Steve Marchese
About · 6 YEARS · 9 SHIPPED
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I produce things from start to finish.

I’m an Executive Producer based in New York City and currently stewarding creative, production and events as a Partner and Chief Production Officer at Recognition Media, the talented team behind the internet’s most prestigious award, The Webby Awards.

Over two decades at RM, I’ve been part of teams responsible for some of the most important awards honoring work in a number of creative industries. Some have been awards we started ourselves — the burgeoning Signal Awards, very quickly the pinnacle of success for podcasts; the Anthem Awards, the benchmark for purpose- and mission-driven creative work; and the Lovie Awards, the standard bearer of quality for the European Internet.

In my role at RM, I’ve also had the privilege of leading the creative, digital and event team on award properties we’ve acquired or managed for other brands like the Telly Awards, the leading honor for video for almost 50 years; TIME Best Inventions and 100 Most Influential Companies; and the Architizer A+ Awards, one of the premier architecture awards, developed by RM and the Architizer teams.

I’ve also helped launch and oversee some of NY’s most celebrated digital festivals including Internet Week NY (acquired by Crain Communications in 2012) and the brand new Webby Creator Weekend, a partnership with Adobe that is fast becoming the must-attend influencer event in NYC.

For each of these properties, I’ve had the privilege of working the entire production arc — concept through credits — across the live event, creative, marketing and digital components. I take on projects that span disciplines because most of the interesting ones do.

Disciplines

Across

WEB / DIGITALMicrosites, awards platforms, interactive editorial
FILMBrand films, documentaries, music videos
EVENTSAwards shows, festivals, conferences, premieres
MUSIC SUPERVISIONMusic search, clearance, supervision for brand campaigns
Phases

Throughout

CONCEPTPitch development, creative direction, partner sourcing
DEVELOPMENTBudgeting, scheduling, scope, deal structure
PRODUCTIONOn-set, on-the-ground, vendor management, day-of
POST · LAUNCHEdit, color, sound, delivery, distribution, press
Software

Tool Set

Creative
FIGMADesign + collaborative review
FINAL CUT PROEdit + finishing
PHOTOSHOPStills + comps
Management
NOTIONProduction docs + planning
LINEARTickets + project tracking
GOOGLE WORKSPACEDocs, sheets, decks
Communications
SLACKTeam comms
ZOOMClient calls + reviews
LOOMAsync walkthroughs
Selected press · talks · recognition
2024
[publication TBD] — feature profile
2023
SXSW panelist — 'The future of awards'
2020
Press coverage of Webbys From Home — [outlets TBD]

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How this site was made.

Type
Inter (Rasmus Andersson) for display + body. JetBrains Mono for technical detail.
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Motion
Native CSS + bespoke slot-machine.
Stack
Next.js 16 · Sanity · Vercel · Resend
Built with
Claude, in collaboration with Steve. · Source on GitHub ↗