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New York, Ny, Us

Yonkers, New York, United States

- Coordinate Director’s Office operations, including managing the office calendar; generating and disseminating correspondence; preparing sensitive documents including meeting minutes and contracts; liaising with Board of Trustees and Senior Staff.- Maintain and organize the Museum’s CRM database, including inputting donations and updating personal information.- Support grant writing and reporting, and compose letters of thanks.- Assist in management of interns for the Development Department.- Assist in the production and execution of projects, events, and presentations for the Director, Board of Trustees, and Senior Staff. Duties included ordering refreshments; preparing slideshows; and creating event agendas.- Assist in the execution of the Museum events including the Annual Gala, with responsibilities including overseeing guest registration; guest list maintenance; and donor acknowledgement.

Northport, New York, United States

- Advertise, plan, and implement school tours, adult tours, and Scout tours of museum exhibits with curricula/script tailored to each group (in-person and online).- Engage speakers; advertise and facilitate lectures and events.- Research, publish, and present new and diverse stories from local history for the public.- Assist with front desk duties or other administrative duties as needed.- Continue Research Assistant duties.

Northport, New York, United States

- Greet visitors; respond to general and research queries; answer phones and emails; sell memberships and event tickets.- Write for and edit the Northport Historical Society blog; produce accessible, engaging academic-quality content for a local audience.- Act as assistant archivist describing and accessioning ephemera into the Northport Historical Society museum collection.- Continue to act as reference librarian accessioning, organizing, and describing monographs and vertical files, maximize user friendliness.- Assistant curator for annual exhibit: research content, work with team members to develop concepts for the exhibit visuals, work with community to record local stories.

Northport, New York, United States

- Act as librarian, create accession numbers for the newly created Reference Library and enter monograph metadata into PastPerfect system.- Worked on reordering standing subject files to increase efficiency for researchers trying to find specific folders.- Joined exhibit planning committee, assisting team in research and planning text and object layout.

Commack, New York, United States

- Responsible for greeting customers, answering inquiries regarding merchandise, troubleshooting creative projects in real time to effect best purchasing choices.- Provide orderly check-out experience, alerting customers to benefits garnered from coupons and rewards programs.- Engage my strong attention to detail to facilitate organization of store products for maximum visual appeal and customer engagement.

Bronxville, New York

- Digitization of print photographs, negatives, and documents for access and preservation- Processed (through arrangement and description) records from College offices (included creating finding aids)- Integrated accessions into already existing archival collections- Using the archival management tool, Archivists' Toolkit, updated finding aids- Maintained records of audiovisual collection in an Access Database- Processed scanned documents for patron use including adding copyright statement to copies in Adobe Acrobat.

Bronxville, New York

- Participate in week-long training in August, followed by monthly planning sessions and training during the following year.- Liaise with students and administrators regarding student's academic and social experiences.- Hold Office Hours for students to ask questions or advice and provide a welcoming and safe environment on campus.- Develop creative and engaging activities to encourage community building within the student body.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History

Study Abroad

Activities and Societies: Oxford Union Sarah Lawrence Program at Wadham College. Studied Early Modern Eurasian history, gender.