Alison Bourdon Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

—— AWARDS ENTRY SYSTEM DESIGN ——> Project lead for the custom build of a new global entry system. Managed the team in establishing goals, system design, development, and QC.> Gathered and analyzed user (staff, entrants, judges) feedback to determine necessary features and structures to implement> Established a streamlined process for QC and feature requests between the internal and development teams> Increased staff productivity by building an online-based system that no longer required local files.> Global system created streamlined management of 16 (and growing) competitions annually, including judges (1,000+), entries (20,000+), users (7,000+), and media files (100,000+).—— AWARDS JUDGING SYSTEM DESIGN ——> Project lead for the custom build of a new awards judging system — for both online and in-person experiences> Achieved the goal of evolving from two systems to one singular system, increasing both productivity and efficiency of various judging processes> Built online judging discussion features to mimic the in-person experience for the jury—— THE ONE SHOW: JUDGING ——> Oversee and manage the annual judging of 10,000+ entries> Train and manage staff processing digital and physical entries, and the preparation of those entries for judging> Oversee the judging setup and schedule> Management and analysis of 200,000+ resulting scores—— THE ONE SHOW: EVENT PRODUCTION ——> Oversee the production of show media for The One Show awards ceremony events during Creative Week> Management of ceremony graphics, winner media, and spatial design> Liaison between The One Show team and the external production team for visual elements of the event—— DESIGN DEPARTMENT LEAD ——> Design lead for visuals of One Club events and programs> Execution and management of work produced both in-house as well as designs from external designers. Includes production of print, web, digital, video and installation mediums.

New York, New York, United States

—— AWARDS JUDGING SYSTEM DESIGN ——Project lead for the UX/UI and systemic design of a new custom application for judging digital and print entries into The One Show and other One Club awards (including ADC Awards and Young Ones). This system increased productivity in both the management of judging as well as the jury experience. The anonymity and fairness of judging was integral to and achieved in the redesign. (completed in 2012)—— THE ONE SHOW: JUDGING ——Oversee and manage the judging of 10,000+ entries — including processing media, assigning the entries and jury to judging, and the management and analysis of 200,000+ resulting scores.—— THE ONE SHOW: EVENT PRODUCTION ——Oversee the production of show media for The One Show awards ceremony events during Creative Week. Includes the management of ceremony graphics, winner media, and spatial design. Liaison between The One Show team and the external production team for visual elements of the event.—— CREATIVE WEEK: ART PRODUCTION AND MANAGEMENT ——Design lead for event signage and collateral for the awards ceremonies and Creative Summit conference. Includes physical ambient media, onscreen graphics, attendee ticketing and badges, printed programs, physical and digital wayfinding, and other digital and print materials.—— EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY AND DESIGN ——Management of event photography throughout the year. Hiring and management of external photographers for large events; supplementary in-house photography for smaller gallery events and photo editing. Design execution and management of both self-produced graphic work in-house as well as overseeing and repurposing designs from outside agencies. Production of print, web, digital, video and installation mediums.

New York, New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Assisted on the photography of artwork at various galleries and for prominent visual artists in the city. Personal handling of fragile artwork and setup of lights, cameras, film loading, and other various equipment on shoots. Most work was shot on a 4x5 large format camera, but digital photography was also produced and digital scans were made from the 4x5 negatives. Handled all resulting digital files from both, organizing and editing the images.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Responsible for creating custom photography books, from layout and design, to photography, to the printing and binding by hand of each book. Position also included extensive retouching on damaged and aged photographs. Managed customer records and maintained customer service.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States (Remote)

Responsible for taking hand-drawn graphs and illustrations and re-creating them digitally to be used in online mathematics textbooks. Worked with both two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphs.

Ithaca, New York, United States

Responsible for assisting during lab classes of the Introduction to Photography course at the college. Graded photo critique assignments, organized and taught review sessions for exams.

Ithaca, New York, United States

Responsible for opening and closing the lab, keeping the lab organized and clean, basic mixing of chemicals, setting up and shutting down the color processor, and providing assistance to students.

Ithaca, New York, United States

Responsible for assisting in lecture and lab for two sections of the Cinema Production I course at the college. Ran workshops on the usage of the required equipment.

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

Responsible for web design, organizing files and materials, redistribution of department computers, and minor equipment maintenance.