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Partial Client List:• Al Jazeera News• Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies• BBC• Bleu Salt• Chip and Pepper Jeans• CNN• Driven Communications• ETA Advertising• Fox Searchlight• Gladstone Michael Law Offices• Life on Wilshire• Mack Avenue Records• One World Productions• Paramount Studios• The Recording Academy• San Marino Heritage• Six Degrees Records• Stilwell Law• Two Trick Pony Productions• The Thai Community Development Center• United States State Department• Universal Records• The Walking Strong Foundation• West Net Commercial Construction• White Horse Technical

Strategizing, Concepting, Shooting and Editing Video content to highlight the Walking Strong Assistance Program that provides much needed resources and equipment to boys who are afflicted with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The videos produced in conjunction with gala events have generated over a million dollars in donations.

Concepted, strategized, produced and executed communication strategies for the: • Launch of the East Hollywood Certified Farmers Market• Grand Opening of the $4 million food hall - Thai Town Marketplace• 20th Anniversary - Thai CDC Gala (500% Increase in Donations)• 20th Anniversary - El Monte Thai Garment Slavery Case CommemorationScripted, photographed, produced, edited still photography and video, utilized in team development, international conferences with foreign dignitaries, and project marketing campaigns.Composed and edited press releases regarding human trafficking, public service campaigns, grant awards, cultural events, and celebrations.Developed organization-wide communication protocols that insured message integrity and archival of all marketing and photographic materials.Redesigned and built Thai CDC’s new website resulting in an increase in web traffic of more than 300%.Managed multiple social media campaigns occurring simultaneously, ensuring grant and report requirements were achieved.Created and implemented plan to capture existing and potential donor data to enhance non-profit development utilizing Salesforce.

Meet Carol Soucek King - the modern day matriarch of conscious uplifted thought. Per Wikipedia, “A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host. Salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th and 18th centuries, were carried on until as recently as the 1940s in urban settings.” They were known to be matriarchal in nature and held in a setting that promoted interaction among its participants. In the 1990’s, Carol resurrected the idea of salons and has conducted monthly meetings at her house, Arroyo del Rey, for the past 22 years. Her salons have brought luminaries in the fields or architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, archeology, writing, religion, and many other areas of the humanities together to discuss and generate awareness to alternative ideas and modalities of thought. The goal is to create conscious uplifted thought through discussion and introspection. She accomplishes her intentions through open, respectful dialogue between all participants and the speakers of her monthly forum. She has made it her life long goal to study the ten chapters in her book, Under the Bridges at Arroyo del Rey. The chapters: Stability, Growth, Possibility, Humor, Understanding, Kindness, Harmony, Love, Healing, and Spirituality currently serve as the topics of her salon as she explores each of those topics to bring about her own awareness and understanding and through that process offer the same gifts to those who attend her meetings.

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Produced, scripted, recorded, and edited to create gala award video featuring actor Randall Park for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies' Vision Award.

Concepted, produced, directed, photographed and edited promotional videos for Melody Gardot's album, "The Currency of Man." The album was an exploration and discussion into the value of an individual's life. This theme touched on issues of race, homelessness, aging and death.

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The Visual Arts Initiative, a program sponsored by the US State Department, supported a traveling gallery show entitled, "City of Angels. Bangkok - Los Angeles. Two Cities - One Name." The program also included outreach and public speaking appearances in 13 universities across Thailand. The show highlighted the kindred connection that we all have regardless of location on planet Earth.

Album Packaging Photographer for artists:Gerald WilsonOscar Castro NevesSachal VasandaniBrian BrombergSean JonesJackiem JoynerTerry Gibbs

Curtis McElhinney teamed up with Mark Kates to form Team Sabai Sabai. Team Sabai Sabai competed against 2 person teams from around the world to win the social media competition that garnered them their trip to Bangkok where they competed in the final round of the social media competition against other teams placed throughout Thailand. The competition was hosted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand to help promote Thailand is a vacation destination utilizing the talents of Mark and Curtis who filmed and photographed Bangkok during their tour.

• Maintained production work flow of all photography for newspaper advertising.• Ensured timely delivery of art from every department within the corporation. Departments included: photo studio, buyers, art directors, copy writers, merchandisers, retouching and public relations.• Managed work flow priorities for digital retouching.• Conducted production meetings with senior management.

• Responsible for advertising and sales of backpacks and duffle bags. Approximate volume - $200,000.• Implemented computer systems to streamline internal advertising process that increased productivity while enhancing data integrity for luggage department.• Presented weekly content to advertising department for promotional strategies involving Samsonite, American Tourister and various other vendors.• Provided forecasting and budgeting support.

Continuing Education

Graphic Design Program

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marketing