OBJECTIVE

A graphic designer and video editor with 5+ years of professional experience, seeking a compelling job with growth potential and the opportunity to apply my diverse professional and personal experiences.

SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES

  • Leadership: specializes in building cross-functional teams, managing different personalities
  • Project Management: waterfall and agile styles, scoping, QA, user experience testing
  • Design/Video: video editing expert, graphic design, web design and content management
  • Marketing and PR: creative strategy, ad buying and sales, promotional events, press coverage, press releases
  • Finance: scheduling, payroll and commission systems, fundraising, budgeting
  • Contracts: negotiation, contract law fundamentals

SOFTWARE SKILLS

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Sound Booth
  • Adobe Premiere
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Adobe After Effects
  • DVD Studio Pro
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • HTML/CSS
  • Web based CMS (Ektron, TeamSite) and blog platforms (WordPress, SquareSpace)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graphic Designer  Pick Factor, Washington, D.C.                                                                                                                                         2014 to Present                Online based fantasy sports software company

Responsibilities:

  • Develop graphics for use on the Pick Factor fantasy football app and website

  • Design flyers for promotions and client events

Magazine Layout Editor  Back In The Bronx, New York, New York                                                                                                             2013 to Present               Quarterly magazine about The Bronx and the greater New York area

Responsibilities:

  • Layout articles and associated images using InDesign

  • Touch up and refine images using PhotoShop for use in the magazine

  • Design advertisements for clients using PhotoShop, to be used in the magazine

  • Design direct mailers to solicit new subscribers

Special Events Coordinator  New World Stages, New York, New York                                                                                                           2010 to 2013                 Manhattan based facility which houses 5 distinct theaters

Responsibilities:

  • Produced design material for client events

  • Contacting, serving as main point of contact for, and booking clients

  • Staffing and managing a wide variety of special events, which include corporate board meetings, media receptions, product launches, movie premieres, fundraisers, and children’s birthday parties.

  • Responsible for over 400 separate events, with budgets ranging from $5,000 to $1 million dollars.

Assistant Operations Manager  New World Stages, New York, New York                                                                                                     2010 to 2013                 Manhattan based facility which houses 5 distinct theaters

Responsibilities:

  • Ensured the maintenance of the facility during performance times.                

Financial Analyst  The Araca Group, New York, New York                                                                                                                           2008 to 2009                  One of New York's leading entertainment merchandising and production companies, with operations on Broadway and around the globe

Responsibilities:

  • Supervised payroll for a permanent staff of 10, and part-time staff of 30, depending on the number of on-going productions

  • Responsible for tracking sales data and merchandise receipts, providing reports and analysis, trend forecasting

Operations and Merchandising Coordinator The Araca Group, New York, New York                                                                                  2008 to 2009         

  • Worked directly in organizing and maintaining multiple productions’ merchandise lines, which contributed approximately 33% of each production’s gross sales

  • Responsible for merchandise placement and advance sales for traveling productions, including Wicked, The Wedding Singer, and Rock of Ages

PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE

ENVY – TV Series                                                                                                                                                                                           2011 to 2013

Supervising Producer/Writer for this on-line “dramedy,” which takes a look into the world of Detroit's nightlife  

Just ASK Productions, New York, New York                                                                                                                                                 2008 to 2012

Co-Founder of entertainment company created to produce the work of emerging playwrights Off and Off-Off Broadway.

  • Raised over $25,000 via investor campaign
  • Produced 9 separate theater productions
  • Served as Producer, Director, and Playwright

Educational Alliance, New York, New York                                                                                                                                                  2010 to 2013

Film Editor: 2011 All Staff Award Videos, A Wonderfully Flat Thing

Video Archivist: Various Productions                                                                                                                                                                           

The Splinter Group, New York, New York                                                                                                                                                    2009 to 2011

Merchandise Manager: Responsible for developing a product line and overseeing sales staff.

 EDUCATION

Colgate University, Hamilton, New York                                                                                                                                                         2002 to 2006

Bachelor of Arts, Classical Studies with minor concentration in Film and Media Studies

Activities:        Colgate University Theater (Producer, Writer, Actor, Director, Archivist) primary fundraiser, negotiated licensing agreement, established budget, organized production staff, set design, and casting director

                  Phi Delta Theta Fraternity (Warden, Fire Marshall)