Sharon Taylor
1014 Broadway #1235, Santa Monica, CA, 90401 | sharontaylorproductions@gmail.com | 424.487.0607 | [linkedin.com/in/sharontaylorproductions/] | [sharontaylorproductions.com]
PROFILE
Creative, performance-driven Writer and Storyteller with over 15 years in the entertainment industry, specializing in legal dramas and social justice narratives. Leveraging a background in communications, I craft character-driven stories that amplify underrepresented voices, centering on justice, redemption, and advocacy. Experienced across TV, radio, web, and documentary production, I am dedicated to exploring resilience, systemic reform, and the human stories within justice.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Highlights
Creator/Writer
Lady Justice (TV Pilot Series) | [2022 – Present]
- Developed and wrote the pilot episode for Lady Justice, a legal drama following the Innocence Project’s Women’s Division as they fight to exonerate Sarah Martinez, a disabled Latina lesbian wrongfully convicted.
- Genre: Legal Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Logline: In Lady Justice, the Innocence Project’s Women’s Division fight to exonerate Sarah Martinez, a disabled Latina lesbian, wrongfully convicted of killing her rapists, while confronting systemic bias and personal challenges.
- Key Themes: Gender and racial bias, redemption, advocacy, wrongful convictions.
- Collaborated with producers to create realistic courtroom and investigative scenes with themes of gender and racial bias, wrongful convictions, and advocacy.
Editor & Freelance Writer
Professional Prodigy | Hillside, IL | [2006 – 2016]
- Developed, edited, and produced content for web, music videos, ads, and articles, specializing in legal reform, social justice, and women’s rights.
Administrative Assistant
Department of Defense | Forest Park, IL | [2002 – 2006]
- Assisted in creating and implementing administrative policies for executive staff, while managing statistical reports to enhance operational productivity.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Communications
Northridge University, Northridge, CA | [2021] | GPA: 3.6
- Dean’s List
- Relevant Coursework: Film History, Editing, Visual Storytelling
- Skilled in content creation across theatre, film, and multimedia, with expertise in rhetorical studies, intercultural communication, and social justice narratives in entertainment, politics, and business.
Associate of Arts in Communications
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA | [June 2018] | GPA: 3.5
- Dean’s List
- Relevant Coursework: Screenwriting, Digital Arts, Audio Design, Photography
Certificate of Achievement
Santa Monica College Promo Pathway Program | [June 2017]
- Coursework: Digital Video Editing, Motion Graphics, Short Form Media, Social Media Marketing
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Media Production & Screenwriting
- Dialogue Writing, Script Development, and Editing
- Narrative Structure, Character & Plot Development
Key Skills
- Collaborative Writing & Teamwork, Script Formatting (Final Draft, Celtx), Pitching & Story Presentation
Technical Skills
- Camera Techniques: Canon EOS C500 4K, Canon EOS 80D, Arriflex 235
- Editing Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, Pro Tools
CERTIFICATES & INTERNSHIPS
- BSTEM Project Internship: Technology in Entertainment, Arts & Media | [June 2018]
- Writers Guild Foundation’s Veterans Writing Project | [April 2017]
HONORS & AWARDS
- California State University, Northridge
- Dean’s Honor Roll, 2019
- Santa Monica College
- Dean’s Honor Roll, 2015–2019
- Certificate of Achievement, 2017, 2019
- Certificate of Completion: Team Collaborative, Technology in Entertainment, Arts & Media Program, B-STEM Project & Level Forward, 2019
- Certificate of Completion: PromaxBDA Promo Pathway Program, 2017
- Santa Monica Scholars Certificate, 2018
- Alpha Gamma Chapter of Alpha Gamma Sigma Honor Society, 2015–2018
- Beta Kappa Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, 2015–2018
- Military Honors
- Army Achievement Medal, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal (2nd Award)
- National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award), Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
- Armed Forces Reserve Medal (with “M” Device), Army Service Ribbon
- Certificate of Appreciation: Operation Iraqi Freedom, Certificates and Letters of Appreciation
- Scholarships
- Judge David B. Finkel Social Justice Scholarship, 2019
- Black Collegians: Sydney Goldfarb Memorial Award, 2016, 2017
- Black Collegians Program: Sue and Bill Gross CTE Scholarship Award, 2017, 2019
- Twenty Pearls Heritage Foundation & Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Tau Tau Omega Chapter Award, 2019
- John Dubay & Solomon Whitlow Memorial Scholarship, 2019
- Richard A. Gross Memorial Scholarship, 2019
- Noel Jones Scholarship, 2016, 2017, 2018
SOFTWARE & TOOLS
- Scriptwriting: Final Draft, Celtx, Scrivener
- Office Software: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint), Google Suite (Docs, Drive)
REFERENCES
Available upon request.