After apprenticing for well-known photography companies such as Dani Fine Photography and Cronin Hill Photography, I branched out on my own and started Alanna Scully Photography, a sole proprietorship specializing in wedding and portrait photography. I have photographed hundreds of weddings as both the main and secondary shooter, and it is a huge compliment when wedding clients come back to me years later to have me photograph their growing families.

As Office Manager of UVM Residential Life, I interacted with hundreds of parents and students each week in regards to their housing questions and concerns. My job centered on providing excellent customer service in a timely fashion, while trouble-shooting issues relating to on-campus residency and connecting with other teams in my department to resolve student conflict.

For the better part of one year, I was employed through a staffing agency at NUIG in various roles. My first role was in the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics, where my job duties included facilitating exam deferrals, maintaining an accurate record of medical absences and deferral requests and approvals, responding to communication and various requests from SBE students in undergraduate and graduate programs, and coordinating Semester II timetables and learning communities for students. From there, I was moved to the Student Information Desk, where I provided face-to-face information to students on campus, as well as responding to 100+ transcripts and academic records requests per week. My final role at NUIG was in CÚRAM, a biomedical research centre based in the university that focuses on medical device research and development. My responsibilities in this role were website updates and content, reporting on yearly KPIs to Science Foundation Ireland, meeting and event coordination, procurement procedures, communication with researchers and staff, and daily administrative duties such as mail distribution and filing.

Upon moving to Ireland, I accepted a full-time, temporary contract with Irish Water Safety, an organization devoted to promoting safe use of Irish coastlines and waterways. My role involved aiding the office in a computer system conversion, as well as helping in the preparation for the annual Seiko-sponsored Just In Time Awards, which honor Gardai and bystanders who have assisted in water rescues.

I worked as part of an integrated office support team in a thriving dermatology practice. Our office routinely saw 150+ patients and received over 100 phone calls per day. The office support staff was charged with greeting patients at check-in, verifying insurance information, collecting co-pays, setting up future appointments, and being gatekeepers between the patients and the providers, all while providing excellent customer service and patient support.

I was employed at Sd Associates as an Administrative Assistant, supporting a team of Behavior Analysts and Behavior Interventionists in a busy school-like setting for children and teenagers with autism and various developmental disorders. My role focused around keeping the office running smoothly and efficiently amidst often chaotic circumstances. I also worked directly with the Intake Coordinator to ensure that all participants in our ABA programs were continually insured so that services would never be interrupted. This involved working with all major Vermont insurance carriers and providing continuous data on each client to justify further therapy coverage.

I worked as an administrative assistant for a very talented group of architects in a large firm in Burlington. My job duties included assisting with submittals, RFI's, ASI's, etc. between the architects and the general contractors and consultants. The company portfolio consists mainly of schools and public safety buildings in Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut, ranging from 50k to 250m.

I took this position as a temporary one while I learned photography, and I was happy to assume a permanent role when offered. SNI Companies staffs positions in the clerical and accounting fields, and my former office covers from Enfield, CT to Greenfield, MA. My job duties included setting up new candidates with paperwork and computer testing, pre-screening and interviewing candidates, helping prep marketing materials for mailings and job fairs, and assisting with organization within the office and at staff meetings. It was a great position in a focus-driven company and I would highly recommend SNI Companies if you need recruitment help.

I worked as a counselor for welfare recipients in the state of Tennessee, providing clients with education resources and job placements. Recipients of state assistance were required to do a 30 hour work/ school placement each week, and it was my duty to assign both accordingly with the client's schedule and goals. I left this position when I moved back to Massachusetts to pursue photography.

I worked as a Child Support Enforcement Specialist, ensuring that non-custodial parents met their child support obligations and that the proper actions were taken in each case so that the children involved would get the support needed. I loved this position and loved actually feeling like I was making a difference. I left it to move to Nashville.