Leena Joshi Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

Oakland, California, United States

Berkeley, California, United States

–Teaching support for one semester of the undergraduate course 'Introduction to American Cyberculture: Data Arts' (2018)–Syllabi development and independent instruction of two semesters of hybrid studio/theory undergraduate courses: 'Introduction to Visual Thinking' and 'The Architecture of Time (Moving Image Foundations)' (2019)

University Of Washington

Manages communications for the School’s events, outreach and promotion efforts targeting alumni, donors, students, the campus community, and the community-at-large. Promotes gallery events at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, boosts visibility of campus events affiliated to the School of Art + Art History + Design, and forms and promotes partnerships with arts organizations and entities on campus, in the Seattle arts community and beyond.

Greater Seattle Area

Fundraising associate and events manager for McSweeney’s Publishing-affiliate youth writing and tutoring center. Works to conceptualize, plan, and promote incomparable fundraising events and to support the strategic increase of the center's programming budget.

Greater Seattle Area

Publicity and Press Coordinator and Online Merchandising manager for highly curated, multi-use venue space and gallery with art, vintage fashion, and collectables in Capitol Hill, Seattle. Writes press releases for venue's events and openings, establishes/maintains contact with media partners and press agents, conducts interviews with musical artists, and authors compelling blog entries for gallery’s site along with other employees.

Copy writing and editing for Visulon Inc., a B2B software company that creates hosted online applications and digital catalogs for apparel and footwear companies.

Greater Seattle Area

Solicited donations of hospitality provisions from Seattle area businesses for KEXP volunteers during seasonal membership drives. Assisted with tasks during Membership Drives, such as tracking donations and managing "call room" volunteers, spoke to private donors and Seattle community sponsors about their membership status; helped organize and assisted at KEXP Donor Events, such as the VIP Concert Series.

Greater Seattle Area

Tracked and organized online and print press coverage of label's bands, created “one sheets” summarizing band coverage, assembled mailings, updated media contacts and databases.

Seattle, Washington

Managed the press accreditation of 150 local, national, and international media outlets, facilitated press interactions (interviews, TV spots) with visiting filmmakers and actors, maintained and catalogued the Festival film library, wrote press releases and weekly email copy.

Seattle, Washington

• Collaboratively coordinated large-scale events for the student body of the UW Seattle campus in varied venue types with attendance ranging from 300 to 3,000+ guests. • Researched and booked talent and was a primary point-of-contact for talent agents and day-of personnel. Worked collaboratively with team members, off-campus liaisons, advisors, and volunteers. • Assisted with distribution and management of $100,000 programming budget.• Partnered with student entities to cultivate new programming and supplemental budgeting.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa

Activities and Societies: Graduate Certificate in New Media from the Berkeley Center for New Media; Townsend Center for the Humanities.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Language And Literature, Creative Writing Specialization

Activities and Societies: Associated Students of the University of Washington, Student Advisory Board for the Henry Art Gallery, Rainydawg.