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DESCRIPTION:\n\n \n\nDreaming of a career in executive production? Whether 
 you aspire to manage creative endeavours in film\, television\, live shows
 \, events\, festivals or video games\, you need more than creative talent 
 and skill. Executive producers must be able to develop a vision\, inspire 
 and motivate a team\, secure funding\, negotiate deals\, manage intellectu
 al property\, and successfully market their projects to the public. They m
 ust master the business side of entertainment.\n\nIf you’re aiming for the
  executive producer's chair\, then our upcoming Info Session for Creative 
 Professionals is for you. Led by Executive Producer and McGill Faculty Lec
 turer Sylvain Gauthier\, you’ll join professionals from across creative se
 ctors for an interactive presentation on topics such as:\n\n\n	Why demand f
 or creative professionals with skills in executive production is up\n	9 typ
 es of organizations hiring executive producers (and some you might not exp
 ect)\n	The fastest growing creative sectors and hottest industries for jobs
 \n	Key creative industries seeing the fastest growth and the hottest sector
 s for jobs\n	7 key skills every executive producer needs\n	Doorways to inter
 national careers and the capabilities needed to manage creative projects a
 broad\n\n\nCost: Free\n\nRefreshments will be served.\n\n\nOUR SPEAKER\n\n
 Sylvain Gauthier\, P.Eng\, MBA\, PMP\n\nSylvain is an international execut
 ive producer specializing in new product and business development. He is c
 urrently the Executive Producer and General Manager of Franco Dragone Ente
 rtainment in China after spending 6 years with Cirque Du Soleil’s creative
  content division. As Executive Producer\, he oversees the relationship wi
 th Wanda for the operation of the HAN and DAI shows in China. Over the las
 t 3 years\, Sylvain conducted the negotiations and signed multiple contrac
 ts totalling more than US $200M for the creation of new shows in Guangzhou
 \, Chengdu\, Chongqing and Wuxi. At Cirque du Soleil\, Sylvain was involve
 d in the delivery of many productions such as Michael Jackson One & Immort
 al\, Totem\, Iris\, and Amaluna.\n\nIn his over 30 years of experience\, s
 ome of the high-profile projects he has managed include the Beijing 2008 O
 lympic Games\, the Formula One World Championship deployment in China (TV 
 and race)\, the setup of many joint ventures between Chinese partners and 
 foreign corporations\, and countless other businesses-related projects. He
  has a solid background and extensive experience in project management\, b
 usiness planning\, cost management and the implementation of project manag
 ement offices for large corporations. He is the author of the book 1 Hour 
 to save 1000 hours of stress and a McGill Faculty Lecturer in project mana
 gement and executive production.\n\nRegister free at mcgill.ca/scs-enterta
 inment\n\n \n\nFor information about this event\, call 514-398-2668 or ema
 il david.kynan [at] mcgill.ca\n
DTSTART:20190704T220000Z
DTEND:20190704T233000Z
LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montréal\, McGill University School of Continuing Studie
 s\, 688 Sherbrooke W\, Room 1041
SUMMARY:The Business of Entertainment: Career Pathways in Executive Product
 ion
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/continuingstudies/channels/event/business-enterta
 inment-career-pathways-executive-production-297933
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