Katie Carolan Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca

Nightly authority over the Observatory’s prestigious Zeiss telescope, the most looked-through telescope in human history. Determine object of observation, and simultaneously adjust the dome and telescope while giving continuous presentations throughout the evening observing program. Observatory is host to diverse audiences, including international visitors, scientists, stakeholders, donors, celebrities, enthusiasts, fellow-astronomers, and visitors who came for the city view. – Educate, engage, and inspire visitors using mastery of communicating the scale and beauty of the universe, complex scientific ideas, and the history of astronomy. – Lead telescope operations for the Observatory’s stakeholder, VIP, and private events. – Create and deliver captivating stories that continue the program’s generational legacy to inspire fifth-grade students to be present in the moment and thoroughly engage with science. Targets Title 1 schools. – Produced content for the main event of the Observatory’s 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 celebration (July 2019). Worked with multiple teams to develop one-hour, multimedia presentation, with detailed content outline.

Los Angeles, Ca & Black Rock City, Nv

Black Rock Observatory, based out of Burning Man, is an astronomy outreach non-profit that brings expert astronomers and telescopes to cultural festivals and events throughout the West Coast. We provide impactful and educational stargazing experiences to a wide range of audiences. The mission is to bring science where it isn’t expected. – Exhibit/Activation Lead: manage daily and nightly exhibit engagement as lead telescope operator for events with 500-80,000 attendance, including: LiB ‘16, Oregon Eclipse Fest ‘17, Desert Daze ‘19, Lucidity ‘22-’24, June Jam ‘22, Burning Man ‘22-’24, Nocturnal Wonderland ‘23, Texas Eclipse Festival ‘24, Shabang ‘24 – Telescope Lead: develop training materials and run training sessions for telescope operators ahead of event. Contribute to planning, budgeting, shift scheduling, build & strike, and exhibit transport/maintenance/storage. – Event Lead: Took project from conception to delivery to bring the Black Rock Observatory experience to multiple 2,000-person 3-day music and art festivals (‘22-’24), and a 30,000-person 2-day music festival (‘23). Design bespoke exhibits/souvenirs for each festival, built budget/team/schedule, transported/built/managed exhibit, storage/maintenance post-event. – Lecturer: Researched, developed, designed, and presented a 35-minute multimedia presentation introducing the field of cosmology to curious, intellectual festival participants. (Video link and details in Projects section below.)

Camarillo, Ca

Design formats include webpages, graphics & captions, SEO, flyers, postcards, newspaper, magazine, and branding. Industries include real estate investments and retail real estate sales. – Create a wide variety of marketing materials for investors, the public, and target groups. Extremely collaborative brainstorming, independently work to develop ideas, reach consensus before publication. – Support an environment that encourages creative and collaborative thinking. – Improve, update, and refresh an array of print and digital marketing materials, monthly; including direct mailing to 1,200 homes, quarterly.

Calabasas, California, United States

Provide customer service email support for VIP-experience provider in the international, live music and festival circuit. – Handle various types of requests that require different levels of trouble-shooting while managing many communication channels for internal and external stakeholders (Slack, AirTable, Zoom, FreshDesk, email, etc.) – Utilize excellent oral and written communication skills to ensure customer (“fan”) confidence. – Maintain a positive attitude, high quality customer service, and efficient problem solving strategies and organization at all times; especially under pressure during fast-paced, high-volume on-sale events.

Ventura, Ca

Sole developer. Worked with VP of Business Development and CEO of $200MM commercial electrical contractor to design a modern, professional website. Used the WIX platform.