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• Lead the non-profit art house cinema and oversee all administration, operations, and business for all departments.• Promote efficient and internally consistent operations by developing organization-wide policies and initiatives and managing the day-to-day business of the organization.• Build a talented and cohesive team by controlling the flow of staff and funding into each department.• Represent the organization as the spokesperson and communication contact for City, vendor, and contract partners.• Ensure financial accountability by executing budgetary responsibilities with an eye for sound stewardship.• Optimize operations by developing infrastructure, analyzing existing processes, and implementing continuous improvements in policies and procedures.

• Oversee all administration, operations, and business for the non-profit art house cinema.

• Oversaw all aspects of festival production, managing a staff of 5 people and a team of volunteers.• Responsibly managed funds received from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and delivered financial reports to the Board of Directors.• Constructed and executed a marketing strategy in close coordination with a public relations team, directors, and talent.• Laid the groundwork for future festival improvement by surveying all attendees and writing a “best practices” book on lessons learned.• Efficiently sourced film festivals through a reliable content partner by cultivating a working relationship with the New York International Children's Film Festival.• Created a unique image and brand for the festival by identifying and collaborating with a professional designer.• Developed popular hands-on workshops by scheduling films and recruiting film experts to lead the workshops.• Facilitated the operations of Cinema personnel as an independent contractor and advisor for the 4th annual festival.

• Pioneered development and growth of two new business units from the ground up. One unit focused on digital film distribution and the second unit was dedicated to Planetarium installation and program content.• Crafted a new revenue stream for the Planetarium Unit by establishing lead generation strategies and creating a planetarium film library. Acquired film distribution rights and identified prospective customers.• Built the film library by identifying content creators and distributors and securing license contracts for their films.• Fostered a culture of excellent customer service by building and managing a customer user-group website and brainstorming and implementing targeted customer retention strategies.• Optimized operations by establishing the business unit’s CRM system to track sales prospects, align customer’s service schedules, and manage industry relationships and the content distribution system.• Launched a digital distribution system with the potential to disrupt the film industry.• Ensured sufficient support for the new business units by convening personnel from lower performing departments.• Promoted smooth operations and maintenance by assembling a team of technicians to provide technical service.

• Succeeded in creating the inaugural MICFF, a first-of-its-kind children’s film festival run by Coral Gables Art Cinema.

• Prepared the company’s white-label software, Launchpad, for successful launch by managing the software’s specifications, design, modifications, marketing and training.• Ensured smooth execution of key programs and functions by overseeing day-to-day operations for the $4 million film technology company• Empowered the client relations and sales teams by understanding their needs and providing appropriate tools.• As an equity partner, successfully packaged the company and its products and sold it to a major competitor.

• Drove communication and collaboration across the Executive, Content, Engineering, and Development teams, including by directly managing the foreign development team.• Worked across teams to steward the product build-out cycle and construct specifications for product add-ons.• Enabled successful deployment of Net Element’s Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) market music website by overseeing specifications, build-out, testing, modifications, launch, and marketing for the website, iOS application, and Chrome browser plugin. • Harnessed technology tools such as JIRA and Wiki to track and manage progress for projects.

• Translated product advisor guidelines into functional tools by adapting and developing product flow charts.• Facilitated communication between the product advisor and development/engineering teams.• Encouraged high quality and attention to detail by implementing an issue-tracking environment

• Collaborated with the Festival founder to produce all aspects of the festival, from coordinating the call for entries and developing festival programming to hosting festival events.• Broadened the festival’s participation and market reach by identifying potential marketing clients.

• Oversaw major aspects of programs and operations for Scenarios USA, a film-based nonprofit arts organization.• Guided production of 16 short films as the Production Supervisor and Associate Producer for the films. • Promoted accountability by designing and implementing the organization’s financial systems.• Fostered financial transparency by reporting annual milestones to grant managers at major funding organizations, including the Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation.• Spearheaded the annual fundraising event, raising 25% of the organization’s $1M annual budget.• Increased product sales by pioneering new partnership models.• Expanded full-time staffing by 50% by leading a successful capacity building project.• Enabled informed decision-making by reporting to two Executive Directors and ensuring that the organization’s leadership was fully informed of relevant matters in a timely and comprehensive fashion.

• Facilitated the success of all facets of a $15M capital campaign by managing the development office and its daily operations. Spearheaded and managed the Temple’s first effective development database.• Generated 20% of the progress toward the Temple’s overall goal in one calendar year by managing all major prospect research and campaign operations.• Ensured a coordinated approach by supervising the fundraising steering committee and all event planning.