Caroline Blockus Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

In this role I am responsible for the thematic direction, content, and publication schedule of She Performs Global. I am creating, managing, and supervising a team of global correspondents and editing all articles before publishing. I am also scouting exhibitions, and interviewing emerging and established artists for article features.

New York City / Remote

She Performs is a global art movement, aimed at empowering (female) artists and their audiences to freely engage with and exchange ideas surrounding equality and gender representation. As the leading New York Representative, I independently plan out and execute strategy and content for the New York publication schedule. Aligned with She Performs’ mission and global outreach strategies, I write articles, exhibition reviews, and artist interviews. My unique style allows me to curate content that emphasizes artist voices and highlights the importance of the works. I have co-hosted digital events (Clubhouse and Zoom) and am currently working on a physical exhibition in NYC. Since starting in this role I am successfully increasing the international awareness of – and interest in – She Performs by promoting diversity and repeatedly creating the most popular articles on the website. This role further allows me to contribute to the current paradigm shift in the contemporary art scene by highlighting BIPOC and AAPI female artists and delivering content that transcends trends.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States / Remote

In this position, I co-created the Vaccines&US Cultural Organizations for Community Health website and wrote/copyedited all content. I cultivated new relationships with museums and cultural institutions to become projects collaborators. I assisted the directors in planning, development, and outreach of the collaborative Vaccines&US initiative. I delivered a social media strategic plan and the content & messaging brief for partners and collaborators. Further, I researched and evaluated content and website assets; wrote and edited outreach communication; and generally multitasked between different roles and assignments, as needed.

Greater New York City Area

Lead consultant for the strategic and narrative direction of themes, stories, and messaging for the UN Pavilion at Expo 2020. In this role, I delivered an innovative strategic framework with measurable goals and objectives and positioning the project as a tactic for achieving widespread engagement with the Decade of Action, aligned with the UN Communications Strategy and the Secretary General’s reform agenda. I created all storylines and client briefs for physical, interactive, and digital exhibits. I supervised the creative team consisting of interns and junior staff and presented my concepts, created research updates, and provided best practice recommendations, both as (visual) presentations, and written briefs to colleagues, clients, and senior management.Further, I planned the visitor experience based on proven methodologies for public engagement from behavioral and motivational psychology and UX research and design; I promptly updated and adapted content in response to pressing current events around racial equality (2020 Black Lives Matter Movement) and the global health-crisis (COVID-19). I developed engaging concepts for six featured custom films, including storyboarding, scriptwriting, and providing directing/editing instructions. I also created a UN timeline (stretching over 75 years) including the design, a first rendering for the graphic representation, and content categorization and selection. Due to Covid-19 and a reprioritization of UN resources, the Pavilion project has been postponed and will be implemented as part of the Visitor Experience renewal at UN Headquarters in New York or another project in the near future.

Germany

In my seven years as Events Strategist and Coordinator I created inviting and engaging environments for multiple brands and companies at conferences, festivals, convention fairs, and corporate events; acted as a team leader by supervising teams of 1-10 people and delegating tasks according to skill sets; actively supported an environment of teamwork, co-operation, and performance excellence; acted as a brand ambassador and assisted in onsite event management; proactively handled any arising issues and problems at an event, constantly multitasking; successfully navigated design/supply/operations problems in time-sensitive situations; invited and motivated visitors to participate in interactive modules; networked and created partnerships with new clients and vendors; proactively developed and maintained client relationships ensuring that expected service levels are achieved; worked in a fast-paced, busy and stressful environment and shifted priorities on issues as necessary. Brands included Jim Beam, Aperol (Campari Group), Rotkäppchen Sektkellerei GmbH, Reber Mozartkugeln, and many more.

New York City, Ny

In this second internship at Thinc Design, I expanded my responsibilities as an Interpretive Planner. Amongst others, I implemented interdisciplinary working methods into Museums & Exhibition Design by providing multiperspective ideation for exhibition development. One of my main tasks was to create and manage a complex database that cross-references exhibition content with graphic- and 3D design. I also trained all staff on using the new database. I further translated qualitative research into design and storytelling, aiding designers, and content creators for multiple projects simultaneously. I wrote the objective for an interactive user-display based on user-centered design insights. Throughout the internship, I worked together with designers, product managers, interpretive planners, social scientists, and architects.

Tutor in Prof. Dr. Volker Kirchberg's seminars "Experience and Behavior in Art Exhibitions" and "Social Functions of Museums", as well as Dr. Sacha Kagan's seminar "Assessing & revealing the potential of Hanoverian museums and theaters for urban sustainable development".- Preparation and follow-up of seminar sessions - Assisting the professor during, before, and after the seminar sessions - Occasionally undertaking teaching role - Preparing Presentations - Preparing the course reading list - Summarising articles - Material and content researches - Supporting and guiding students (classes ranging from 15-30 people)

- Research and writing on specific topics: reading and preparing summary notes for the team on a number of subject areas for a museum in the Middle East - Managing a detailed artifact schedule of more than 1000 objects. This entailed detailed and careful work to record information about each artifact, then reorganizing the records by gallery and area, as the design developed.- Writing object identification labels- Advising and Contributing to case layouts - Preparing materials for a focus group workshop, held in the Middle East- Managing a detailed research schedule to support content development. This entailed knowing and categorizing all research resources for the project.- Contribution to creative workshops with design teams, including preparing materials for meetings and contributing to ideation- Image research for a Middle Eastern Museum, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, and Cleveland Museum of Natural History- Writing the Graphics schedule, Materials Schedule, and a Media Schedule for Cleveland Museum of Natural History- Note taking in meetings

Berlin Area, Germany

Product Description Copywriter for a major Furniture Store

Berlin Area, Germany

- Assistance in sales and shipments for international artworks- Artwork presentations in Gallery- communication with auction houses- research on newly acquired objects

Frankfurt Am Main Area, Germany

Co-opened a tutoring studio for formal education tutoring, early childhood language development, language courses, and computer courses. In the early states my main tasks were:- Scouting an office location- Evaluating outreach potential- Networking- Applying and adapting the "Lernstudio Barbarossa" franchise concept to our office space- Advertisement and Marketing - Posting job listings for tutorsUpon opening my main role was Office Management:- General office space and supply maintenance- Developing student progress forms- Researching and acquiring study and teach material- receiving and processing client inquiries - developing collaboration opportunity concepts with schools and local communities Additionally, I myself engaged in tutoring elementary-school children and offering language courses in German, Polish, and English.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Museums, Galleries And Contemporary Culture

Activities and Societies: Course Representative: A position that allowed me to take social responsibility for my classmates and function.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Kulturwissenschaften/Cultural Studies

I completed my Bachelor with a Major in Cultural Studies (with focus on Art and Visual Culture) and a Minor in Political Science. During.

Semester Abroad, Art Hisory, Political Science, International Relations, Anthropology

Part of BA Cultural Studies, with focus on Art and Visual Culture, Minor: Political Science. During my Semester Abroad at the University.

Erziehungswissenschaften/Educational Studies

I focused on Educational Studies, and particularly on educational psychology. Even though I chose to move away from that field and follow.