Stacey Sommer is an award-winning executive producer with over a decade of experience producing series, documentaries, brand campaigns, and multi-format projects across a variety of platforms.
Recently, she produced the primetime special “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special” for Harpo Productions, which aired on ABC, Hulu, and Disney+. She’s also been working with tech and new media startups in a consulting and freelance capacity to elevate their production and strategy around visual storytelling.
Previously at VICE, she led a team responsible for developing and producing premium TV series and specials under the VICE News umbrella. She was Supervising Producer for the groundbreaking series “VICE News Tonight” on VICE TV, Executive Producer for the Emmy-winning series “VICE Special Report,” and showrunner for the Peabody Award–winning docuseries “Transnational.” She also identified and packaged original IP from across the newsroom into feature documentaries that were sold to Tubi. She first joined VICE as a producer on the launch team for “VICE News Tonight” on HBO.
Prior to VICE, she was a Supervising Producer at MTV and MTV News, where she developed, produced, and directed original franchises and series. While at MTV, she also oversaw branded video campaigns around tentpole events like the “Video Music Awards,” and worked on linear television specials including “Ask Obama Live: An MTV Interview with the President,” as well as MTV’s “Restore the Shore” telethon following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, and several iconic VMAs.
Stacey has been recognized with four News and Documentary Emmy® Awards, a Peabody Award, a duPont-Columbia Award, a GLAAD Award, and a National Press Club Award, among others.
Her work has taken her across the U.S., to Europe, and to Japan. In 2018, Stacey spoke at Harvard Business School’s annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference on diversifying behind-the-scenes roles in the media and entertainment industry—a topic she’s passionate about.
You can read more about her work on LinkedIn or send her an email staceymsommer@gmail.com