Laura Geringer Email & Phone Number

United States

At PumpkinBerry Consulting, my team and I empower teams to produce creative thought leadership pieces and engage communities – especially education practitioners. We care deeply about making a positive impact on both people we work with and the projects we support. We’re all about doing good work and being good to work with!

- Event & Immersive Experience Design- Community Strategy- Visual & written content creation

Evanston, IL

– Lead the student ambassador program to facilitate peer-to-peer outreach– Develop an underrepresented populations assessment plan, in collaboration with school peers – Re-conceptualize and recreate pre-departure orientation materials, in collaboration with staff – Assist with alignment projects related to the merger of two study abroad offices

Evanston, IL

– Lead team members, clarify mission and values, develop goals, and build team culture– Direct team collaboration with faculty and staff to meet their multifaceted needs– Oversee and distribute time and resources to complete over 70 projects in fiscal year 2017 – Mentor staff and student workers to assess and develop personal and professional goals –.

Evanston, IL

• Collaborated with clients and lead production teams
• Directed the creation of Massive Open Online Courses
• Assisted with teambuilding and mediating conflicts
• Jointly supervised freelancers and students

Evanston, IL

• Directed the creation of all video content for 2 Coursera Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), serving an international audience of tens of thousands of students.
• Collaborated with professors and instructional designers to create video content for MOOCs that was visually engaging, accurate, and considerate of an international audience.
• Assistant Director for a narrative web series, managed production elements and created/enforced timetables.
• Led numerous video shoots, from single-camera to a multi-camera live-streaming conference.
• Created graphics, graphical components for animation, and 2D animations to illustrate and convey ideas.

Evanston, IL

• Edited video and audio for multi-camera events, audio recordings, and other educational projects.
• Provided guidance to student video specialists
• Operated various video cameras for live-streamed and recorded events, lectures, and conferences.

Dearborn Observatory, Northwestern University

• Host and give tours to visitors of all ages and levels of scientific knowledge
• Educate visitors about the telescope's history and astronomy in general, and answer questions
• Operate the 18.5” refracting telescope including start up, syncing,and shut down procedures

Evanston, IL

• Edit video and audio for multi-camera events, audio recordings, and other educational projects
• Operated various video cameras for live-streamed and recorded events, lectures, and conferences

Evanston, IL

• Check out/in equipment to students and faculty, ensuring equipment is in proper condition
• Advise students and faculty about equipment checkouts, proper equipment usage, and Equipment Cage policies
• Assist with maintenance of equipment and enforcement of equipment best practices
• Give tours of Radio/TV/Film facilities to prospective students/parents as requested

Evanston, IL

• Provide help desk and on-site technical support to faculty and staff, solving concerns with Mac and PC hardware and software, printers, and email.
• Provide management and guidance to junior work-study students

Evanston, IL

• Produced a 30-hour, 1000+ student philanthropic fundraiser, that culminated in $1.1+ million raised.
• Managed an event budget of tens of thousands of dollars.
• Led a team of 60 students to create event elements including lights, videos, sound, set, and speakers.
• Coordinated all event needs, creating and ensuring the execution of a minute-by-minute schedule.
• Collaborated with 9 other philanthropy departments, university and police/fire officials, and representatives from our primary beneficiary, the Andrew McDonough Be Positive Foundation.

Master Of Education - Med, International Higher Education

• Ongoing independent research project: Navigating Faculty Bilingualism: A Collective Case-Study of Francophone Faculty in U.S..

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Radio/Television/Film

Activities and Societies: Communication Century Scholars Program Mortar Board Honors Society NU Dance Marathon Executive Board.

Study Abroad Program Through The University Of Minnesota

• Fall Semester, 2010 • Advanced French language skills • Studied with French and international students, taking Université classes and.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication; Radio/Tv/Film