Julia Raite Email & Phone Number

Belfast, ME

Assist owners with firm operations including Human Resources, legal coordination, bookkeeping, budgeting and financial forecasting, contract negotiation, customer service, and general office management.

Provide ecological consulting for land stewards to achieve healthy habitat and biodiversity; manage invasive plants; plan and execute small-scale landscaping operations; maintain gardens and greenscapes for private and commercial properties. Have experience seeding, transplanting, and greenhouse tending for mid-size farms and organic produce growers.

Rockland, ME

Assessed membership program and improved user experience, customer service training, database protocols and information management. Created a more efficient workflow with accompanying manuals and processing materials.

Rockport, ME

Managed curation, exhibition design, installation, marketing, and staffing of seasonal gallery program.

Belfast, ME

Involved in accounting, development, strategic planning, committee coordination, and all of the day-to-day operations that made the organization function, including: student registration; volunteer coordination; studio, IT, and personnel management, etc.

Served as main point of contact for all client inquiries and requests; managed registration of students, donor database tracking, and all income and bill payments; assisted with IT, meeting coordination, and event support.

Brooklyn, NY

Served as Human Resources manager; oversaw bookkeeping, managing accounts payable and receivable; monitored company email and answered main phone line; assisted project managers and maintained office.

Greater Seattle Area

- Natural Light Photography faculty for adult continuing education program- Black & White Photography faculty for teen program

Greater Seattle Area

Oversaw operation of gallery, school, and professional rental facility, serving 2,000+ members and visitors. Coordinated with small staff and 20+ volunteers to run year-round education programs, quarterly lectures and gallery openings, an annual benefit auction, and other fundraising events.

Greater Seattle Area

Served as main point of contact for visitor, renter, and student customer service. Supported marketing, gallery, and development staff and aided faculty.

Bellevue, Washington

Performed quality control checks, photo editing, formatting, and keywording, for boutique stock photography agency. Evaluated all analog film submissions; scanned, edited, and filed selections.

Managed the school darkroom, maintained equipment and inventory, met a budget, and directed student demonstrations. Assisted faculty and staff with office work and grading student assignments.

Goleta, California Area

Sorted, cleaned, scanned, and archived extensive collection of large-format film transparencies. Re-catalogued physical images as they correlated to new digital files in Digital Asset Management system.

Santa Barbara, California Area

Organized confidential student records for financial aid officers, researched scholarships and served as the first point of contact for callers and visitors.

Bachelor Of Arts, Professional Photography

Ecology