Kristen Duncan Williams is a Writer/Producer with 15 years of TV production and PR experience. Clients include Nickelodeon, WE: Women's Entertainment, Oxygen Media/NBC Universal, Lifetime Movie Network, USA Network and others.
Kristen writes strong, standout creative. Kristen will brainstorm, collaborate, and develop innovative concepts, scripts, web content, big ideas and pitch documents with clients that help build brand loyalty and generate business.
Highlights include:
- Excellent writing, organizational and communications skills
- Passion for digital social networks since 2001 – Blogger/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook/Foursquare
- Strong knowledge of all aspects of production from concept to completion
- Confident in high-pressure, face-paced work environment
- Confident leadership capabilities; ability to manage, motivate, and team collaborate
- Deliver projects on time and in budget
In June 2006, chosen by NIKON as 1 of 16 photographers to participate in a national and worldwide NIKON digital print & ad campaign for the promotion of their new camera the D80. Kristen’s photographs and self-portrait appeared in Nikon ads that featured in such magazines as Newsweek, NY Magazine, Time, National Geographic, etc.
Kristen will stop writing in third person now.
Bio
Kristen Duncan Williams is a freelance Writer/Producer.
Kristen most recently has served as a staff Writer for Nickelodeon's On-Air department for Nick Jr. - Nickelodeon's preschool division.
Prior to Nickelodeon Kristen worked on a freelance basis with NBC Universal/Oxygen Media, Lifetime Movie Network, WE: Women's Entertainment, AMC, Current TV and USA Network.
Prior to that, Kristen served as an on-air staff Writer/Producer for Oxygen Media/NBC Universal assigned to The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency, The Bad Girls Club, Tori & Dean Inn Love, Captured, Oxygen Mentor's Walk and Monique’s Fat Chance.
Previously, Kristen was an Associate Producer for Special Projects On-Air for Rainbow Media working on projects for AMC, IFC, WE: Women’s Entertainment, VOOM and FUSE.
In addition, Kristen worked as a Junior Publicist at The Kreisberg Group, a full-service international marketing and public relations firm representing cultural profit and non-profit clients: Santiago Calatrava, The Children's Museum of Manhattan, The Storm King Art Center and Edith Wharton's Estate. After leaving The Kreisberg Group, Kristen worked in PR as a freelancer and obtained clients such as The Jen Bekman Gallery, artist Will Ryman and Portuguese textile artist Rosa Pomar.
Prior to her work in public relations, Kristen worked for five years at Nickelodeon working in production on such shows as SpongeBob Squarepants, Rugrats, Hey Arnold!, Angry Beavers and Double Dare. While at Nickelodeon Kristen also served as a staff member on the Writing & Development team for pilots.
Kristen lives in Brooklyn with husband Eliot Shepard and daughter Lilian.
Clients
- Nickelodeon
- Oxygen Media/NBC Universal
- Lifetime Movie Networks
- AMC
- WE: Women's Entertainment
- USA Network
- truTV
- Nikon
- PILOT
"Kristen is an outstanding Writer and Producer, and a pleasure to work with. She's highly creative, a great self-starter and committed to being an essential part of the team."— Craig Parks, VP, Branded Entertainment & Business Development, Independent Film Channel (IFC)
"Kristen is a really confident creative whose humor and wit comes through in her writing style. No one moved up faster from an admin to a creative job. Great work ethic. Knows how to get things done inside the company too. I am a big fan of Kristen and strongly recommend her work. She's fun to collaborate with, has her own strong creative pov, yet is open to ideas from others."— Stuart Selig, SVP / Creative Director, Rainbow Media (Cablevision division)
"Kristen is a dream creative. Bright, funny, versatile, thoughtful, creative, driven, resourceful and hard-working. She can write, consult, produce. She dives into each new project with full-on excitement. She writes and produces for us on a regular basis and we're thrilled to work with her."— Louis Venezia, President, PILOT Productions
"Kristen is sharp, hard-working, creative, dependable, and a delight to work with. I wouldn't write it if it wasn't a fact."— Rob Battles, SVP Creative Services, Rainbow Media
"Kristen is an extremely talented promo writer/producer with a special instinct for innovative branding ideas. She shines at collaboration and her presence at group brainstorms at Oxygen never failed to elevate the level of the creative discussion. In addition to her creative ability, I also admired her diligence, work ethic and meticulous attention to detail. I observed her generosity in mentoring the junior members of her team and appreciated how she shared her expertise in ways that benefited everyone she worked with. I recommend her highly."— Amy Deaton Smith, Former Manager, Programming Strategy, Oxygen Media
"Kristen is a very creative and talented writer. She has a great ability managing creative personell and staying focused on the goal at hand. We worked together at Nickelodeon's Animation Dept. at the before the dawn of SpongeBob. Kristen left to pursue opportunities outside MTVN while I moved to different departments within the organization. I'd love to work with her again. She's fantastic."— Geoff Todebush, Vice President, Broadcast Operations at Nickelodeon
