Adia Grace Weaver

Email: [email protected]
Portfolio/Website: www.daiad.co

Education:
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology/Visual Arts): 2017-2021, GPA: 3.7
Activities: Silicon Valley Tiger Trek, Video Journalist for The Daily Princetonian, TigerTrends
Fashion Photographer, 1080p Photojournalism Club, Princeton University Mentor Program,
LEAP (Learning Enrichment in the Arts Princeton), B+ (B Positive Fighting Childhood Cancer
Foundation) Member, and Vice President - Princeton Association of Black Women
Awards: Lewis Center for the Arts Alex Adam '07 Award, Mellon Initiative Summer Digital
Research, and John C. Bogle ‘51 Fellowship for Civic Service (Visuality and Representation)

Additional Coursework:
● Kyoto University (Japan) - “Japan and Black America: A Long Road of Discovery”
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Global Seminar 2018
● New York University Tisch School of the Arts - Summer Filmmakers Workshop, J-Term
Tisch Goes Hollywood, Creative Coding: 2016, 2020
● Harvard University Business School - Virtual Venture in Management: 2020
● Oxford University Saïd Business School - Artificial Intelligence: 2020
● British Academy of Dramatic Arts Greek Theater Program: Summer 2024 (Included visits
to London, Oxford, UK; Nafplio, Athens, Delphi, Mycenae & Epidaurus, Greece)
● Accademia dell’Arte Theatre Intensive: Summer 2024 (Residency in Tuscany, Italy)

Professional Experiences:
Apprentice (Disney General Entertainment (DGE), New York, NY): 2022 - 2024
Selected as early-career creative for the Disney General Entertainment Apprenticeship Program
to prepare for a career in the entertainment industry. Responsibilities include shadowing and
assisting network executives in New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, CA.

20th Century Fox Television, Music (Los Angeles, CA - 2024)

● Shadowed EVP and VP of 20th Century Fox Music
● Shadowed team-wide & 20th Century Fox meetings (including 20th Century Animation)
● Curated and conducted research for American Dad soundtrack
● Assisted in spotting episodes for ABC Signature (ABCS) series in production and
perform Music Licensing Review (MLR) of ABCS series in development
● Typed and tracked deal memos and invoices
● Attended live scoring sessions & updated scoring schedules
● Logged and archived music production files
● Maintained and updated contact sheets
● Helped manage high volume scheduling & calendars for executives
● Co-planned/organized in-person activations including Black History Month celebration for
ROOTED Employee Affinity Group and Club 103 event

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ABC Entertainment, Casting (New York, NY - 2023)
● Shadowed VP of ABC Entertainment Casting, NY and EVP of ABC Casting, LA
● Attended virtual & in-person showcases, contributed to talent search/casting process
● Contributed on “Rising Stars” panel to share experiences with aspiring casting students
● Handled talent agency, management, and casting contact lists and correspondence
● Administratively tracked, reported and updated show coverage list(s)
● Helped to manage high volume scheduling and calendar for the New York team—
internal and outside meetings, casting sessions, initiatives, and annual Talent Showcase
● Developed and maintained databases, distribution lists, mailing lists and filing systems

National Geographic, Unscripted Development (New York, NY - 2022)

● Shadowed VP of Global Development, National Geographic Unscripted Series
● Researched, ideated, and pitched an original concept for an unscripted digital miniseries
with Unscripted Development team
● Created presentations highlighting diverse production companies for network executives
● Shadowed pitches, team-wide & department-wide meetings (including “greenlights” and
“pre-greenlights”) to discuss projects in pre-production and early stage development
● Managed high volume scheduling and calendar for executives
● Updated agency and production company contact lists and correspondence

National Geographic, Unscripted Production (New York, NY - 2022)

● Shadowed EVP and VP of Production, National Geographic Unscripted Series
● Served as a temporary production coordinator, receiving credits on series including Life
Below Zero: First Alaskans and Life Below Zero: Next Generation
● Shadowed team-wide & department-wide meetings to discuss shows in production,
including series such as Trafficked, Never Say Never with Jeff Jenkins, and Restaurants
at the End of the World
● Prepared presentations and/or lists for internal & external meetings
● Coordinated travel and expenses for senior executives
● Managed high volume scheduling and calendar for senior executives

Ida B. Wells Short Film Fund Juror (Chromatic Black, New York, NY): 2022
Screened and reviewed 25 short film proposals for the 2022-2023 Chromatic Black Ida B. Wells
Disrupting the Master Narrative Short Film Competition.

