Tommy Donohue
Industry Experience
December 2021 - May 2025
Donohue Pictures
New York, NY
Founding Producer
— Secured $40K+ in financing and negotiated 30+ project funding deals.
— Led multi-location shoots, managing crews of 20 professionals across scheduling, logistics, and production flow for 10-hour shooting days.
— Performed project and market research for scripted & documentaries.
— Bartered in-kind services from industry partners to optimize budgets.
June 2022 - June 2024
HATM Creative
Montclair, NJ
Executive Assistant
— Coordinated executive scheduling, travel, accommodations, and communication across 25+ branded content and M&A projects.
— Overhauled internal infrastructure: redesigned company-wide storage on Google Drive, email servers, shared calendars, SOW and contracts.
— Created dynamic client decks and pitch materials for $40K+ M&A videos, improving presentation quality and response rate.
September 2021 - May 2025
Bronxville, NY
Sarah Lawrence Filmmaking
— Produced 16 thesis films; delivering under budget and ahead of schedule.
— Raised $20K+ via Indiegogo and strategic partnerships; led all donor and sponsor communications.
— Led international crowdfunding for the U.S. and East Asia.
— Won 2 highly competitive Student Film Competition Awards.
Business Experience
September 2021 - May 2025
Bronxville, NY
— Increased donor participation by 300%; led outreach to 1,500+ prospects/month via cold calls on Blackbaud, campaigns, and alumni events.
— Restarted lapsed leadership donors 5-figure yearly contributions.
— Surpassed class donor goal by an additional 5%; implemented nostalgia-based creative incentive campaigns and event strategy.
— Prepared acknowledgement letters, renewal letters, and event mailings.
Office of Advancement Senior Fund Chair, Office of Student Philanthropy Leader
Sarah Lawrence College
New York, NY
October 2020 - June 2021
International Institute for Restorative Practices
— Facilitated restorative practice circles of 10 individual students supporting interpersonal conflict resolution and peer accountability.
— Documented student group progress and developed facilitation guides for personal, academic, and professional settings.
NYC Department of Education Intern, Restorative Practices Facilitator Certificate
Education
September 2021 - May 2025
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Viney Presidential Scholarship Bachelor of Arts | Arts Administration, Film Finance
June 2016 - May 2018
Boston, MA
Pao Family Scholarship Pre-Professional Training Program
Boston Ballet School
Skills
Meticulously Organized
High Resourceful
Executive Scheduling
Correspondence Oversight
Campaign Optimization
Expense Reconciliation
Contract & Deal Tracking
Google, Microsoft Suite
Adobe Creative Cloud
Blackbaud CRM
AI Design & Agentic Tools
References
(More available upon request)
Mark Kaplan
Founder / CEO 30 Minutes from Broadway
markkaplan@me.com
John Werner
Chief Storyworker / Founder HATM Creative
john@hatmcreative.com