Pamela was born in Connecticut, raised in New Jersey, and returned to Connecticut to attend Trinity College to study film theory. To round out her courses in the more practical sense, she spent a semester at the Tisch School at NYU focusing on filmmaking. Itching to leave the tri-state area, Pamela traveled to Florence, Italy, to study screenwriting, again with Tisch, and to Los Angeles to learn the producing side of the film business with Emerson College. While there, she interned and eventually worked at an independent film production company in Culver City, assisting the executive producer on film sets and in the office, reading and occasionally green lighting scripts, and helping out in the wardrobe and prop arm of the company. It was this experience that taught Pamela that Hollywood film production would not be her calling.
Just before graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College, Pamela interned in the small broadcast production department of Draft in NYC. It was here, under the tutelage of Jackie Anderson, that Pamela found a home amongst an intimate group of creative, business minded producers. While big commercial film production might not be her thing, the shorter timelines, creative collaboration, and involvement in every stage of the process of commercial producing certainly was.
After graduation and a move to New York City, Pamela accepted a job at JWT. This big agency atmosphere afforded her the opportunity to work on such diverse brands as Jenny Craig, Listerine, Dominos, and Sunsilk hair care. Perhaps her favorite project and the one that left the most lasting impact was producing web videos for the AdCouncil BoostUp.org campaign, helping to encourage students to stay in school, particularly in post-Katrina New Orleans.
When an opportunity presented itself to work at a smaller agency and focus on a single brand, Pamela jumped at the chance. Using her experience on global hair care work, she smoothly transitioned to beauty on Maybelline at Gotham. Here, Pamela assisted on multi-million dollar global campaigns and produced US ones of her own. The high production value, celebrity talent and vanities, and attention to detail was addictive and Pamela found the small size mentality immensely appealing. Pamela spent three years honing her craft at Gotham, forging many agency and vendor relationships, and growing creatively as a producer.
In 2009, looking to expand outside the world of beauty, Pamela became a producer at Grey NY. Over the past four years, she has produced work for such varied brands as TJ Maxx, Cover Girl, NFL, Playtex, Banana Boat, Cialis, Longhorn Steakhouse, and Robitussin as well as many others. She has also been involved in numerous new business pitches. Additionally, she has made it her prerogative to continue to produce non-profit work for JDRF, the Juvenile Diabetes Research foundation.
Pamela continues to look to work on brands that will expand her portfolio while honing her production skills specifically in the beauty and pharmaceutical realms.