Venture Capital Fellow (Alpha Edison, Los Angeles, CA): 2020-2021

One of 25 students selected from across the country to join Alpha Edison investment and
research teams. Received training on venture capital financing and investment. Engaged with
the 2020-2021 cohort and broader Alpha Edison community through check-ins, meetings, and
events throughout the academic year.

Research Associate (Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, Princeton, NJ): Summer 2020
Conducted ethnographic interviewing and data collection to document Black art installations,
performances, and creative groups across the United States during the 2020 Black Lives Matter

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Protests. Worked in the Art and Alternative Futures Group, and research culminated in
publishing "Essentials: Black Art for the Future" virtual zine.

Content/Creative Intern (Mass Appeal Media, New York, NY): Fall 2019- Spring 2020
Contributed to unscripted television, film, music, and various digital/social productions from pitch
to post. Helped manage the company’s social media account and tracked engagement
metrics/KPIs. Conducted research, ideated concepts and reviewed pitch decks/treatments,
provided production and administrative support, as well as office management assistance.

Student Consultant (Julian Street Library and Media Center, Princeton, NJ): Fall 2018-
Spring 2021
Supervised library and media equipment loaning center, including audiovisual recording
equipment and in-house recording studio. Developed instructional materials based on
project-based work. Responsible for helping build creative projects with audio, video, web, print,
3D, datasets, and other technologies.

Specialist (Digital Learning Lab, Princeton, NJ): Fall 2018- Spring 2019
Supervised library, including in-house recording studios. Developed instructional materials and
helped support creative projects with audio, video, web, print, 3D, datasets, and other
technologies.

Founder (Female Filmmakers Fellowship, Princeton, NJ): Summer 2018

Pioneered a community-based summer program for middle school and high school women of
color centered around filmmaking, with emphases on refining craft, professional connections,
and self-care.

Student Videographer (Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ): Fall 2018 - Fall 2019
Responsible for the documentation of events within the Lewis Center for the Arts. Trained in use
of cameras and equipment used to document these events, and culturally involved in a variety
of performances, lectures, and readings.

Video Associate (Princeton University Pace Center for Civic Engagement), Princeton,
NJ): Fall 2017- Spring 2018
Documented all events and recorded and edited video content, especially for social media
channels, to promote the work of the Pace Center for Civic Engagement.

Skills/Languages:
Research, Media Production, Photography, Videography, Microsoft Office (Powerpoint, Word,
Excel), Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign), Canva,
Google Drive, Audio Engineering, ARCGis, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, 3D Printing,
TinkerCAD, Microcontrollers (Arduino), Spanish (advanced), Chinese (traditional - proficient),
Japanese (beginner), Italian (beginner), French (beginner), JavaScript (proficient), HTML
(proficient)

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 Licenses & Certifications:
Human Subject Research - IRB Social and Behavioral Research Investigator - Issued 2020
Adult and Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED - Certified by American Red Cross Training Services

Honors:
Lewis Center for the Arts Alex Adam '07 Award (2020) - One of three undergraduates selected
to pursue a summer research project and create new artistic work.

Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities (2020) - Summer 2020
Digital Research Grant

John C. Bogle ‘51 Fellowship for Civic Service (2018) - Received funding to facilitate arts
education programming for underrepresented/under-resourced young women and led
workshops on storytelling and filmmaking. Was selected for Visuality and Representation
Service Focus Cohort as apart of fellowship, and with other students, examined the long history
of using photography and film/video as tools for interpreting and addressing social issues,
considered how visual representation helps to understand the intersection of global capitalism
and the environment, and trained in practical photography and practiced interviewing fellow
students.

Publications:
"Essentials: Black Art for the Future" Virtual Zine - co-published with the Art and Alternative
Futures research group for Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab.

Presentations:
24th Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on Ancient Drama - Hosted by Archive of
Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at Oxford University. Theme was Bodies and Voices
in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Performance and its Reception. Presented
scenes from the classics with the British Academy of Dramatic Art (BADA).

Conferences:
Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival 2023, 2024 - Panelist/Attendee
Women in Entertainment Summit, 2024 - Attendee
Faculty Women of Color in the Academy Conference, 2023 - Attendee
Forbes Afrofuture Summit, 2023 - Attendee
American Black Film Festival, 2022 - Attendee
The International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2020 - Attendee
Harvard Virtual Venture in Management, Summer 2020 - Selected as Attendee
Teach For America RISE Summit, 2019 - Selected as Attendee
Maoriland Film Festival, 2018 - Attendee

Hobbies/Interests:
Knitting, baking, holistic medicine, thrifting/secondhand/vintage item buying and selling, music