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Chicago, IL, US

Visit my portfolio at https://aristokatic.myportfolio.com/ to learn more and view my short films, music videos, and concert photography.

Chicago, Illinois, US

∙ Supervised production of content for commercial and corporate clients.∙ Hired contractors, negotiated rates, and reconciled project budgets.∙ Managed internal office needs including travel planning, meeting schedules, and screening office phone calls.

Champaign, IL, US

• Create branded promotional graphics and blog posts for social media and print formats.
• Assist Marketing team with competitor analysis of pricing and branding.
• Assist with brainstorming and execution of community events to improve brand awareness and relationships with residents.

Champaign, IL, US

• Utilize communicative strategies to tutor diverse UIUC students' written works in academic, creative, and professional genres to foster writing development.
• Conducted and presented research project "2020 vs. The Writing Tutor," collecting observation and interview data to examine concerns and offer suggestions regarding positive writer/tutor dynamics in online contexts.

Champaign, IL, US

• Managed administrative duties such as answering phones, monitoring resident/guest entry, and serving as an information source for residents, parents, and staff.
• Sorted, processed, and delivered mail and packages to 450+ student residents and staff.
• Trained 2-3 new staff members each semester on administrative systems and software, office policies and practices, and efficient task organization strategies.
• Utilized office processing systems to organize and distribute residence hall rental offerings such as spare room keys, games and recreational equipment, and kitchen equipment.

Northbrook, IL, US

• Utilized SEO strategies to copyright and edit 100+ short- and 15 long-form articles (project descriptions, content collections, q&a pages, and how-to pages) and email newsletters across 3+ crafting and cooking site.
• Executed competitive analysis, product trends, and audience expectations research to pitch seasonal site content updates, in-house project ideas, and write a “Resin Casting” tutorial garnering 18,600 views in under 6.
• Built 3 eBooks in Microsoft Word and Canva with 100+ pages of site content for millions of site visitors and subscribers.

• Making coffee and specialty drinks, interpersonal communication, and managing behind the counter tasks and customer needs.
• Trained new employees on equipment, menu, and cleaning tasks with an emphasis on quality and efficiency.
• Increased sales of winter specialty drinks by 25% during my shifts through communicative strategies.

• Adapted to roles as Second Assistant Director, Production Coordinator, Line Producer, and Key Production Assistant on feature film shooting 12 hours/night for four weeks.
• Trained and managed a team of production assistants while accomplishing day-to-day set operational tasks.
• Consulted cast and crew to evaluate and address needs throughout production.

• Read and offered constructive criticism on 9 feature screenplay drafts and revisions.
• Redesigned company Facebook page to boost awareness of distributed films and build a relationship with the local film community.
• Presided over casting research and outreach for a feature film.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Film/Cinema/Video Studies

High School Diploma