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Los Angeles, California, United States

* Oversees nonfiction film submissions and selections, meticulously curating entries to match festival criteria* Partners with filmmakers, organizations, and stakeholders to amplify underrepresented voices* Integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion into all facets of the organization's operations* Drives promotional efforts, creating press materials and social media content to amplify engagement* Anticipates production challenges, collaboratively implementing solutions to enhance quality* Serves as a key contact for festival team members, fostering a productive collaborative environment

Manages the business and social calendar of Stefan Sonnenfeld including, but not limited to: * coordinates internal and external meetings (virtual, onsite, and offsite) * cultivates and preserves trusting professional relationships with high-level producers, directors, DPs, and other external partners * attentively anticipates needs and prioritizes most pressing tasks * serves as a central point of contact for high level administrative needs * arranges domestic and international travel (i.e. Business Visa applications) * files expense reports for travel, office supplies, etc. (while ensuring most cost-efficient purchases) * on-call support with business and personal tasks * sends reminders for events and tasks daily, weekly, and beyond * maintains confidentiality with keen discretion * delegates tasks to support staff or assistants as needed to manage critical workflow in an extremely fast-paced environment (supervise completion of those tasks)

Santa Monica, California, United States

* Welcomed and accommodated artists and clients onsite by promptly and courteously responding to food and refreshment requests* Arranged internal meals, filed paperwork to billing department, organized inventory, and tidied the studio

* Managed the Rouge Artist Instagram account with 28k followers, @rougeartists, to build awareness of the world-class talent agency that represents artists who work on top TV, film, editorial, and commercial projects* Utilizing metrics, posts and interactions are tailored to strengthen engagement, highlight artists' work, and campaign alongside clients' projects

Berkeley, California, United States

* For a community of 38 members, cultivated community participation through organizing and advertising inclusive events and resources, properly handled legal paperwork and safety procedures, and communicated as a liaison for the BSC Central Office

Berkeley, California, United States

* Through the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program at UC Berkeley, I worked closely with Sociology Department Chair Sandra Smith and Film Director Aynur Sadet on the documentary NAPA: No African People Allowed, doing original sociological research in order to address hidden histories of Black, Indigenous, People of Color by researching, filming, and sequencing the content

Los Angeles, California, United States

* Proactively coordinated personal schedules and activities for a parent by assisting as an organizer, bookkeeper, mediator, tutor, shopper, cook, maid, and chauffeur* Projects: interior and exterior home design and maintenance (i.e. upholstery, landscape, and window replacements), organized a filing system, and planned family meals

Long Beach, California, United States

* Co-created an inclusive space for students to participate in intersectional feminist topics and actions through leading weekly meetings, fundraising, recruiting members, facilitating conversations, and organizing events* Organized a concert and donation drive for foster youth in need of menstrual products, raising money for eco-friendly and cost-efficient menstrual cups and collecting pads and tampons

Los Angeles County, California, United States

* Arranged meetings with artists and clients, organized spreadsheets for budget proposals, and thoroughly edited artists’ profiles for Rouge Artists, a high-end boutique talent agency

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology

Sociology