Julia Carias-Linares is a tv, film and digital producer, actress, real estate stager, interior designer, and businesswoman. Her expertise is in sourcing projects, developing talent and securing intellectual properties.
Carias-Linares is the creator of Big Deals In Fancy Heels, an inspiration and aspirational non-scripted series centered around four empowered women navigating the NYC real estate world. As a television executive she has worked for three of A+E Television Networks’ brands – Lifetime, A&E and fyi,. Carias-Linares was part of the Development and Programming core team that successfully re-branded the Biography channel to fyi, into the number one upscale entertainment network on ad-supported cable in 2015. She worked on top-rated series including Married Life (2017 Primetime Emmy Consideration), Married At First Sight (2015 Critics Choice Awards Nominee), Seven Year Switch and many more. In 2017, Carias-Linares, executive produced Kiki Mobile a reality, mobile entertainment news series, covering celebrity interviews, set visits, and red carpets. She is executive producing the OMNI Cultural TV Fest in partnership with NATPE, a one-day, unique opportunity for independent creators and producers to showcase their ideas for television and Over-The-Top (OTT) distributors.
As a fearless entrepreneur, Carias-Linares is known for creating opportunities for herself which is why is not surprising she leveraged her love for interior design and background in television home shows to bid for a home staging job with one of NYC’s top luxury residential real estate brokers. With a sharp eye for design, she beat out some well-established home-stager-designers and staged her first million-dollar listing. In December 2016, she launched JCL Staging & Design, and rapidly building it into a bold and well sought out brand by top brokers in the luxury residential real estate market in New York City.
Carias-Linares has written for New York’s number one Hispanic daily, El Diario/La Prensa, the oldest Spanish-language daily in the United States. She studied acting at the renowned American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. Committed to giving back to her community, she donates countless hours to many community driven causes and is often invited to participate in variety of professional panels. She sits on the Executive Board of Directors for the 100 Hispanic Women, Westchester Chapter – a national organization that promotes enrichment opportunities and support young women aspirations for higher education. She is a member of the National Television Academy as part of the Executive Peer Group and New York Women in Film and Television. While at A+E Television Networks, she was part of MIT – Multicultural Insight Team – a group dedicated to promoting multicultural inclusion that impacts the company’s programming and overall culture.
Julia Carias-Linares
Executive Producer | Content Creator
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