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- Rutgers University

THE MABEL SMITH DOUGLASS LIBRARY collection focuses on women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. It is also home to the Performing Arts Library and the New Brunswick Libraries media collection.• Provided virtual reference chat services while being shadowed by supervisor• Performed physical research inquiries using microfilm, periodicals, and other non-circulating materials.• Arranged interlibrary loans to help students fi nd materials unavailable in one particular library.

Rutgers University

THE ARCHIBALD S. ALEXANDER LIBRARY is the main social sciences and humanities library in Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ.• Provided physical reference desk services for students, staff, and alumni.• Recommended, located, and interpreted various resources to help answer patrons’ research questions.• Effectively navigated specialized databases to help students find reference material to assist in their research needs

Greater New York City Area

• Developing brand identity through various graphic mediums for visual exposure in print and web.• Managing the HTML design and graphic assets of eblasts & e-commerce sites.• Conceptualizing and designing social & web ad campaigns.Client list includes: Amazon Prime Video, Sony Pictures Classics, Concord Music Group, Razor & Tie Music Publishing, Consider the Image, Feather Creative, Sweets & Pop.

Greater New York City Area

• Create visual designs that effectively communicate City Winery’s brand identity.• Design, develop and execute graphic collateral and creative assets for the marketing / promotional team.• Work with a wide range of media, including digital ads, web, video and photography.• Manage project deadlines and adhere to timeline processes and come up with solutions.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed all web-based projects for the label, various owned imprints, and its music publishing company.• Responsible for managing the design and production of all artist bands merchandise as well as apparel.• Overseeing each musical artists ad campaign is executed and completed on the albums release date.

Greater New York City Area

• Designed packaging, posters, merchandise and print campaigns for various artists.• In charge of the digital design for web campaigns, social media, and ecommerce.• Responsible for all in-house print and web designs for the record label and its subsidiary companies.

Greater New York City Area

PRINT COLLECTION - encompasses over 200,000 prints along with a specialized reference collection of over 15,000 volumes on the history of prints and printmakers.• In charge of the handling and the proper housing of the collections fine art prints, photographs, and rare manuscripts for research and imaging.• Retrieved and reshelfed material from the collection on a regular basis for patron research use in the study room.• Provided outstanding public service for researchers, staff, and the general public on how to handle and view material.SPENCER COLLECTION - surveys the illustrated word and book bindings of all periods and all countries and cultures, from medieval manuscripts, Japanese scrolls, and Indian miniatures to monuments in Renaissance printing, illustration, and binding to contemporary livres d’artistes.• Responsible for the digital imaging of the collection to be used in print, web, and exhibition catalogs.• Managed and organized registrar loans and proper inventory checklists for material leaving the collection.• Arranged for the conservation and preservation of select material within the collection.

Greater New York City Area

THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN ARCHIVES OF RECORDED SOUND - is one of the richest resources of recorded sound in the world. The collection is a vital research facility for performers, musicians, scholars, critics, and the recording industry.• Responsible for maintaining and controlling access to the Research Collection archives of over 700,000 recordings.• Provided researchers and patrons audio access to the collection through computer terminals stationed listening booths. • Retrieved, handled, and reshelfed material from the collection on a regular basis.THEATRE ON FILM AND TAPE ARCHIVE (TOFT) - preserves and produces video recordings of Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatre productions, as well as dialogues between notable theatre personalities. • Provided patron access to the collection through linked video monitors in the research room.• Retrieved, handled, and reshelfed material from the collection daily. • Responsible for maintaining and controlling access to one of the most comprehensive collections of videotaped theater productions in the world.

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Editor Assistant for one of the most premier production facilities in the Midwest.- Help contribute to the professional quality of this company by managing tapes, files, and digitized images, for clients, producers, and online editors.

Columbus, Ohio Area

- Working under the authority of City Council and the Mayor, assisted in providing the City of Columbus with commercial-free news coverage. - Responsible for the set-up, production, and post production of live and taped events.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Archives & Preservation, 4.0

American Library Association (ALA) Accredited Program

Graphic Design Portfolio Program, Graphic Design

Activities and Societies: Exhibited work at School of Visual Arts gallery. Studied Graphic Design in all form and mediums.

Bachelor Of Arts - Visual Communication & Design, Film/Video And Photographic Arts, Graphic Design, Post-Production

Activities and Societies: WBGU 88.1 radio DJ for 4 years