Shannon Barracato
TV production professional and media operations leader with 7+ years of experience leading large-scale, multi-location teams and managing multimillion-dollar budgets. I specialize in designing and running operational systems that improve execution, streamline complex workflows, and align cross-functional teams in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments.
My work spans television production, payroll and financial operations, and quality control—giving me a comprehensive view of how media organizations function from both the creative and operational sides. I focus on building scalable, repeatable processes that improve performance and reliability across live and scheduled environments.
Alongside my operational work, I am a published author of four novels and contributor to multiple anthologies, with ongoing projects in fiction, screenwriting, comedy, and podcast development.
I am particularly interested in senior leadership roles within media, entertainment, publishing, and creative industries, where I can combine operational rigor with creative understanding to improve how teams execute and deliver.
Originally from Milwaukee, I’ve lived in ten states and two countries and am now based in New York City with my husband and two cats.
I also wrote (under a former name):
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SHORT BUS HERO
“Ally Forman, a young woman with Down syndrome and a burnt-out guardian angel, wins the lottery in this unusual work from horror scribe Giglio (Revival House). Twenty-four-year-old grocery bagger Ally is obsessed with pro wrestling, so when she finds out she’s won $314 million she vows to bring her favorite wrestler, the recently booted Stryker Nash, back into the ring. Determined to use her riches to finally make her own decisions, Ally—with the help of a few whispered words from her cynical spirit guide—fights for independence from a family that’s just as determined to convince her she can’t. And as the choices Ally makes take hold, she learns that being normal isn’t exactly what she thought it would be. In less sensitive hands, Ally’s story could have devolved into something unsatisfying and distasteful. But it never veers in that direction. Instead, what Giglio has presented is a compassionately written and uplifting tale of forgiveness and redemption.” —Publishers Weekly
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