Will Hackner

Successful founder and owner of Varsity Gay League LLC, the largest LGBTQAI+ recreational sports league in the USA, providing activities for over 20000+ LGBT, Gender Expansive and Straight Players, since 2007.

Program, Market and Manage 40+ full time sports leagues in Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, San Francisco, Sacramento, Orange County, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Buffalo, Seattle, Portland, Orlando, Providence, Las Vegas and FairField County. Manage staff of… Show more

Successful founder and owner of Varsity Gay League LLC, the largest LGBTQAI+ recreational sports league in the USA, providing activities for over 20000+ LGBT, Gender Expansive and Straight Players, since 2007.

Program, Market and Manage 40+ full time sports leagues in Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, San Francisco, Sacramento, Orange County, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Buffalo, Seattle, Portland, Orlando, Providence, Las Vegas and FairField County. Manage staff of 55.

Produce two national kickball tournaments, and one sports festival, including the worlds largest LGBTQ+ kickball tournament, annually, at the Sin City Classic.

Oversee all marketing and publicity for Varsity Gay League. Coordinate social media accounts across multiple channels.
• Web manager for Varsitygayleague.com updating new content daily, designing new pages, and studying webs site analytics.

Established network of national and local businesses who offer discounts to league players. National brands including Bud Light, Quest Nutrition, Larabar, Icelandic Miller Coors, Kind Bar, Glacial Water, ProYo, Los Angeles Dodgers, Basecamp Gym, Fresh Brothers Pizza, Aids Life Cycle, Andrew Christian and Grindr. Developed Wellness Plan, a coalition of doctors and medical professionals offering discounted services.

Design creative for league, including fliers design, shirt design, and marketing materials. Show less

Branded Entertainment Producer organizing outreach and building sponsorship and partnerships for TV integration. Responsible for driving sales as well as building traditional and social media opportunities.

Series:

Save Our Shelter: Season 2 (CW)
Breaking Dad (Discovery Channel/TLC)

Integrating brands into Ultimate Beastmaster, a Netflix Original Alternative Series.

Successfully integrated 3.2 Million Dollars into entertainment properties.
Partnered and Executed 7 Million Dollars in trade out for multiple series.

Integration Producer on National Series including:
Strong (NBC) - airing March 2016 (also trade out Producer)
Home Free (FOX) - aired July 2015
Flipping the Shore (FYI) - airing Q1 - 2016

Creative Producer, Integration Producer and TradeOut Producer:
Save Our Shelter (CW) - airing October 2015

Clients include… Show more

Successfully integrated 3.2 Million Dollars into entertainment properties.
Partnered and Executed 7 Million Dollars in trade out for multiple series.

Integration Producer on National Series including:
Strong (NBC) - airing March 2016 (also trade out Producer)
Home Free (FOX) - aired July 2015
Flipping the Shore (FYI) - airing Q1 - 2016

Creative Producer, Integration Producer and TradeOut Producer:
Save Our Shelter (CW) - airing October 2015

Clients include Relativity Media, 25/7 Productions, Spectrum, All3 Media, Lionsgate TV, Litton Entertainment, Trium Entertainment, 3Ball Entertainment, Jack Hanna, and Readers Digest. Show less

Community Manager for Global Brand, UL Safety Smart, across multiple platforms. Exponential brand growth, globally.

Built monthly brand strategies, wrote copy, and developed art with design team. Daily postings across all channels.

Ensure brand consistency utilizing UL approved language, content and visuals.

Monitor posts for community interaction as well as ensuring growth in engagement.

Consult Australia’s New South Wales government to determine whether NSW should offer tax credits to perspective film projects. Assess applications, scripts and other content. Monthly Skype development meetings with film council.

Created new intellectual property for film and animation and toy. Developed properties with writers and animation houses (Marathon, Nerd Corps) to develop style and tone.

• Showrunner/current series executive for animated series “REDAKAI: SEASON 2”

Built feature film division for Spin Master. Developed feature film version of “REDAKAI” (Oppenheimer/ Donnelly) based on animated series. Developed “BAKUGAN” (Matt Lopez/Chris Morgan) film script for Universal.

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Created new intellectual property for film and animation and toy. Developed properties with writers and animation houses (Marathon, Nerd Corps) to develop style and tone.

• Showrunner/current series executive for animated series “REDAKAI: SEASON 2”

Built feature film division for Spin Master. Developed feature film version of “REDAKAI” (Oppenheimer/ Donnelly) based on animated series. Developed “BAKUGAN” (Matt Lopez/Chris Morgan) film script for Universal.

Developed multiple toys lines based on new intellectual property with toy development and marketing teams. Additionally, consulted with marketing team on viability of theatrical licensing opportunities.

Created distribution models for toy and entertainment, with an eye towards acquiring new consumers utilizing new technology. Tracked popular trends in the marketplace to find new entertainment opportunities. Show less

Successfully managed and grew DC entertainment brand across multiple platforms with SVP.

