Loretta Farb Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Austin, TX

Research & planning for new Archives section on County Clerk's website, with focus on slavery in Travis County, leading up to and during the Civil War.

Austin, TX

• Initiated and delivered web site redesign, rate schedule comparison and analysis, marketing firm research, and new business outreach for the Travis County Exposition Center.
• Researched, organized and delivered historical overview of five years event data for Expo Center.
• Initiated and coordinated website update and Twitter feed with ITS department, wrote and edited copy and shot photographs.

Austin, TX

• Responsible for developing and executing ongoing strategic advice and communications including media relations, social media, rapid response, and constituent relations which enabled elected public official to enact a.
• Direct contact for constituents and neighborhood associations to resolve issues related to public safety, emergency services, law enforcement, roads and taxes, before they become controversial.
• Monitored weekly voting session agendas and advised and chose important issues to Facebook and Tweet about each week.
• Prepared talking points for an activist elected official for meetings and public appearances, including media opportunities.
• Researched backgrounds, gauged interest and point person for outreach for Countywide and precinct appointments to boards and commissions on a variety of subject expert matters.
• Key member of the team that successfully brought the Austin-Travis County Sustainable Food Policy Board into existence.

Austin, TX

• Candidate/Officeholder Financial ReportingReconciled campaign expenditures and contributions and filed report with County Clerk for Commissioner-elect and Commissioner Eckhardt. Transition Aide and AdvisorServed as.
• Helped the Commissioner unseat a three-term incumbent in a Democratic primary.

New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA And Austin, TX

• Texas Folklife Resources, Producer of “As the Spirit Moves,” live concert featuring three traditions of spiritual music at Huston-Tillotson College’s 300-seat auditorium. Worked extensively with local media, blogs and.
• Evangelist for Apple editing software, Canon and Sony digital video cameras on behalf of hardware company ProMax at Slamdance Film Festival, SxSW, American Film Institute and MacWorld, wrote marketing materials.
• Dot-com executive for cult and vintage film company The Bijou Café – helped scout and attract talent and projects for online distribution at Chicago Underground Film Festival, American Film Market and other festivals.
• Award: Gold Record from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Tommy Boy Records for producing the music video “Say No Go” by De La Soul.
• Jonathan Demme feature films, documentaries and music videos as production associate, post production supervisor and producer, ran traps and coordinated interviews with Rolling Stone magazine and the New York Times.
• Coordinated launch of Filmmakers United Against Apartheid, co-founded by Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese and joined by directors Joel & Ethan Coen, Spike Lee, Danny DeVito, Danny Glover, Bernardo Bertolucci and 100.