Joel S. Bachar Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Wine, Beer and Spirits Retail Associate at flagship location in San Francisco's Marina District.

San Francisco Bay Area

Mountain View, CA

Wine Tender at Mountain View’s premium wine bar featuring eclectic international wine selections and small plates cuisine. Responsible for opening and closing duties, blind tastings, stocking and maintaining bar, and tasting potential wines for menu.

San Francisco Bay Area

Customer-facing Wine Tender at the Marina District’s hottest new wine bar featuring international wine selections and small plates cuisine. Responsible for opening and closing duties, wine inventory, stocking and maintaining bar, and tasting potential wines for menu.

San Francisco Bay Area

Bartender and wine educator at wine bar and retail store that has been in business for over 40 years. California Wine Merchant specializes in California wineries but also includes international selections behind the bar, in the retail section and through their wine club.

San Francisco Bay Area

Retail Sales Associate at well-established wine merchant and wine bar in San Francisco's famous Ferry Plaza Building. Responsible for inventory, stocking, sales, and customer service.

San Francisco Bay Area

Wine Therapist/Educator at brand-new 50-seat wine bar and restaurant located on California Street at Divisadero in San Francisco. Scopo Divino features over 30 international wines by the glass, as well as beer and cider on tap, and locally-influenced and globally-inspired small plates. Scopo Divino also has a 1000-bottle wine rack for its library wines..

San Francisco Bay Area

• Associate Producer for 10th and 11th seasons of the James Beard and Emmy Award-winning program, where three local diners share their favorite spots and critique each other’s' choices on-air with host and moderator.
• Responsible for managing guest processes including interviewing them for show, arranging their in-studio tapings and all details pertaining to their participation in the program.
• Co-wrote scripts for each episode which describe the guests and their restaurant choices
• Organized and maintained multiple files and systems as pertains to pre-production, production, and post-production timeline.
• Research music and “food facts” to be used on each episode

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acting as Tasting Room Associate in urban winery housed in a 40,000 sq. ft. airplane hangar on the former Alameda Naval Air Base
• Acting as Hospitality staff in Dry Creek Tasting Room and for Special Events
• Outreach to area hospitality businesses to create brand awareness and increase customer base

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acting as Tasting Room Associate in urban winery housed in a 40,000 sq. ft. airplane hangar on the former Alameda Naval Air Base
• Acting as Hospitality staff in Dry Creek Tasting Room and for Special Events
• Outreach to area hospitality businesses to create brand awareness and increase customer base

San Francisco, CA

• Consulted with contractors and architects to install/maintain GoPro video equipment to produce brand-driven time-lapse documentary video exposé within building construction timelines for construction of new Twitter.

San Francisco/U.K.

• Founder and President of privately-funded venture that acquired, curated, promoted, exhibited and distributed international independent moving image art such as short films, documentaries, and ambient visuals to home.
• Self-taught foundational skills around starting a business, including building a business plan, eliciting funding, licensing, operations, managing human resources, etc.
• Built a marketing and PR strategy focused on grass-roots tactics/influencer framework and executed on it, growing annual sales from nothing to $1.3MM
• Partnered with key Corporate and non-profit clients including Netflix, Walmart, Amazon, National Gallery of Art and Hard Rock Hotels International to produce, manufacture, market and distribute our catalog of films
• Structured and managed large vendor and artist relationships including contract negotiations
• Acquired nearly 1400 films for distribution since 2000

Seattle/San Francisco/Worldwide Locations

• A curated monthly screening and touring program developed and produced by Microcinema Inc. and devoted to giving exposure to local, national and international independent video, film and moving image artists.
• Wrote and pitched 6 successful grant proposals which funded our tour based on audience development diversity goals
• As the PR lead I built and implemented a targeted community and culture based strategy
• As the event lead I was responsible for overseeing the set-up of venues, equipment, meeting and greeting and networking sessions
• The series toured to 44 countries as well as Antarctica and Palestine

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed detailed publicity strategies for radio, online and traditional press outlets
• Executed on those strategies including fact gathering, story/angle concepting, writing releases and pitching to media

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed detailed publicity strategies for radio, online and traditional press outlets
• Executed on those strategies including fact gathering, story/angle concepting, writing releases and pitching to media

San Francisco Bay Area

• Developed detailed publicity strategies for radio, online and traditional press outlets
• Executed on those strategies including fact gathering, story/angle concepting, writing releases and pitching to media

Seattle, WA

• Singly promoted two sold-out (2,000 seats) Seattle screenings of the DFILM festival utilizing street team and guerilla-style marketing
• Acquired film submissions and co-coordinated programming events surrounding the 1 Reel Film Festival that were part of the 29th Bumbershoot Arts Festival

Seattle, WA

• Pioneered film content acquisitions during the start-up phase for one of the first online digital entertainment companies (ultimately bought by Viacom)

Greater Seattle Area

• Coordinated the production of multiple internal-use videos for large corporations including Microsoft, Princess Cruises and Nordstrom requiring an intimate understanding and execution of brand guidelines, tone and voice
• Managed the Marketing, Public Relations and Sales departments of a film and video production company including the development of media packages, advertising and promotions

Wset Level 2 (With Distinction) Certified, With Distinction

Ba, Mass Comm/Broadcasting

Mass Communications/Broadcasting

Liberal, Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Liberal Arts