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* 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)

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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