About

Emmy-nominated Producer Simone Pero, is a purpose-driven multi-hyphenate entrepreneur and sought-after expert on society, culture, and humanity. Recognizing the growing importance for brands, content, and advocacy to join forces, Simone founded For Impact to guide the strategic social impact of projects.

Pero’s expertise lies in creative financing strategies and inspiring engagement. A specialist in corporate communications and navigating cross sector partnerships, she has worked with a wide range of clients from Fortune 500 corporations to nonprofits, government entities, and independent films. ,

Pero’s bio includes the acclaimed films THE TALE and THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING and a wide swath of needle-moving projects. Pero currently serves on CMSI’s Documentary Power Research Institute’s Advisory Group and is on faculty at the Stony Brook University Killer Films’ MFA in Film program. She is also a frequent public speaker on a variety of social impact topics for the public, private, and nonprofit arenas. Prior to launching For Impact, Pero was an executive at MTV, Rainbow Media/Cablevision (now AMC Networks), and the Taproot Foundation, and she began her career as a public policy analyst with the U.S. Federal Government.

Pero holds a graduate degree in Public Affairs and Policy and advanced studies in Media. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy, and is the immediate past Chair of New York Women in Film & Television’s Advisory Board and former Board Member of Women in Film & Television International. She was named by Cynopsis Media as a 2019 Top Woman in Media in Community Building.

What We Do

For Impact clients span Fortune 500 media and entertainment corporations, independent films and television series, nonprofits, ethical consumer brands, government agencies, corporate social responsibility teams, artists, content creators, and visionary leaders.

Through our work, we have seen first hand extraordinary examples of how film, art and media can move audiences from apathy to empathy to social action. In this time of extraordinary shifts, our hope is to continue leveraging the moving image and the media and entertainment industry to push past societal and systemic challenges that stifle.

While each engagement is unique, we offer high level strategy and design multi-pronged ecosystems tailored for maximum impact on the world. We serve in a variety of capacities and advice on some of the most important projects of our time. Our core services provide keen counsel on contemporary social issues and their interplay with entertainment content, distribution outlets, brands, stakeholders, and audiences. See our Advisory page for a full list of offerings.

What We Do

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