Video Producer // Creative Director // Photographer //
MARCO KATHURIA, MKCREATIVEmedia, LLC.
Born and raised in London, England, Marco Kathuria is an independent video producer and creative consultant working with nonprofit organizations in the Mid-Atlantic region and in New York City.
Prior to establishing MKCREATIVEmedia— a creative services agency— in 1998, Marco worked as a freelance producer at public television stations in New York City and Dallas, during which time he also co-founded a Dallas-based television production company—Mystery Trout Productions, Inc.—with partner Charlie Papaceno, previously of the A&E Cable Network. Mystery Trout conceived and developed a music television pilot aimed at the public television and premium cable audience in addition to “Metro 214: An Arts and Lifestyle Show“.
“Just Another Day: How to Survive an Active Shooter Event on Campus” was commission by Towson University in Maryland, USA. As of May, 2022 the film has racked up nearly 11 Million views on YouTube. The film was recognized with a 2018 Platinum MarCom Award in the video training category by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals as well as a Peer Gold Award, the top prize in the education/training video category, from the Television, Internet & Video Association of Washington, D.C. on November 17, 2018. Official Selection IndieFest Film Festival 2019. Producer, Marco Kathuria, and the director, Joseph Kraemer, were also nominated for a Regional EMMY Award in 2019.
Marco Kathuria has won a number of other film and television awards as a producer, including the USA Film Festival “Finalist” for “Metro 214: An Arts and Lifestyle Show“. He also received two EMMA Awards for the television pilot, “617 Boston: An Arts and Lifestyle Show“.
A graduate of Newcastle University Business School (UK) where he read Economics, Marco subsequently earned a Masters degree in Broadcasting from Boston University.
Public & Media Relations Consultant
LINDA GROSS, Principal, LCG Communications
Born and raised in Queens, New York, Linda Gross graduated from Queens College of the City University of New York and has been in the pr business for more than 25 years. For the past 15 years, she has been the president of her own firm, LCG Communications. She has spent most of her pr career in the non-profit sector, strategizing and implementing campaigns for progressive activist groups, “cause” campaigns and labor unions. She also provided communications and media support for many progressive political campaigns from NY City Council to Congress.
She is a sought after lecturer and teacher and has lead classes in media and media training for labor unions, grassroots groups, funders, political candidates and elected officials. She has taught at Hunter College and Cornell University’s Union Leadership Program and is one of the original Huffington Post bloggers.
Social Media Marketing // Graphic Design Consultant
RICK KNIGHT, Principal, RBKnight Creative Services
Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Rick Knight is an Apple-trained technology instructor, street photographer, and social media manager. He has worked with professional sports franchises, magazines and newspaper, musicians, and a chicken salesman from Salisbury, Maryland. Studying and participating in social media for longer than the term has existed, Rick has compiled an inventory of experience, knowledge and know-how that he can’t help but share.
Junior Copywriter
BARRY ARD (AKA “Bard”), Multimodal Artificial Intelligence model and a generative AI chatbot developed by Google
Barry (renamed “Gemini” in February, 2024) is a next-generation language and conversation capabilities powered by Google’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications (or LaMDA for short) that the WeLoveOella.com team have been using on our website and social media channels for a few years.
Bard/Gemini seeks to combine the breadth of the world’s knowledge with the power, intelligence and creativity of our large language models. It draws on information from the web to provide fresh, high-quality responses to queries.
