Carmen Spicer Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• I help bring video projects to life as an editor, producer, writer, or some combination of all three.• I'm experienced in all stages of the creative process - from concept development, research, storyboarding, writing interview questions and scripts, to production coordination and assistance, to pressing "export" on the final video.

• We use fruit flies as a genetically tractable model organism to study circadian rhythms, sleep, the blood brain barrier, and microbiomes.• Two publications: one primary paper & one review.• Designs and executes experiments, analyzes and interprets data, and trains incoming staff and graduate student. • Benchwork includes larval dissections, cloning, immunohistochemistry, fly injections, confocal microscopy, nucleic acid extractions, and PCR.

• Served 50+ clients as the leader of a marketing and event company.• Projects included organizing the movement track at a 2,000-person festival; managing food and beverage services at PR events for beauty, fashion, and home décor brands; and developing community engagement events at a music & arts venue.• Handled all client services, creative direction, and staff training.

Greater New York City Area

• Produced annual conferences attended by 3,000+ influential philanthropists and professionals from around the world and managed talent onsite.• Delivered dozens of marketing videos a year to boost fundraising, with budgets ranging from $5k to $150k+. • Took the lead on creating and managing digital video archive. • Coordinated video production including concept development, storyboarding, script writing, planning shoot schedules, and managing agreements and budgets to stay within scope.

During college and for my first two years in New York City I worked at a number of boutique restaurants as a server, bartender and manager. • Lilia in Williamsburg. Server and Trainer. Selected to wait on Pete Wells, the New York Times food critic. (We earned a three star review!)• Palo Santo in Park Slope. Server and Beverage Manager. This restaurant had a large portfolio of events and I gained experience in customer relations.• Pacifico’s Fine Foods in Crown Heights. Server and Bartender. I had a great, no nonsense, high-expectation manager at this restaurant and learned the benefits of a leader with a strong vision who is interested in training talent.

Greater New York City Area

• Worked on a marketing campaign for the women’s line of Levi’s Commuter brand. • Communicated with vendors and venues to obtain quotes and order products.• Assembled and shipped 150+ Levi’s influencer gift packages.• Researched potential Levi’s brand icons and wrote bios.• Acted as a Production Assistant at activation events.• Produced office events such as Imprint’s anniversary party.• Used task management software to keep multiple client projects highly organized.

• Led writing workshops and helped other college students revise their nonfiction writing pieces.• Chosen by my university creative nonfiction writing professor to lead workshops after demonstrating exceptional writing skills in his course.

• Communicated academic concepts to high-school students.• Motivated students to help them improve their academic performance. • Shared knowledge in a range of subjects including algebra, geometry, calculus, general chemistry, and essay writing.• My students typically raised their class average by 1-2 letter grades.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, 4.0 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Outreach Research Director, American Medical Student Association at Hunter College • 2020-2021 Mentor.

Bachelor'S Degree, Literature/Writing

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Society

Italian Language And Oenology

Summer study abroad program