Notable projects successfully developed and produced for DC Entertainment include:

• FILM: “DARK KNIGHT” (WB),“WATCHMEN” (WB), “RED” (Summit) , “LOSERS” (DARK CASTLE),“GREEN LANTERN” (WB) , “JONAH HEX” (WB),

• TV: “HUMAN TARGET” (FOX), TV ANIMATION: “BRAVE AND THE BOLD” (CN) “YOUNG JUSTICE” (CN)

• DTV: "SUPERMAN: DOOMSDAY" (2007)“JUSTICE LEAGUE: NEW FRONTIER (2008), “BATMAN:… Show more

Successfully managed and grew DC entertainment brand across multiple platforms with SVP.

Notable projects successfully developed and produced for DC Entertainment include:

• FILM: “DARK KNIGHT” (WB),“WATCHMEN” (WB), “RED” (Summit) , “LOSERS” (DARK CASTLE),“GREEN LANTERN” (WB) , “JONAH HEX” (WB),

• TV: “HUMAN TARGET” (FOX), TV ANIMATION: “BRAVE AND THE BOLD” (CN) “YOUNG JUSTICE” (CN)

• DTV: "SUPERMAN: DOOMSDAY" (2007)“JUSTICE LEAGUE: NEW FRONTIER (2008), “BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT” (2008), “WONDER WOMAN” (2009), “GREEN LANTERN” (2009), “SUPERMAN/BATMAN: PUBLIC ENEMIES” (2009), “JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRISIS ON 2 EARTHS” (2010), “DC SHOWCASE” (2010), “SUPERMAN/BATMAN: DARKSEID’S FURY” (2010).“BATMAN: RED HOOD” (2010), BATMAN: YEAR ONE (2011)

Supervised TV development for DC Comics, generating 8-12 potential projects and pitches annually, with heads of WBTV and Warner Horizon.

• Notable projects include: “DR. FATE” (SyFY), “SUPERGIRL” (WBTV), “FABLES” (ABC), “GLOBAL FREQUENCY” (CW), “BAD GIRLS” (Warner Horizon), “SCALPED” (Warner Horizon), “VINYL UNDERGROUND” (Wonderland), “NEW YORK FOUR” (WBTV) , “SANDMAN” (HBO), and “MIDNIGHT MASS” (NBC)

Current series executive for “HUMAN TARGET” (FOX), “SMALLVILLE” (CW), “BRAVE AND THE BOLD” (CN) “YOUNG JUSTICE” (CN)

Developed feature film projects for Warner Bros and New Line Pictures. Worked with creative talent to protect DC Brand, while evolving DC library in the 21st century.

• Notable projects included: “JUSTICE LEAGUE” (WB), “FLASH” (WB), “SUICIDE SQUAD” (WB), “HIGHWAYMEN”(WB), “DEADMAN” (WB), “SLEEPER” (SONY, WB), “LOBO” (WB), “AQUAMAN”(WB), “BIZARRO” (WB), “SUPERMAX” (WB),” OCEAN” (WB), “WONDER WOMAN” (WB),” RONIN” (WB), “TEEN TITANS” (WB), and “GREEN ARROW” (WB). Show less

Produced “SCI-FI INSIDE”, a 1 hour special for the Sci-Fi Network.

Produced 20+ DVD’s including high profile titles such a, “BATMAN COLLECTION”, 'TERMINATOR: SE", "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 56': CE", GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 3-4), "CONAN THE BARBARIAN", "and “BUFFY: SLAYER COLLECTION”

Supervised all aspects of projects, based on client requests, including maintenance of budget, talent and content quality. Typical roles included location scouting, talent relationships… Show more

Produced “SCI-FI INSIDE”, a 1 hour special for the Sci-Fi Network.

Produced 20+ DVD’s including high profile titles such a, “BATMAN COLLECTION”, 'TERMINATOR: SE", "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 56': CE", GILMORE GIRLS (SEASON 3-4), "CONAN THE BARBARIAN", "and “BUFFY: SLAYER COLLECTION”

Supervised all aspects of projects, based on client requests, including maintenance of budget, talent and content quality. Typical roles included location scouting, talent relationships, on-camera interviews, editing supervision, and developing creative concepts. Show less

Assisted VP of Special features on numerous projects for Warner Bros. Typical duties included development of featurettes, game ideas, and added video content for major titles such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Last Samurai, Gothika, Casablanca, The Matrix Trilogy.

Script coverage on direct-to-DVD productions.

Managed all accounting for the division including processing P.O.'s, expediting payment, and monthly financial reports.

Managed scheduling and calls for Sal Maniaci, Executive Producer, Current Series.

Script notes for feature films, live action and animation.

Supported executive team on new and current series including Taina, Spongebob Squarepants, Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Oddparents, Invader Zim, and The Big Help.

• Developed the fourth season of the game show Figure It Out.