Mary Compton Email & Phone Number

Bryan, Tx, Us

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

PROGRAM MANAGER OVERVIEW• Supervise two high profile student organizations. • Mentor student leaders and provide them with support throughout their involvement in the organization, and college experience.• Train students to promote events, develop advertising materials for print and web, and enhance marketing reach to strategic audiences.VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE / GALLERY MANAGEMENT:• Exhibition management: Teach university students how to develop and implement exhibition concepts for the Reynolds Gallery, Aggie Frame of Mind Gallery, and Henderson Hall Gallery. (14 exhibitions per year: Project timelines vary from 6 months to 2 years.)• Communication: Teach university students how to write gallery text and plan educational activities that are integrated with the exhibition design.• Graphic Design: Supervise student Graphic Design Directors and Social Media Director to ensure all print and web materials are attractive as well as compliant with Texas A&M University standards.• Contract negotiation: Write contracts for artwork loans, shipping, insurance, and artist travel.AGGIE CINEMA• Student supervision: Oversee 20+ campus film screenings per year, attendance goals ranging 150 to 1,250.• Visual Media: Supervise student Social Media Director, Video Director, and Graphic Design Director to ensure content is consistent and accurate.• Risk evaluation: Enable students to build resource-intensive emergency procedures and facilitate annual film festival trip for a group of 10 students.VOLUNTARY UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES• Critical Incident Response Team (2021 to present)• Sexual Assault Survivors Services Committee (2019 - 2021)• Student Conduct Investigator (since June 2017)• Staff leader of Jordan International Leadership Abroad Program (2017, 2019, and 2023)• Brazos Valley Museum Collective (Secretary since 2020, affiliate since January 2015)

San Antonio, Tx

The mission of Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, the premier orchestral experience for youth citywide, is to enhance education, enrich the community, and transform lives by pursuing excellence in classical music in a stimulating, nurturing, and fun environment that is equally accessible to all youth. Fundraising & donor relations/stewardship•Assist with preparation and mailing of appeal letters, holiday cards, and other communications with donors•Finalize all grant proposals including but not limited to proofreading, printing, organizing, copying, mailing, hand-delivering, scanning, and filing•Process incoming donations and prepare acknowledgement letters •Coordinate donor stewardship program•Database management including updates, address changes, annual year-end IRS report to donors, and gift entryEvents& Marketing•Lead and act as committee president for two major fundraising events each year tied to donor cultivation/acquisition/stewardship, and income generation•Attend all YOSA concerts and performances. Assist with front of house management including merchandise sales and outreach to prospective donors•Take the lead to increase program ad sales and other earned income

Through joyful learning and discovery, the San Antonio Children's Museum grows minds, connects families and transforms communities. As a premier educational resource, SACM develops innovative thinkers capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st century.Group Sales/Field Trip Coordinator• Contribute to the Marketing Department Strategic Plan by generating unique school group visits and facility rental sales. • Schedule daily staff assignments and classroom set-up requirements for all field trip and after-hours events• Organize and arrange group visits with keen attention to detail and focus on the unique needs of the group.• Lead all group arrival and departure procedures, including greeting the busses, delivering orientation, and providing a positive experience for students, teachers, and parents.• Teaching field trip lessons and supporting Musuem Educators as needed.Marketing/Evaluation• Conduct evaluation surveys with aim of improving field trip experience. • Develop and implement marketing strategies to reach out to new contacts and provide incentives for returning groups.• Make public presentations at school district and community events to promote Museum’s mission and offerings.• Monitor, report and appropriately distribute Learn & Play Pass grant funds, overall monthly attendance and program income.

• Volunteer Audio transcriber of interviews for the "Foundling Voices" oral history project.• Act as knowledgeable and friendly first point of contact for the museum; assist museum visitors with information in galleries and about concerts and events.• Sale of admission tickets and gift shop products.• Assist the Education team by facilitating hands on children's activities and crafts, including set up and delivery of activities, demonstrating and explaining significance of the activity.• Steward Sunday Lunchtime concerts, distribute programs and direct visitors to the concert gallery.

OVERVIEW• Perform weekly reporting, shelf checks and reordering of `Recommended' and `Supertier' merchandise for the Children's• Managed picture books and young adult fiction sections. • General retail supervision of merchandising areas, assisting customers, and processing transactions.INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS INITIATED• Planned and facilitated School’s Book Club Program by inviting local authors to meet with visiting school groups.• Organize other events such as informal author signings.

London, England, United Kingdom

Observation and evaluation of Games Exchange exhibition Survey by conducting informal interviews with visitors to produce an overall evaluation report aligning visitor responses with Museum Library Association Generic Social Outcomes Framework for the purpose of future planning and advocacy.

• Gallery steward and tour guide for temporary exhibition London: Open City• Free Time Family Event Volunteer, assisting with family workshop art & craft activities

Produce complete thematic units consisting of pre- and post-visit activities to be used by Key Stage 2 school visits to the Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes exhibition from the British Museum, on loan at New Walk Museum, Leicester, between December 2007 and March 2008 Assist with the development of lesson plan series used by schools participating in the Schools with Museums partnership program, a 10 week program in which school groups develop, plan and launch their own exhibition.

Assist in design and interpretation of educational interactives for the temporary exhibition Utsavam: Music in India (on display at the Horniman February-November 2008).Working with Education Department to produce educational materials for teacher's pack.Working with curators to gather materials for text panels for Music From India.Organize and maintain accurate Object Manual for the exhibition and correlate text panels with the objects using MultiMimsy database system.Attend and minute meetings with Curators, Conservation team Exhibition Department regarding object selection and layout of Music from India exhibition

Secretary to Psychiatric team of doctors, responsible for audio typing clinic letters, preparing all letters and mailings and ensuring documentation of all correspondence organized in patient files. Consistent attention to detail in maintaining accurate and complete patient records with a high level of discretion, confidentiality and sensitivity.

Prepare publicity materials to promote exhibitions. Write and distribute Press Releases and Public Service Announcements to regional periodicals and institutions; create posters and signs for inter-gallery display; responsible for maintaining accurate and complete press files for each exhibition.

Conduct individual writing consultations with graduate and undergraduate level University students; international students; and students from a variety of academic disciplines.Co-edited the 2006 volume of Peer Consultant Handbook with the Assistant Director, prepared training materials for new staff, created resource materials for students, edited website content.

Ma Humanities, Museum Studies

Dissertation topic: Sociological Perspective on Music Education in Museums

Ba, English Literature, Film Studies

Activities and Societies: Film Society, Shakespeare Club

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