PRODUCING

From story idea to final delivery, I know how to bring a story to life—on screen, onstage and everywhere in between.

My producing roots are in live television. I spent years producing in the Chicago market for WFLD Fox Chicago, WGN and ABC7 Chicago, taking stories from concept through air. I’ve produced everything from local and breaking news to championship parades, the CMA Awards in Nashville and the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in Memphis. I also created and produced the first live broadcast from a CTA train.

Today, I bring that same end-to-end producer mindset to technology, corporate storytelling and live experiences. I help shape the story and creative direction, develop production plans, select and work with agencies and production partners, guide pre- and post-production, and review the work through final delivery.

For live events, I develop the story and flow of the show, build detailed run of shows, coordinate production teams, and prepare executives and speakers for the stage. My background in live television means I understand both sides of the work: how to tell the story and how to make the show run.

Production capabilities: 

  • Story ideation

  • Creative development

  • Pre-production

  • Agency & production partner selection

  • Live event production

  • Run of show

  • Speaker & executive preparation

  • Production oversight

  • Post-production review

A person in ice skating gear wearing sunglasses is skating on an outdoor ice rink, with a person filming them using a camera on a tripod. The scene is set in winter with snow on the ground, leafless trees, and brick buildings in the background.
A man with a beard and dark hair dressed in a tan coat and blue shirt is holding a microphone with the logo of a TV channel, standing in front of a backdrop with NFL Draft logos and the hashtag #NFLDRAFT. A camera is positioned in the foreground.
A man with a helmet operating a professional video camera, filming two people in a retail store with colorful candy displays.
Group of diverse people smiling and taking a group photo inside a subway train, with a mascot wearing a team hat.
A man in a suit smiling and talking to a person inside a vending or ticket machine on a city street during dusk, with tall buildings and streetlights in the background.
A collection of electronic equipment including monitors, control panels, and servers, with some screens displaying test patterns and other data, situated in a technical or broadcast control room.
Marissa Isang at Blackhawk Hockey Parade.
Marissa Isang at Chicago Blackhawk Hockey Parade.
Marissa Isang next to the Stanley Cup trophy.
A group of people at an outdoor event, some smiling and some speaking into microphones, with tents and trees in the background, including a large inflatable hockey player and Chicago Blackhawks balloons.
Marissa Isang on a red carpet at the CMA Awards with coworkers.
Marissa Isang on a red carpet at the CMA Awards. #CMAwards.
View of an airport tarmac with a parked turboprop airplane in the background, and a camera mount or tripod in the foreground.
Two people, a man and a woman, standing next to a small aircraft on an airport tarmac, with a cloudy sky overhead.
Marissa Isang with Chance the Rapper.
A news studio with a large digital display showing the logos of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox, celebrating their World Series championships, with confetti and blue lighting accents.
ABC7 Chicago Cubs and their World Series championship, with American flags and patriotic bunting.
Marissa Isang with sports commentators wearing headsets smiling at the camera at a baseball stadium during sunset.
Marissa Isang with coworkers in Chicago.
A man with dark hair and a dark jacket stands outside at a baseball field, holding papers in one hand and a microphone with the ABC 7 logo in the other. The sky is blue with a few clouds, and there is a green scoreboard and a tall building in the bac
Marissa Isang and team at the Lorrain Motel.
Sign for Lorraine Motel with a neon red arrow on top, displaying the date April 4, 2018, and the text MLK50.
Marissa Isang out on a shoot in a desert.
Photo of a television broadcast monitor showing a female news anchor with a city skyline at night in the background, featuring brightly lit skyscrapers and buildings.
People standing on a sandy beach during sunset, with footprints visible in the sand and the ocean in the background.
A woman standing outdoors by a body of water with a city skyline in the background, during daytime. She is wearing a blue jacket and has her hands clasped in front of her. Photography equipment is set up around her.