Business Development and Relationship Building• Support editorial photographers for GQ, Glamour, and Harper’s Bazaar, providing high-end retouching for editorial and beauty photography in hair and cosmetics advertising.• Collaborate with client teams on editorial photography, ensuring quality products for monthly food, fashion, and product magazines including Food & Wine, Martha Stewart, and Cosmopolitan.

Stakeholder Engagement and Program Development:• Cultivate partnerships across 13 town service areas, fostering collaborative opportunities with local businesses, non-profit organizations, public and independent schools, town employees, and libraries.• Manage member recruitment, retention, and administration, increasing new member acquisition and sustaining 70% retention rate.• Designed, drafted, and edited fundraising materials (bi-annual appeal letters, annual report, targeted… Show more Stakeholder Engagement and Program Development:• Cultivate partnerships across 13 town service areas, fostering collaborative opportunities with local businesses, non-profit organizations, public and independent schools, town employees, and libraries.• Manage member recruitment, retention, and administration, increasing new member acquisition and sustaining 70% retention rate.• Designed, drafted, and edited fundraising materials (bi-annual appeal letters, annual report, targeted newsletters), accomplishing 97% of fundraising goals.Executive Communication and Leadership:• Coordinate internal and external communication, advising executive director and 11-person Board of Trustees on major gifts and strategic direction to increase donor engagement.• Advocate for equitable pay and work/life balance among staff and new hires, increasing retention rate.• Partnered with executive director to develop print and digital communication strategy and implement Top Donor Giving Society program, doubling program size.Process Improvement:• Design digital and print content, implementing website and social media outreach strategies that boost program participation and new member enrollment. • Serve as acting head of IT support, managing software and hardware needs and updating internal systems.• Designed and marketed organization brand, updating 15-year-old logo with direct link to mission and activity. • Updated donor tracking program using customer relationship management (CRM) technology, focusing on retention and gift amount trends. Show less

Strategic Planning and Relationship Building• Managed furniture installation lifecycle of 1K+ units around the globe, ensuring timely planning, scheduling, and delivery for government contracts and college/university clients.• Created system to streamline assignments and tracking tools, improving operations and communication. • Managed project teams of 5-15 staff, hiring temporary crew workers to ensure manufacturing and shipping timelines occurred on time and within budget.

Business Administration and Client Engagement• Managed monthly and quarterly financial processes across 2 businesses, successfully advocating for integration of credit card payment system.• Designed digital filing system, improving access to client records and refining customer service workflow procedures. • Managed social media presence for rental business, organized online raffles and games that increased site traffic and client interaction.

Leadership and Project Management• Managed 2 junior stylists and a senior designer in high-volume creative environment, delivering structured set designs and image concepts with limited budget and deadlines.• Created innovative brand design, working with creative director in weekly strategy meetings to expand “Joss” look.

Program Management and Stakeholder Relations• Recruited and managed talent pool, supervising 16-30 people per photo shoot and rotating staff of 40-50 independent contractors. • Prepared annual budget, monitoring and directing capital expenditures to execute successful studio shoot.

Making archival gallery prints for local artists, and deigning for local Greenpoint businesses