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Austin, Texas, United States

- Oversee all daily employee resources and office operations for a startup with 12 employees and 15+ freelancers.- Manage payroll, onboarding, training, for all employees using Gusto, Google Suite, and Monday.com. - Responsible for accounts receivable, billing, benefits, and working directly with an outside accounting firm and legal team. - Spearhead a tri-annual internship program, including the managing, hiring, and training of over 500+ interns since 2019. - Craft StoryFit’s monthly and investor newsletter, update the company website via Hubspot and WordPress, plan social media posts, and recruit new employees through LinkedIn, Indeed, and Austin networking forums. - Communicate directly with board members, investors, and shareholders, including the organization of quarterly board meetings, maintenance of investor contacts, and stock options. - Handle all initial correspondence with potential new clients and join new business pitches with the executive team.- Maintain StoryFit’s script database that includes 15,000+ publicly sourced screenplays. - Plan and execute webinars via Zoom on behalf of the executive team and outside panelists. - Presented StoryFit script analytic reports to major Hollywood studio clients and implemented their feedback.- Redesigned creative for StoryFit’s client deliverables, streamlined data ingestion, and edited marketing videos.- Ran and built StoryFit’s SXSW panel submissions on behalf of executive team and presented at StoryFit’s SXSW booth. - Led COVID protocols including securing a PPP loan, managing work from home logistics, and morale sustaining initiatives.

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Member of the Beto Field Team that successfully organized a massive grassroots effort that knocked on over 3 million doors, made over 20.8 million calls, and had over 1.39 million conversations with voters for the 2018 Midterm Elections.• Built and trained teams of over 150 volunteers that canvassed and phone banked, including many first-time volunteers.• Opened 5 pop-up offices around Dallas, where volunteers contacted voters during the Get Out The Vote phase.• Worked with Slack, Google Drive, Polis, LiveVox (web-based dialer), Relay (peer-to-peer SMS), VAN, and Action Kit.• Canvassed, phone banked, and recruited volunteers daily until the very end of Election Day.

Culver City, California, United States

• Oversaw all daily human resources and office operations for 25 employees, 5 interns (per semester), and 5 freelancers.• Planned and executed an office relocation to a space three times the size of the original office.• Managed busy schedules and heavy phones for the three founding partners and CFO/COO.• Booked cross-country and international travel, lodging, and transportation for the Executive Team.• Handled all payroll, insurance paperwork, and general onboarding and offboarding for new and exiting employees.• Oversaw the internship program and managed, hired, and trained over 30 total interns.• Wrote the company’s first handbook and handled all employee complaints and concerns appropriately per HR protocol.• Built and oversaw the first community service outreach program at Adaptive, which supported, contributed to, and/or volunteered with over 15 diverse organizations around Los Angeles.• Acted as a daily liaison to contractors, electricians, building management, and IT services. • Became a Notary Public of California to perform as-needed notary acts.• Act as a daily liaison to contractors, electricians, building management, and IT services including emergencies. • Became a Notary Public of California to perform as-needed notary acts.

Beverly Hills, California, United States

• Handled heavy phones, rolled calls, and took notes on all communications between my boss and external executives.• Maintained a meticulous calendar for a high profile executive and expected to recall small details at a moment’s notice. • Organized conference calls between three different time zones, assisted show producers with meeting materials, helped coordinate wrap gifts for over 200 cast and crew members, updated scripts, schedules, and call sheets for Marco Polo.• Booked extensive international travel for my boss and talent, which included difficult flight connections, car services, and overnight requests over different time zones and at times poor internet connection. • Oversaw TWC’s Los Angeles Internship Program, which hired over 15 interns during my time there. • Read and provided notes on scripts in active development, logged individual writer and director samples, created cast lists, researched talent availability, and managed payments for writers and directors.

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Answered phones, scheduled meetings, coordinated runs, and attended to guests’ needs. Read and wrote coverage for scripts and covered desks while assistants were out of the office.

Beverly Hills, California, United States

• Answered phones, scheduled meetings, coordinated runs, and attended to guests’ needs. • Read and wrote coverage for scripts and covered multiple desks while assistants were out of the office. • Supervised breakdown of internal structure during company layoffs and eventual closing, including the liquidation of furniture, informing of vendors and clients of the closing, and maintenance of office attitude.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Worked on various film productions, commercial shoots, press junkets, etc. as a on set and in office production assistant.Love & Mercy – John Wells Productions Microsoft Commercial – Anonymous ContentStarry Eyes – Snowfort Pictures

Danvers, Massachusetts, United States

Organized the work schedules for two of the head technicians and the personal schedule for the president. Handled all correspondence with dentists and their patients. Managed all invoices and monthly statements, as well as general accounting and banking. Re-designed the website, brochures, and postcards. Organized weekly sales mailings and phone calls, and was responsiblefor gaining 5 new accounts.

Pembroke, Massachusetts, United States

Production assistant on the 2013 film, The Way Way Back. While in the office, organized over 100 union and non-union extra vouchers; packed, shipped, and logged over 20 incoming and outgoing packages per day; handled all incoming phone calls, helped Production Coordinator with script sides, and performed daily office tasks. While on set, controlled the crowd of onlookers, dealt with extras, and assisted with A-list talent's needs.

Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States

Welcomed patrons and answered questions, while promoting membership and the value of theTrustees of Reservations - a non-profit environmental organization with over 100 locations in Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Recruited BU student volunteers to teach Boston elementary school students a one-hour musiclesson once a week for the whole year and organized the year-end spring recital with over 60 participants. Promoted music education for Boston public schools with no formal music programs.

London, England, United Kingdom

Logged video footage into archives, researched local film production companies to expand firm knowledge of perspective clients, created my own editing reel of the West Digital facility, and dealt with clients on a daily basis.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

The First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP) serves to welcome Boston University’s incoming class with a week of community engagement, service, and education before classes begin. With a small group of other new students and returning student leaders, participants will build connections with Boston, its neighborhoods and people, community organizations, our campus, and each other.FYSOP aims to provide first-year students with the education, connections, and resources to responsibly navigate the transitions both to Boston University and through a pandemic-affected world. Through a week of service, reflection, and community building, students will gain a foundation for active citizenship, allowing them to develop as leaders, mentors, and proactive individuals beyond the program.Organized relevant events, speakers and volunteer opportunities for over 175 incoming students in the area of human rights. Presented on issues regarding immigration, human trafficking, and civil rights.Co-wrote, directed and acted in a funny and informative skit about the types of service the 1,200 students would engage in over the next week.