ISA Presents: First Gig, Next Gig, Dream Gig with Nickelodeon

Join a panel of Nickelodeon Writing Program alumni for a conversation about how to get your first writing job, securing the famously challenging follow up, and how to build a successful, sustainable, and satisfying career as a TV writer.

Panelists:
Jeff Trammell – Creator & Executive Producer, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Hunter Toro – Story Editor, Bupkis
Mia Resella – Story Editor, Young Jedi Adventures
Gabriel Garza - Co-Executive Producer, The Winchesters

Jeff Trammell
Jeff Trammell is the Head Writer and Executive Producer of the upcoming Marvel Studios animated series, “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man”. Since moving to Los Angeles in October of 2015, Jeff has written for over a dozen shows, most notably the Emmy, Annie, NAACP and GLAAD nominated Cartoon Network Series “Craig of the Creek”, in which he worked as Head Writer and Supervising Producer. In addition to writing for television and comic books, Jeff is also a voice actor, having worked on Cartoon Network’s “Craig of the Creek” and “The Fungies”.

Hunter Toro
Hunter was a Nickelodeon Writing Fellow in 2021. She has since staffed on shows like True Story, Digman!, Bupkis, and St. Denis Medical. Her feature BOY FALLS FROM SKY was selected for the 2023 Black List.

Gabriel Alejandro Garza
After starting as an animation writer on Nickelodeon’s Penguins of Madagascar, and later co-creating the live-action sitcom Bella & The Bulldogs, Gabe listened to the advice of the life-sized Yoda in his office and followed his big geeky heart – leading him to the writing staff of CW’s The Flash. During his 100+ episode tenure, Gabe became an Executive Producer on the hit series. After Flash, Gabe wrote for The Supernatural spin-off, The Winchesters, and sold a new TV series to Amazon’s Freevee based on an IDW comic book. Other Gabe work includes screenplays for Warner Bros. Animation and Universal Pictures. His cats are sometimes proud of him, for cats.

Mia Resella
Mia is an alum of the 2016 Nickelodeon Writing Program and has written for a variety of shows and networks, including the GLAAD-award winning DEAD END: PARANORMAL PARK, Disney’s THE GHOST AND MOLLY MCGEE, Cartoon Network’s CRAIG OF THE CREEK, Nickelodeon’s TINY CHEF, and more. They were recently Story Editor on the Emmy-award winning Star Wars show YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES from Lucasfilm and Disney Junior. Before discovering their passion for animation, Mia wrote and produced a live action short with Bad Robot where they received mentorship from some of the best minds in the biz. They are currently working on an unannounced feature film and unannounced animated show.

Moderated by Kate Blatchford - Sr. Manager of Creative Talent Development & Outreach, Nickelodeon