Nick Balogh began his 20 year Emmy award-winning career in the entertainment business working for a mouse and a professional skateboarder. Unfortunately, Nick did not have the overabundance of entertainment job opportunities growing up in Mesa, Arizona. So he leaped at a chance to interview for the Walt Disney Summer College Program. Nick became a Disneyland VIP tour guide hosting celebrities, royal dignitaries, and other Walt Disney Company special guests. This job is where he met world-famous action sports icon Tony Hawk. Leveraging his relationship with Tony, Nick joined Tony’s media production company as an editor, thus becoming his first paid job in television and introducing Nick to the worldwide leader in sports, ESPN. This relationship officially launched his freelance career producing compelling branded content, commercials, live events, and features for the largest companies in the entertainment business, including ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, Showtime, Disney, Golf Channel, Red Bull, NatGeo, and the Discovery Channel. Nick had the unique experience to fulfill many roles in the industry, allowing him to take a leadership role in the creative process and business of making award-winning content. Utilizing the popularity of the Call of Duty series of games, Activision Blizzard tapped Nick’s talents in live events and sports broadcasting to launch the first of its kind franchised professional Esports league worldwide in 2019. Leaving his freelance business behind, Nick accepted a full-time position as the Line Producer, heading up the administration and logistics to launch this new sports league. In addition, Nick helped create the methodology of a live event touring model for a 26 arena event season as a shared cost responsibility between 12 city-based franchised Esport organizations across four countries. Nick is now the Line Producer heading up the production finance and production management teams for all Activision Blizzard Esports products, including the Call Of Duty and the Overwatch leagues. PRODUCTION & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE: - Thorough understanding of all production processes & departments. - Experienced in production scheduling, budget creation & management. - Proficient with recruitment & negotiation of vendors, crew & talent. - Coordination, management & implementation of multiple crews & production staff for televised live events, commercials, episodic television. - Up to date knowledge & experience with all technical processes & equipment including camera, grip & lighting, sound & post production.