Meet the team:
Andy Riesmeyer
Andy Riesmeyer is a digital media Executive Producer and Showrunner in Los Angeles, CA. For a decade, he has successfully led digital video projects for start-ups and traditional media companies including Machinima, Fullscreen/AT&T, Mattel, KTLA/Tribune Broadcasting and more.
Skilled as a director, creative producer and leader, he has overseen the development and execution of content for traditional media, top new media creators and Fortune 500 companies. Andy was the creative lead for the Mattel/Hot Wheels YouTube channel, creating original series for a variety of products, which have received tens of millions of views. As Head of Daily Video at Fullscreen, Andy developed and strategized viral content featuring established YouTube creators and up-and-coming comics, which received more than one hundred million views. Additionally, he has executive produced and managed unscripted talk shows like KTLA 5 Live, Brown Bag Wine Tasting with Willaim Shatner, @Fullscreen, All Systems Go! and more.
He has directed, produced, or consulted on digital campaigns for Red Bull Media House, Ford, The James Beard Foundation, The Clinton Initiative, Larry King and more. Currently he is the Sr. Producer and host of KTLA’s news talk show, 5 Live.
Jack Primavera
Jack Primavera is a Digital Producer and Showrunner, who began his career at A. Smith & Co. Productions, the unscripted production company behind hits such as Hell's Kitchen and American Ninja Warrior. After several years working in development, Jack helped build and launch A. Smith & Co.’s Digital Department in order to bring A. Smith & Co.'s reputation for world-class storytelling and high-quality production to the digital and branded entertainment space. While at A. Smith, Jack helped create and produce hit digital series "Recipes From Hell's Kitchen" and American Ninja Warrior's "Crashing The Course", which won a Reality Wanted Award for Best Digital Series in 2017.
His next venture was at Group Nine Media where he hired and managed two production teams created to produce short to mid-form content for Discovery Communications (Discovery Channel, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Science Channel). While at Group Nine, Jack helped develop and produce the Cash Cab companion series, "Cash Lift" for Discovery Go and Facebook.
For the last three years, Jack has been one of NBCUniversal's go-to producers for their digital content. Jack has produced digital and social content for a variety of NBC hit shows, such as The Titan Games, Songland, and American Ninja Warrior. Jack is currently working on his fifth season of The Voice as the show's Digital Producer, where he manages the show's digital slate of promotional and editorial content across Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, the NBC app, VOD platforms and many others.