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Washington, DC, US

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Casted, scripted, and directed ensemble video projects.Generated creative and engaging uses of social media to enhance brand awareness and drive sales.Leveraged trusted influencers to improve brand image, boosted fundraising efforts through viral installation pieces, and utilized crowdsourcing to improve customer buy-in and satisfaction.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Manage direction, growth, and opportunities for a Washington, DC-based firedancing troupe including:Developing artistic vision and direction of each major performance and showRunning auditions and team-building exercises to integrate new performersSetting deadlines and goals for each stage of show developmentRunning rehearsals and writing.

Washington, DC

Managed multi-platform production schedule to deliver daily and weekly content via YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, growing an audience of over 70,000 followers and over 5 million views.Tuned metadata targeted for sought after topics and keywords to boost CPM by 200% in less than a year.Engaged in data analysis to pinpoint the most engaging.

Washington, DC

Consulted for corporate clients to develop messaging and branding by selecting and targeting demographics on social media with both viral content and targeted ads.Trained other video producers on SEO and discovery for YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. Casted, scripted, and directed ensemble video projects.Generated creative and engaging uses of social.

Silver Spring, MD

Designed graphic elements for promoting company shows including posters, postcards, fliers, and online banners.Designed and built the company website in Drupal.Coordinated outreach and marketed efforts via drafting messaging and promotion on the company's email list and social media.Dancer/Choreographer for "I Believe/The Disorder of Things" (2010, 2011).

Design of Infographics for outreach in social entrepreneurship space on Pinterest.Edited and launched podcast interviewing thought leaders in social entrepreneurship field.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Leveraged emerging social media platforms to reach community activists and improve engagement on campaigns, resulting in increased press coverage and activist engagement.Fundraised and promoted campaigns via list-building and email cultivation.

Washington, DC

Maintenance and administration of the organization's family of sites, including assistance in the design and launch of a new brand. Online outreach and strategy including social networking, systems administration, and occasional graphic design work.Drafted Request for Proposal for organizational rebranding, reviewed resulting proposals, and oversaw.

In-house developer, writing custom CMS's in PHP and Ruby on Rails as well as limited design work and templates for bulk e-mail.

Manager, booking agent, vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for a touring alternative rock band that has played 100+ shows and recorded a full-length album.

Engineered, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered a full-length CD for local artists Blank Slate utilizing Cakewalk, Cubase, and a US-122 recording interface.

Built and updated custom PHP-based website for a grassroots community organization in addition to starting a campaign of using bumper stickers and yard signs to advertise the organization's message.

Responsibilities include design and implementation of website, including all CSS, PHP, and Javascript, maintenance, and adding new material for new issues.

Researching and writing a book on World War II bomber groups in the Pacific, also editing photos for print and private collection and helping in the creation of a Filemaker database of all the objects we had.

Taught lego robotics and programming, novice web design and programming, and stop-motion animation to ages 6-12. Coached a First Lego League team for 2 years.

Wrote curriculum and taught ages 5-12 basic engineering concepts through lego robot building, web design, stop-motion movie-making, and preschool equivalents. Also supervised assistant teachers.

Wrote curriculum and taught ages 5-12 basic engineering concepts through lego robot building, web design, stop-motion movie-making, and preschool equivalents. Also supervised assistant teachers.

Engineered, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered a demo CD for local band Symbolic Hate utilizing Cakewalk, Cubase, and a US-122 recording interface.

Engineered, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered a demo for a local metal band utilizing Cakewalk, Cubase, and a US-122 interface.

Running electrophoresis experiments for grad students, including all set-up for the experiments, sorting samples, and developing results.

Engineered, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered a full-length CD for Czech band Strain Glam utilizing Cubase and a US-122 recording interface. The band was added to many festivals and picked up for a recording contract based upon the material.

Engineered, Produced, Mixed, and Mastered a demo CD for local artists Blank Slate.

Building from ground up, including all content, design, coding the LEGS laboratory website and a few months of maintenance and updates. Used direct HTML and JavaScript coding and Dreamweaver for some design work. All other design done in Photoshop.

Provided technical support for students using computer labs on campus. Responsibilities included recovering lost documents, printer maintenance, resolving computer compatibility issues, and general technical support.

Provided counselling and guidance to freshmen CU students, including creating programs to encourage community-building and coordination with department staff.

Creation of custom watch dials for individual clients based upon designs and photographs they provided. Also maintenance of company site and compilation of bulk e-mail solicitations.

Customer service, maintenance of company website, including redesign, and general office tech support.

Drew 2 backup stories for a monthly comic book anthology. The first story was 4 pages and the second was 8 based upon previously existing script.

Building of newspaper pages in Pagemaker, drawing editorial cartoons, and basic layout.

Provided support for head counsellors and helped plan activities for children ages 7-10.