Check Out Bree Green’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Bree Green.

Hi Bree, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I started my career in 2010 as a radio personality in Detroit at Hot 102.7 as the news, traffic and weather personality for the Rickey Smiley Morning Show. I learned from that position I wanted to expand my production career into television. I moved to New York in 2012 with no job and only the money from that year’s tax return determined to find a production job in Television. I worked as a Fashion Writer for Ebony.com and served as a Production Assistant and Logger for Season 2 of Chef Roble which aired on Bravo. From there in 2013, I became a Production Assistant at the Steve Wilkos Show working my way up through every position, Production Assistant, Jr Associate Producer, Associate Producer, Segment Producer before leaving in 2016 to take a moment to be a new mother. After Maternity, I started at Hearst Magazines on their brand new Digital Media team. I was on ELLE.com‘s first video team as a Producer, helping amplify the voice of Minority’s through our content and Produced on a team that created ELLE’s first documentary, Braided. I was promoted in 2018 to Senior Video Producer for the newly emerging OprahMag.com and Produced The OG Chronicles featuring Oprah and Gayle. I moved to Los Angeles in 2019 for a fresh start after some life changes and joined The Ellen Degeneres Show Ellen Digital Ventures as a Digital Media Producer on Marquee series until 2021. In October of 2021, I joined Meredith Corporation as Executive Producer of Beauty, Fashion and Travel for InStyle Magazine and Travel + Leisure Magazine

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
When I moved to LA in 2019, I had just went through some major life changes and moved to LA with no job, only in the first interview stage at Ellen. I had my five years old daughter and she and I stayed at my best friend’s home until I secured the bag with Ellen Digital Ventures shortly after. Digital media is a tricky field and layoffs can happen at the snap of a finger. I experienced layoffs during my career that weren’t performance-based but from departments being dissolved, and I had to learn how to navigate through that.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I create original series both editorial as well as branded that are formulated for website and social platforms. Basically, the videos you watch on your phone or computer. I conceptualize the concept and format, write scripts, direct on set, decide what the aesthetic will appear as, hire crew, oversee the edit to ensure it shapes out to the original concept. I’m known for my work at ELLE.com on series such as Braid Star, Song Association, The Movement, Cost of Being a Woman, Lactatia, About Face. My work at Ellen Digital Media on Fempire especially. I’m most proud of Braided: An American Hair Story, a documentary created to show the history of braid culture and its impact on America. It was really impactful coming from that brand, and I love that I was able to be a part of something that amplified Black Voices in a Mainstream Beauty platform and world where our culture has so much of an impact in general. I also Executive Produced a video for OprahMag.com where we surprised young Black High School Girls with Michelle Obama and Oprah, which warmed my heart immensely. The magnitude of joy and excellence in that room is something I’ll never forget.

What sets me apart from others is I’ve worked in almost every position from PA to Executive Producer. I’ve done it with limited resources, no “inside” connections or nepotism, just pure hard work. I’ve learned and grown how to fit myself into spaces I dreamed of being in, I’ve learned how to excel in those spaces as well. Giving up was never an option, seeing a ceiling is never an option. I moved to two cities (New York and Los Angeles) with no job initially and have continued to find success because of perseverance.

How do you define success?
When I got my first real “Big Girl” salary, after I had just overcame so many obstacles to get there, I was clapping like Will Smith at the end of Pursuit of Happyness. THAT was success to me. Knowing that I could provide for myself and my daughter. Know that I was in a position to amplify voices of color on mainstream platforms with my influence in the content creation. Being able to do what I love as my livelihood. Being the first in my immediate family to have earned such accolades and the ability to make them proud of me. That’s success.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://vimeo.com/329427431
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breezydoll/?hl=en