EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

ELLIS DESIGN, 4/2011 - 8/2011
Graphic and Web Design, Print and Creative Marketing Specialist (Contractor)

LPL FINANCIAL, 1/2011 - 4/2011
Technical Writer and Graphic Designer (Contractor)

LEGEND 3D & ALICE IN WONDERLAND, 12/2009 - 03/2010
Ditigal Asset Manager, Production Team

  • Frame File Conversion and upload/transfer of completed 3-D digital assets from Legend Films to Sony Dreamworks/Disney for Alice in Wonderland
  • Production Information Technology Asset Tracking Database Design and Administration
  • After Effects post conversion touch-ups to completed left and right framed 3-D clips

NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE & COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, 05/2008 - 04/2009
Web Designer Consultant, Research Staff Assistant

  • Web maintenance for 100 websites that are part of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College & Columbia Medical Schools
  • Streamline administrative processes as well as department budget tracking with operations database initiative

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW &INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,10/05 –09/06
Systems Operations Administrator (Graduate Admissions), Secretary (Information Technology Services)

  • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES: design and developdepartment operations intranet site (MS FrontPage), build operations database ITS Torch
  • NYU SCHOOL OF LAW, HAUSER GLOBAL LAW PROGRAM: maintain applicant database, and spreadsheet software applications

ESTĒE LAUDER CORPORATION & MAC COSMETICS INC, 9/03 – 8/05
Administrative Support & Project Coordinator (Internal Short & Long-Term Assignment Staffing Team)

  • MAC COSMETICS SALES & RETAIL OPERATIONS: Project Coordinator for the Access Database Initiative at MAC Sales Operations: MACcess; design, build and distribute multi‐user MS Access database for tracking retail operational data for MAC Stores and employees in North America; write, design, edit and co‐produce MyBOOK welcome manual for all retail managers in North America; redesign all operations forms; revise, develop new office supply order process systems, retail store forms, purchase guidelines
  • MAC COSMETICS HUMAN RESOURCES: Design and distribute employee review database
  • CLINIQUE
  • BUMBLE AND BUMBLE

NBC NEWS NEW YORK & NBC SAN DIEGO, 6/94 –2/02
News Writer (NBC 7 San Diego), IT Operations Specialist (NBC News New York), Production Assistant (NBC Nightly News)

  • NBC 7 NEWS SAN DIEGO: Write, edit and research 5 to 10 daily news scripts, teleprompter, IT and production operations responsibilities
  • NBC NEWS IT NEW YORK: Mobile computing manager, manage laptop imaging, rollout, training, support and database tracking of 250 IBM ThinkPads for 2000 Olympics and Elections coverage; Democratic & Republican National Conventions: 1996 and 2000, San Diego and Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles
  • NBC NEWS PC Initiative: Assist with Rollout of 2,000 Hewlett Packard PC’s to NBC News division worldwide
  • NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM BROKAW: Assist production staff of 30 in news‐room, studio, control room; meetings, script, graphics and tape distribution for Weekend Nightly News
  • KNSD NEWS SAN DIEGO: "NBC Listens" public relations outreach program intern, Multi‐Cultural Journalism Workshop participant, Co‐anchor of half‐hour teen‐produced news broadcast


EDUCATION

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO (UCSD), SUMMER & FALL 2009
Extension - Flash I, II

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, SUMMER 2007
Tri-Certificate Program, Interactive Media Certificate Program (IMCP) – Print, Interactive Media, Web
  • Volunteer graphic design and print services to San Diego LGBT Community Cyber Center
  • Student Council Representative

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, SPRING 2001
BA, Cum Laude Honor Graduate – Gallatin School Individualized Study: Communication & Social Justice

  • Honor Graduate, Deans List and Honor Society Member, 3.67 GPA
  • Inter‐Residence Hall Council Representative and Conference
  • Loyola University Martin Luther King, Jr Speech Competition and Scholarship Winner

 

COURSES, SKILLS & ACTIVITIES

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY & EXPERIENCE

Microsoft Office: Access (database creation and administration), Publisher, Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint

Experience with: Microsoft Expressionweb

Adobe CS2/3/4: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Professional, After Effects, Premier, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks

Other: Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Garage Band, Sony Acid Pro, Microsoft Expression Web, DVD Studio Pro, Roxio My DVD Studio Premier

Experience with: CSS, Spry/Ajax, Pearl CGI form creation, RSS

Type Speed: 75 WPM

COURSES & SEMINARS
MS Access Database

Public Speaking

Journalism (6 semesters)

Interactive Media (two semester)

Project Management (NBC-GE)

English for Business (2 semesters)

Foreign Visions of America

Labor & Working in America

Photography

Communication Practices & Processes

Web Design (IMCP)

Intensive Writing (2 semesters)

Multimedia (IMCP)

Print Design (IMCP)

SKILLS:

  • Graphic Animation
  • Basic HTML and Web Design
  • Experience with CSS, Spry/Ajax, RSS
  • Type Speed: 75 WPM
  • MS Access Database

SENIOR VOLUNTEER

  • 2006 GLAAD Media Awards New York (table host, responsible for collection of $10,000 fundraise)
  • 2005 GLAAD Media Awards New York (celebrity escort Team Leader)
  • 2004 GLAAD Media Awards New York (crowd-flow/security Team Leader)
  • GLAAD at Long Beach Pride, 2002
  • 2002 GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles (crowd-flow/security Team Leader)

 

REFERENCES

References available upon request

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Columbia University
NBC News

MAC Cosmetics, Inc
New York University