Host
Independent podcast featuring candid conversations with women across the creative industries about creativity, resilience and leadership.
INDUSTRY RECOGNITION
AICP Awards, New York — Curatorial Judge, 2011 & 2012
Visual Effects Society — Judge & Speaker, 2014
Ciclope Festival — Juror, Berlin & Mexico City, 2015–2016perience